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# June 29, 2015 | Vol. 185 No. 24 June 29, 2015 |  

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasSportsU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Gaming’s Biggest Confab Puts the Spotlight on Tech

E3 has grown far beyond its origins 

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _How Music Got Free_

Examining changes in the music marketplace

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Inside Out_’s Trippy Ride Through a Strange Land

Spoiler: The brain 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### In _The Unfortunates_, the Fall of a High-Society Dynasty

A family takes a tumble in Sophie McManus’s debut novel 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _Dope_ Injects Urban Struggle With John Hughes Heart

Rick Famuyiwa's festival hit has charm to spare

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Quick Talk With Christian Slater

In USA's new drama Mr. Robot (TV premiere June 24; the first episode is streaming online now), Slater, 45, plays the mysterious head of a computer-hacking collective.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 10 Questions With Larry Kramer

The AIDS activist, playwright and author is still pushing hard for gay rights and an HIV cure as HBO debuts a documentary about his life 

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Nip. Tuck. Or Else.

Why you’ll be getting cosmetic procedures even if you may not really want to 

[Health](/section/health/)

### In The Latest Issue (18 Jun 2015)

[Health](/section/health/)

### What Criminals Can Teach Us About Creativity

Creativity comes from scarcity 

[Health](/section/health/)

### Surprisingly Healthy Snack Foods

Munchies to improve your wellness

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Let Rachel Dolezal Be as Black as She Wants to Be

She's given me the courage to reveal my true identity. 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How to Change Careers

Switching gears is all the rage—but what else could I possibly do? 

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Serena Williams, Halfway to History

Finally at ease, she could win the first Grand Slam in over 25 years 

### U.S.

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

### The U.S. is Fighting on Two Fronts: the Real World and the Virtual One

A strike in Yemen and a setback in the cyber world 

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

### Three Bright Lights in American Infrastructure

How innovations are improving our daily lives 

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Putin's Secret Army

The Russian President turned Chechen enemies into his closest allies—but he may be losing control 

[World](/section/world/)

### No, the Iran Nuclear Deal Will Not Be Good for the U.S.

Iran will get too much 

[World](/section/world/)

### Back in TIME

Aug. 26, 1957 Althea Gibson

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (18 Jun 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Ornette Coleman

Jazz avant-gardist

[World](/section/world/)

### John Kasich

Despite a crowded field and a late start, the Republican governor of Ohio is forging ahead with his second presidential campaign. (His first was in 2000.) Kasich, a former investment banker and top congressional budget writer, spoke with TIME at a recent event in Utah.

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (18 Jun 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Verbatim (18 Jun 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (18 Jun 2015)

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