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[Game Changer](http://time.com/3512673/game-changer/) [The New Ebola Protocols](http://time.com/3512672/the-new-ebola-protocols/) New U.S. cases have health experts rethinking the response and turning to doctors and hospitals that were truly prepared [Meet the New Leader of the Fourth-Largest Country in the World](http://time.com/3512664/indonesia-president-joko-widodo/) Indonesia is a democracy with rich natural resources and more Muslims than any other country on the planet. And it just elected a new president [The Millennial Retirement Plan](http://time.com/3512661/millennial-retirement-plan/) Staring down his sunset years, a 24-year-old goes in search of a happier, healthier ending for us all [Funny Because It’s True: John Oliver’s New Brand of Sincere Satire](http://time.com/3512656/review-last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver/) The late-night star has successfully bet on his audience’s intelligence and against its antipathy [Obama’s Leadership Shortage](http://time.com/3512660/barack-obamas-leadership-shortage/) His policies are fine. But the President is often a prisoner of his instincts [I Hated Halloween](http://time.com/3512662/why-i-hate-halloween/) In which I am tricked into enjoying a holiday that has never felt like a treat [Malala Yousafzai](http://time.com/3512666/barack-michelle-obama-congratulate-malala-yousafzai/) The Nobel Peace Prize [Company-Paid Egg Freezing Will Be the Great Equalizer](http://time.com/3509930/company-paid-egg-freezing-will-be-the-great-equalizer/) From Apple to Facebook, more companies are covering the cost of elective egg freezing for women who want to delay child-bearing. Is this the key to real gender equality? [Book Review: Pro Makes the Case That Abortion Can Be an Act of Love](http://time.com/3512674/book-review-pro-reclaiming-abortion-rights/) Who is the abortion debate really about? [Chasing Vapors](http://time.com/3512669/senate-campaign-kansas/) Pat Roberts faces an elusive challenger in Kansas’ wild Senate race [Windsor Ways](http://time.com/3512659/review-on-duty-with-the-queen/) An ex–press secretary tells … some [10 Questions With Bryan Stevenson](http://time.com/3512675/bryan-stevenson-interview/) Lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative Bryan Stevenson on crime, death row and kids in prison [Briefing](http://time.com/3512665/briefing/) [Milestones](http://time.com/3512680/milestones/) [Sam Roberts: “David Greenglass Won’t Be Forgotten”](http://time.com/3512668/sam-roberts-on-david-greenglasss-death/) The reporter who tracked down Ethel Greenberg’s brother remembers his legacy [World](http://time.com/3512670/world/) Vatican Strikes New Tone–and Only a Tone–on Homosexuality [Medical Momentum](http://time.com/3512676/medical-momentum/) Scientists make major moves in tackling five challenging diseases [The Culture](http://time.com/3512655/the-culture/) [Pop Chart](http://time.com/3512671/pop-chart/) [Goya: The Alfred Hitchcock of Painting](http://time.com/3512678/francisco-goya/) No other artist put himself into his own dark pictures so much [We Three Queens: A Triad of Royal Biographies Debuts](http://time.com/3512679/isabella-victoria-hatshepsut/) Isabella, Victoria and Hatshepsut get the book treatment [Michael Keaton, the Angry Birdman](http://time.com/3512681/michael-keaton-angry-birdman/) The story of an actor in extremis ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3512769/in-the-latest-issue-10/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3512769/in-the-latest-issue-10/"},"headline":"In the Latest Issue (16 Oct 2014)","datePublished":"2014-10-16T11:09:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:05:07.795Z","description":"The Reinventions of Rand Paul Can he fix what ails the GOP? 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