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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 4, 2016 12:07 PM UTC  Photograph by James Nachtwey for TIME by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 4, 2016 12:07 PM UTC [Hillary on the Race, Her Rivals, and Angry Voters](http://time.com/4207609/hillary-on-the-race-her-rivals-and-angry-voters/?iid=toc%5F020416) [The Race of a Lifetime](http://time.com/4207595/the-race-of-a-lifetime/?iid=toc%5F020416) [The Politics and the Law](http://time.com/4207592/clinton-emails-politics-law/?iid=toc%5F020416) [In Our Overdocumented Lives, Letting Go Has Gotten a Lot Harder](http://time.com/4207596/in-our-overdocumented-lives-letting-go-has-gotten-a-lot-harder/?iid=toc%5F020416) Every memory lives on in the digital world [Zika’s Toll](http://time.com/4207599/zikas-toll/?iid=toc%5F020416) A virus with links to birth defects sends fear through the Americas [Ken Speaks: ‘I Will Always Love Barbie, No Matter Her Size’](http://time.com/4199676/ken-on-barbies-new-body/?iid=toc%5F020416) ‘If you love Barbie like I love her, you have to let her change—because if you don’t, the Elsa dolls have won’ [Review: Fighting the Undead in _Pride and Prejudice and Zombies_](http://time.com/4207591/review-pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies/?iid=toc%5F020416) [Review: The Coen Brothers Pack _Hail, Caesar!_ with Fanciful Hollywood Curlicues](http://time.com/4206700/hail-caesar-movie-review-coen-brothers/?iid=toc%5F020416) Josh Brolin stars in an love letter to Hollywood that doesn’t quite hang together, but could make one hell of a highlights reel [Milestones](http://time.com/4207593/milestones/?iid=toc%5F020416) [Verbatim](http://time.com/4207594/verbatim/?iid=toc%5F020416) [Review: Peter Bergen’s _United States of Jihad_](http://time.com/4207597/peter-bergen-united-states-of-jihad/?iid=toc%5F020416) Be afraid. Be, well, only a little afraid [10 Questions With Samantha Bee](http://time.com/4207598/10-questions-with-samantha-bee/?iid=toc%5F020416) With the debut of _Full Frontal_ on TBS, the_Daily Show_ alum becomes the only female late-night host. Her pitch: “Watch or you’re sexist” [Speedy Signals](http://time.com/4207600/speedy-signals/?iid=toc%5F020416) [Hulu Goes Back in Time With Stephen King’s _11/22/63_](http://time.com/4207601/hulu-stephen-king/?iid=toc%5F020416) And tries to save a president [The Floating Bonsai](http://time.com/4207602/the-floating-bonsai/?iid=toc%5F020416) Air Bonsai, a miniature tree that rotates in space, has raised more than $600,000 in less than two weeks on Kickstarter–more than quintuple its goal. Here’s how it works, according to its Japanese creators, Hikaru Hoshi and Masanori Imayoshi. [Anger Management](http://time.com/4207604/anger-management/?iid=toc%5F020416) After a wild preseason, GOP voters take sides [What Reality TV Can Teach the 2016 Candidates](http://time.com/4207605/what-reality-tv-can-teach-reality-politics/?iid=toc%5F020416) Lessons from the small screen [Why a Scandal Won’t Stop Abenomics](http://time.com/4207606/why-a-scandal-wont-stop-abenomics/?iid=toc%5F020416) [Inside the Fossil Fuel Fight in the Pacific Northwest](http://time.com/4207607/the-thin-green-line/?iid=toc%5F020416) The thin green line in Oregon [_Better Call Saul_ Season 2 Breaks the Spin-Off Curse](http://time.com/4207608/a-second-season-of-saul-breaks-the-spin-off-curse/?iid=toc%5F020416) Reviewing the _Breaking Bad_ offshoot [Obstacles on the Road to Peace In Syria](http://time.com/4207611/obstacles-on-the-road-to-peace-in-syria/?iid=toc%5F020416) [A Powerful New Tool for ‘Editing’ the Human Genome](http://time.com/4207612/a-scientist-gets-the-green-light-to-edit-the-human-genome/?iid=toc%5F020416) Are scientists ready? [What Marco Rubio Must Do Next](http://time.com/4207613/marco-rubio-prospered-by-lying-low-can-it-last/?iid=toc%5F020416) He prospered by laying low. Can it last? [How to Survive the New Economic Normal](http://time.com/4207616/how-to-survive-the-new-economic-normal/?iid=toc%5F020416) [Lessons from Iowa](http://time.com/4207617/lessons-from-iowa/?iid=toc%5F020416) The first caucus may be over, but its results will affect campaigns for months to come [Leo, the Bear and the Confounding Oscar Race of 2016](http://time.com/4207618/leo-the-bear-and-the-confounding-oscar-race-of-2016/?iid=toc%5F020416) Inside the competition for the Academy Awards [What to Do With Winter Squash](http://time.com/4207619/gourds-to-live-by/?iid=toc%5F020416) Five gourds to live by [The Importance of Being Little](http://time.com/4207621/the-importance-of-being-little/?iid=toc%5F020416) [Retirees’ Biggest Asset May Be Hiding In Plain Sight](http://time.com/4207622/retirees-biggest-asset-may-be-hiding-in-plain-sight/?iid=toc%5F020416) Considering the reverse mortgage [Vincent ‘Buddy’ Cianci](http://time.com/4207623/vincent-buddy-cianci/?iid=toc%5F020416) Beloved mayor, convicted felon [Pop Chart](http://time.com/4207624/pop-chart/?iid=toc%5F020416) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4207648/in-the-latest-issue-58/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4207648/in-the-latest-issue-58/"},"headline":"In the Latest Issue (4 Feb 2016)","datePublished":"2016-02-04T12:07:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:14.192Z","description":"Hillary on the Race, Her Rivals, and Angry Voters The Race of a Lifetime The Politics and the Law In Our Overdocumented Lives, Letting Go...","url":"https://time.com/4207648/in-the-latest-issue-58/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6ed0084d45ac808/69887c01e20a874868a8f5a7/hillary-cover.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/bltf6ed0084d45ac808/69887c01e20a874868a8f5a7/hillary-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton Time Magazine Cover 160215","caption":"Hillary Clinton Time Magazine Cover","creditText":"Photograph by James Nachtwey for TIME","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/4207648/in-the-latest-issue-58/","name":"In the Latest Issue (4 Feb 2016)"}}]}] ```