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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 3, 2016 12:27 PM UTC  Photograph by Noam Galai–WireImage/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 3, 2016 12:27 PM UTC [**Donald Trump’s Wild Ride**](http://time.com/4246108/donald-trump-2016/) **As he piles up GOP delegates, the nation braces for a very difficult 2016** [**Donald Trump: Tribal Warrior**](http://time.com/4246080/tribal-warrior/) **How does he win? Divide and conquer** [**The Hidden Cost of ‘Surprise’ Medical Bills**](http://time.com/4246077/medical-bills-hidden-cost/) **You only** **_think_** **you’re covered** [**Ibtihaj Muhammad Gives Team USA a New Edge**](http://time.com/fencer/) **The fencer brings faith and fearlessness to this summer’s** [**What a Year of Racial Strife Has Taught Bernie and Hillary**](http://time.com/4246106/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-race/) **The candidates have taken different approaches to the black community** [**New Ways to Improve Well-Being at Work**](http://time.com/4246107/new-ways-to-improve-well-being-at-work/) **Researchers reveal tips for feeling better in the office** [**The Nuclear Deal Pays Off In Iran’s Elections**](http://time.com/4246082/the-nuclear-deal-pays-off-in-irans-elections/) [**The Inside Story of the Five Guys Who Set Out to Reform the NSA**](http://time.com/darkterritory/) [**Could Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Spawn a Liberal Tea Party?**](http://time.com/4246102/bernie-sanders-liberal-tea-party/) **The candidate has sparked the populist revolution he’s always talking about** [**How Coloring Inside the Lines Came Into Fashion**](http://time.com/4246079/coloring-books-for-adults/) **Adults pick up their crayons and colored pencils** [**12 Questions With Loretta Lynn**](http://time.com/4246104/loretta-lynn/) **With her first album in 12 years and a new PBS documentary about her life, the 83-year-old coal miner’s daughter isn’t slowing down** [**Do Kids Really Get Along With Their Parents?**](http://time.com/4246083/do-kids-really-get-along-with-their-parents/) [**How the Pay Gap Hurts Women’s Financial Security**](http://motto.time.com/4201637/pay-gap-calculator/) [**How to Get Angry With the Wu-Tang Clan**](http://time.com/4246084/wu-tang-clan-rage-fury/) **Rage is all the rage these days** [**Review: An Idyllic World Turns Deadly in** **_The Wave_**](http://time.com/4246085/the-wave-offers-a-humbling-vision-as-an-idyllic-world-turns-deadly/) **The film is being billed as Norway’s first disaster movie** [**Your Longevity Is Good for Business**](http://time.com/4246089/your-longevity-is-good-for-business/) **Industries find new ways to cater to the aging population** [**The Upside of Loneliness**](http://time.com/4246091/the-upside-of-loneliness/) [**Europe Fractures As the Migrant Crisis Worsens**](http://time.com/4246092/europe-fractures-as-the-migrant-crisis-worsens/) [**The Radically Simple Solution to Homelessness**](http://time.com/4246093/homelessness-solution/) **Cities are increasingly choosing to house the homeless** [**What Is Killing Off the Pollinators?**](http://time.com/4246095/what-is-killing-off-the-pollinators/) **Over 75% of types of crops rely on bees, butterflies and other critters to pollinate plants. A new U.N. report shows these pollinators are dying fast, threatening global food security. Here’s why.** [**Quick Talk With Tina Fey**](http://time.com/4246097/tina-fey/) **The** **_Whiskey Tango Foxtrot_** **star discusses her latest transformation into a TV news reporter, this one based on Kim Barker** [**Fallout from Flint’s Water Crisis**](http://time.com/4246098/fallout-from-flints-water-crisis/) [**Review: Malick’s** **_Cups_** **Runneth Over—and Over**](http://time.com/4246075/malicks-cups-runneth-over-and-over/) **This director is hardly the perceptive student of human nature he’s cracked up to be** [**World’s Longest Flights**](http://time.com/4246099/worlds-longest-flights/) [**The Sunken Museum**](http://time.com/4246078/the-sunken-museum/) [**Review: Will Arnett Struggles by the Beach in** **_Flaked_**](http://time.com/4246101/flaked-netflix-will-arnett-review/) **One of TV’s funniest actors misses the mark on Netflix** [**Half-Earth**](http://time.com/4246103/half-earth/) [**Review:** **_Underground_** **Is a New Kind of Slavery Drama**](http://time.com/4246110/underground-review/) **WGN America’s new series takes place in 1857 Georgia** [**Review: Tina Fey Falls in Love With a War Zone in** **_Whiskey Tango Foxtrot_**](http://time.com/4243466/review-whiskey-tango-foxtrot-tina-fey/) **War is no place for anybody, which is one of the ideas nailed by this zig-zagging, high-spirited movie** [**Pop Chart**](http://time.com/4246096/pop-chart/) [**Stephen Curry**](http://time.com/4246087/stephen-curry/) **A new NBA record** [**What You Said About …**](http://time.com/4246088/what-you-said-about/) [**Milestones**](http://time.com/4246086/milestones/) [**Verbatim**](http://time.com/4246076/verbatim/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4246150/in-the-latest-issue-61/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4246150/in-the-latest-issue-61/"},"headline":"In the Latest Issue (3 Mar 2016)","datePublished":"2016-03-03T12:27:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T19:59:52.133Z","description":"Donald Trump’s Wild Ride As he piles up GOP delegates, the nation braces for a very difficult 2016 Donald Trump: Tribal Warrior How does he...","url":"https://time.com/4246150/in-the-latest-issue-61/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Flint"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60d8a15b8956b012/69888008bc6cfc4d2d3dbfc6/trump-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/blt60d8a15b8956b012/69888008bc6cfc4d2d3dbfc6/trump-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Time Magazine Cover 160314","caption":"Donald Trump Time Magazine Cover","creditText":"Photograph by Noam Galai–WireImage/Getty Images","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/4246150/in-the-latest-issue-61/","name":"In the Latest Issue (3 Mar 2016)"}}]}] ```