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George Bush Presidential Library and Museum/Corbis by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 5, 2015 11:23 AM UTC [**Jeb Bush: Next In Line**](http://time.com/3733121/jeb-bush-next-in-line/) **The family dynasty shaped his life. Now it’s complicating his campaign for the presidency** [**Hard Math in the New Economy**](http://time.com/3733113/hard-math-in-the-new-economy/) **Tech is disrupting traditional work. Is that really a bad thing?** [**The Art of the Deal**](http://time.com/3733127/the-art-of-the-deal/) **Benjamin Netanyahu offers stark warnings (and perhaps an assist) on a pact with Iran** [**The Culture**](http://time.com/3733132/the-culture/) [**Pop Chart**](http://time.com/3733112/pop-chart/) [**Björk’s Swan Song**](http://time.com/3733134/bjorks-swan-song/) **MoMA welcomes the artist’s eccentric vision** [**Review:** **_The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt_**](http://time.com/3733131/review-the-unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt/) **Netflix rescues Tina Fey’s new show from NBC** [**Review: Barry Strauss’s** **_The Death of Caesar_**](http://time.com/3733128/review-barry-strausss-the-death-of-caesar/) **Revisiting his assassination** [**The Sensitive-Dad Revolution**](http://time.com/3733117/the-sensitive-dad-revolution/) **Will the English guys wearing fake belly babies help or hurt fathers?** [**10 Questions With Lynsey Addario**](http://time.com/3733125/10-questions-with-lynsey-addario/) **The photojournalist lays out the risks and rewards of reporting from war zones** [**Briefing**](http://time.com/3733118/briefing/) [**He Was the Cosmos: How Leonard Nimoy Made Spock a Mystical Force**](http://time.com/3726567/leonard-nimoy-dead-mysticism-star-trek/) **The actor, who died Feb. 27, leaves a legacy of friendship, mindfulness and understanding** [**The Clintons and the Ties That Bind**](http://time.com/3733124/ties-that-bind/) **New questions about the family, both in and out of the office** [**Boris Nemtsov and Russia’s Breaking Point**](http://time.com/3733136/boris-nemtsov-and-russias-breaking-point/) **The statesman’s murder reveals the country’s weakness** [**The Rise of the Go Fetch Economy**](http://time.com/3733135/the-rise-of-the-go-fetch-economy/) **Startups are trying to perfect same-day delivery using smartphones and GPS** [**The Campaign to Make Mental Health a Priority**](http://time.com/3733111/the-campaign-to-make-mental-health-a-priority/) **Michelle Obama and others have backed the new initiative** [**Tom Wheeler: Internet Rule Maker**](http://time.com/3733126/tom-wheeler-internet-rule-maker/) **What’s next for the FCC Chairman?** [**The Family Business**](http://time.com/3733120/the-family-business/) [**Iraqi Forces Advance Against ISIS With Mosul on the Horizon**](http://time.com/3733119/iraqi-forces-advance-against-isis-with-mosul-on-the-horizon/) [**What You Said About …**](http://time.com/3733116/what-you-said-about/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3733162/in-the-latest-issue-25/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3733162/in-the-latest-issue-25/"},"headline":"In The Latest Issue (5 Mar 2015)","datePublished":"2015-03-05T11:23:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T19:52:58.932Z","description":"Jeb Bush: Next In Line The family dynasty shaped his life. 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