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# June 1, 2015 | Vol. 185 No. 20 June 1, 2015 |  

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Vol. 185 No. 20

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Issue name

June 1st, 2015 | Vol. 185, No. 20 | U.S.

Issue date

June 1, 2015

Location

U.S.

Related categories

[Society](/vault/subject/society/)

[Family](/vault/subject/family/)

[Trends](/vault/subject/trends/)

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsSportsU.S.World

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### David Jaffe: Dressing America’s Women

The Ascena CEO is at the head of an apparel empire 

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Good Tech Gone Bad in Hollywood

The threat of robots destroying humanity has a long history in movies. What’s new is that now it’s actually happening 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Kristen Wiig Gets Serious

The SNL alumna transcends the limits of comedy 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Pop Music Comes to the Summer Movie Set

This summer there’s a music-based movie for every era

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Rose Byrne, the Woman You Laugh to Hate

The actress upends clichés as a hilarious villain in <em>Spy</em>

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Lebron Hits Nothing But Net in _Trainwreck_

The basketball star shows up for Amy Schumer’s new comedy 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Building a Better Dino for _Jurassic World_

The new beast has mean genes 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Magic Mike Back on the Tentpole

Sizing up the sequel

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### B.B. King

Blues legend

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Transforming the Meaning of Fast Food

Two high-end foodies are on a mission to change casual dining 

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### An Explosion of Hot Air

The best GOP field in years begins an epic battle for the nomination to be replaced with something else soon 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The New World of Presidential Candidates’ Goofy Stunts

First Prize: a Week in Cleveland 

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Pope Francis Goes to Washington

With his visit only four months away, a political reset has already started 

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Hillary Clinton Was Ready for Speaking Fees

The presidential candidate made millions from groups she could help if elected

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### 10 Questions With Alex Morgan

The star soccer player talks turf wars, sexism and the future of her sport on the eve of the World Cup 

### U.S.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### Save the American Vacation

What we must do to revive a cherished institution 

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### America’s New Path Forward

How the U.S. can fix its dysfunctional foreign policy 

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### The Roots of the Biker Battle

A massive shootout in Waco exposed the divisions among outlaws 

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Briefing (21 May 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Bailing Out the Bees

[World](/section/world/)

### ISIS Victory Brings Calls for Change in U.S. War Plan

[World](/section/world/)

### Mapping the Minimum Wage

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (21 May 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Franz Wright

Pulitzer-winning poet

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (21 May 2015)


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