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# August 17, 2015 | Vol. 186 No. 6August 17, 2015 |  

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Vol. 186 No. 6

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August 17th, 2015 | Vol. 186, No. 6 | U.S.

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August 17, 2015

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## 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’ <em>Love Is Free</em> 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 ... (6 Aug 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Verbatim (6 Aug 2015)

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