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Vol. 190 No. 21  Issue name November 20th, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 21 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific Issue date November 20, 2017 Location Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific Related categories [World](/vault/subject/world/) [Government](/vault/subject/government/) [World Leaders](/vault/subject/world-leaders/) [Europe](/vault/subject/europe/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents EntertainmentIdeasU.S.World ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Filmmakers Spike Lee and Dee Rees Reunite at Their Old Stomping Grounds [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### With _Soul of a Woman_, Sharon Jones Sings One Final Joyful Note [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### _Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri_ Is a Thin Portrait of Small-Town America [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Woody Harrelson Shines as a Crass and Contradictory _LBJ_ [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Kenneth Branagh Revives the World's Greatest Detective [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Review: Netflix's _Alias Grace_ Is a Triumph of Complex, Feminist Storytelling ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### What Happens When Women Reach a Critical Mass of Influence [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Master of None: Or, How We Learned the Dogs Are Secretly In Charge [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### 7 Questions with Mavis Staples "We’re living in trying times right now." ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### The Troubling Link Between Domestic Violence and Mass Shooters Mass shootings and domestic abuse in America [U.S.](/section/us/) ### 'Nothing Is Sacred.' Religious Leaders Take Action on Attacks in Houses of Worship [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Voters Deliver a Big Win for Democrats, and a Blow to Trump ### World [World](/section/world/) ### At Home in the World [World](/section/world/) ### The Last Globalist [World](/section/world/) ### Corruption Crackdowns Can Bring Political Advantages November 20th, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 21 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"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"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"November 20th, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 21 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific","item":"https://time.com/magazine/south-pacific/5016933/november-20th-2017-vol-190-no-21-asia-europe-middle-east-and-africa-south-pacific/"}]}]} ```