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Photograph by Martin Schoeller by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Aug 20, 2015 11:38 AM UTC [**The Donald Had Landed**](http://time.com/trump/) **Trump’s 2016 hit show is driving the political elite crazy** [**Inside Preparations for the Pope’s Visit**](http://time.com/4004405/inside-preparations-for-the-popes-visit/) **The Archbishop who saved a diocese gets ready for Francis** [**A Strange New Way to Solve Crimes**](http://time.com/4004400/a-strange-new-way-to-solve-crimes/) **The bacteria growing in and on the human body is so unique—and so revealing—that scientists believe germs will soon help catch bad guys** [**The China Decade**](http://time.com/4004397/the-china-decade/) **It’s been a rough summer for Beijing. But China is still poised to dominate—at least in the short term** [**Pop Chart**](http://time.com/4004393/pop-chart/) [**Review: Jonathan Franzen’s** **_Purity_** **Examines Wealth and Identity**](http://time.com/4003713/jonathan-franzens-new-novel-purity/) [**Carly Rae Jepsen Brings a Grownup Note to Giddy Pop**](http://time.com/4004377/carly-rae-jepsen-brings-a-grownup-note-to-giddy-pop/) **Reviewing her new album,** **_Emotion_** [**_Grandma_** **Hits the Road With Vintage Style**](http://time.com/4004374/grandma-hits-the-road-with-vintage-style/) **Lily Tomlin stars in the new film** [**Hurricane Katrina and the Healing Power of Jazz**](http://time.com/4004404/the-healing-power-of-jazz/) **An excerpt from** **_The Wind in the Reeds_** [**_Mr. Robot_** **: The Antidote to** **_True Detective_** **Blues**](http://time.com/4004379/mr-robot-the-antidote-to-true-detective-blues/) **Reviewing the new USA show** [**Quick Talk With Patrick Stewart**](http://time.com/4004381/patrick-stewart/) **The actor stars in the new series** **_Blunt Talk_** [**Review: It’s Overcast Season at Beach House**](http://time.com/4004382/overcast-season-at-beach-house/) **The group is out with a new album,** **_Depression_** [**‘Escape Rooms’ Are Video Games Come to Life**](http://time.com/4004407/escape-rooms-are-video-games-come-to-life/) **The new pastime is like a Rubik’s cube that locks the door behind you** [**That Ageless Look**](http://time.com/4004406/in-hollywood-looking-ageless-is-the-ultimate-prize-in-real-life-not-so-much/) **In Hollywood, it’s the ultimate prize. In real life, not so much** [**10 Questions With Beverly Johnson**](http://time.com/4004384/10-questions-with-beverly-johnson/) **The veteran supermodel reflects on her career and on coming forward about Bill Cosby** [**Hillary Clinton’s Stalled Bandwagon Exposes a Deeper Problem for Democrats**](http://time.com/4004387/clintons-stalled-bandwagon-exposes-a-deeper-problem-for-democrats/) **The email controversy continues** [**Modern Science Has a Publish-or-Perish Problem**](http://time.com/4004391/modern-science-has-a-publish-or-perish-problem/) **Flaws are popping up in the peer review process** [**New Gear Helps You Monitor Your Home**](http://time.com/4004373/new-gear-helps-you-monitor-your-home-even-when-youre-not-there/) **Even when you’re not there** [**Planetary Clones**](http://time.com/4004395/planetary-clones/) [**How Cities Save Water**](http://time.com/4004390/how-cities-save-water/) [**Where Black Lives Matter Goes from Here**](http://time.com/4004380/where-black-lives-matter-goes-from-here/) [**Thailand Reels After a Deadly Bombing**](http://time.com/4004378/thailand-reels-after-a-deadly-bombing/) [**How China’s Economic Turmoil Affects Your Investments**](http://time.com/4004394/how-chinas-economic-turmoil-affects-your-investments/) **You aren’t a currency trader. You don’t play in Shanghai’s boom-and-bust stock market. (It was only beginning to open to foreign investors when the crash hit.) But if you have some money in a 401(k) or an IRA, you have a stake in the news coming out of China, even if you hardly think of yourself as a global investor.** [**The Jewels of Chinese ‘Duplitecture’**](http://time.com/4004392/the-jewels-of-chinese-duplitecture/) **China revealed an “oil bubble” statue in the northwest town of Karamay on Aug. 11 that is almost identical to Chicago’s reflective, beanlike sculpture Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor. The Windy City’s 2006 artwork is in good company; China has been creating knockoff monuments for years** [**Why Brazil Is Turning Against Its President**](http://time.com/4004398/why-brazil-is-turning-against-its-president/) [**It Takes Much More Than Money to Fix Broken Schools**](http://time.com/4004403/it-takes-much-more-than-money-to-fix-broken-schools/) [**The Conservative Heart**](http://time.com/4004402/the-conservative-heart/) [**Milestones**](http://time.com/4004386/milestones/) [**Julian Bond**](http://time.com/4004401/julian-bond/) **Civil rights leader** [**Sky Ladder**](http://time.com/4004385/sky-ladder/) [**Verbatim**](http://time.com/4004399/verbatim/) [**What You Said About …**](http://time.com/4004396/what-you-said-about/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4004471/in-the-latest-issue-43/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4004471/in-the-latest-issue-43/"},"headline":"In The Latest Issue (20 Aug 2015)","datePublished":"2015-08-20T11:38:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T19:56:36.633Z","description":"The Donald Had Landed Trump's 2016 hit show is driving the political elite crazy Inside Preparations for the Pope’s Visit The Archbishop who saved a...","url":"https://time.com/4004471/in-the-latest-issue-43/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf452393ac229a0f4/6988601ce53aba100a4df2cf/trump-cover-final.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf452393ac229a0f4/6988601ce53aba100a4df2cf/trump-cover-final.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Time Magazine Cover 150831","caption":"Donald Trump Time Magazine Cover","creditText":"Photograph by Martin Schoeller","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4004471/in-the-latest-issue-43/","name":"In The Latest Issue (20 Aug 2015)"}}]}] ```