--- title: August 17th, 2015 | Vol. 186, No. 6 | U.S. description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/us/3986991/august-17th-2015-vol-186-no-6-u-s/ og:title: August 17th, 2015 | Vol. 186, No. 6 | U.S. og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/magazine/us/3986991/august-17th-2015-vol-186-no-6-u-s/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08c39ab14fc40b59/69885e14428a9e3c66cce831/virtual-cover-final.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2363 og:image:height: 1329 og:image:alt: Virtual Reality Time Magazine Cover 150817 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: August 17th, 2015 | Vol. 186, No. 6 | U.S. twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08c39ab14fc40b59/69885e14428a9e3c66cce831/virtual-cover-final.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # August 17, 2015 | Vol. 186 No. 6August 17, 2015 | Vol. 186 No. 6  Issue name August 17th, 2015 | Vol. 186, No. 6 | U.S. Issue date August 17, 2015 Location U.S. Related categories [Science](/vault/subject/science/) [Business](/vault/subject/business/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsWorldOthers ### Business [Business](/section/business/) ### Why Virtual Reality Is About to Change the World It promises to revolutionize the way we live, play and learn [Business](/section/business/) ### In The Latest Issue (6 Aug 2015) ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Meryl’s Revolutionary Movie Moms: From 'Ricki' to 'Sophie's Choice' and 'Kramer vs. Kramer' In her latest, Streep plays an MIA rocker mother [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Review: Robyn’s Tribute to Dance Floors of Decades Past The singer’s ‘mini-album’ Love Is Free is out Aug. 7 [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Review: Louis de Bernières’s _The Dust That Falls From Dreams_ The guns of August—and what came after [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Review: _Diary of a Teenage Girl_ Is an Honest Entry on Teen Sexuality Bel Powley and Alexander Skarsgard star in the adaptation [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### 10 Questions With Anthony Bourdain At work on a global food hall in New York and a new season of his television show, the chef and author dishes on the way we eat now ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### Do you Need to Buy Organic to Get the Best of Summer's Produce? What to put in your grocery bag ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The ‘Waze’ and Means of Parenting How a new crowd-sourced traffic app changed my summer ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### The Koch Brothers Reboot for 2016 To elect a Republican, the power brokers have retooled with more money, better strategy and a new plan for victory [Politics](/section/politics/) ### President Obama Takes the Lead on Climate Change But he needs the world to follow ### World [World](/section/world/) ### What It’s Like to Be Out in Africa While gay rights are on the rise in the U.S., violent homophobia remains rampant in many African nations [World](/section/world/) ### See the Legal Side of Lion Hunting Cecil’s killing has overshadowed a different kind of big game hunting [World](/section/world/) ### A Daily Dozen of Jon Stewart's Best Moments [World](/section/world/) ### Should Prostitution Be Legal? Amnesty International is poised to vote on a measure some hope would protect sex workers [World](/section/world/) ### The Long Journey From North Korea to Freedom New memoirs describe life during one of the greatest disasters—and most secret—the world has ever known [World](/section/world/) ### Treacherous Toys Major retailers recently agreed to stop selling realistic toy guns in New York, per a settlement with the state's attorney general. Here, other playthings that caused a stir: [World](/section/world/) ### Offbeat Power Players After years of turmoil, U.S. hydropower production is poised to grow by more than 5% in 2016, according to new data. But globally, the renewable energy resource is getting some unexpected competition. [World](/section/world/) ### Milestones (6 Aug 2015) [World](/section/world/) ### Janeane Garofalo The veteran comedian stars in Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, an eight-episode series now streaming on Netflix that is a prequel to the 2001 film with a cult following. [World](/section/world/) ### Howard Jones IVF pioneer [World](/section/world/) ### Mullah Mohammad Omar Taliban chief [World](/section/world/) ### Pop Chart (6 Aug 2015) [World](/section/world/) ### What You Said About ... 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