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# March 14, 2016 | Vol. 187 No. 9 March 14, 2016 |  

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March 14th, 2016 | Vol. 187, No. 9 | U.S.

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentIdeasPoliticsScienceSportsU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### How the Pay Gap Hurts Women's Financial Security

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 12 Questions With Loretta Lynn

With her first album in 12 years and a new PBS documentary about her life, the 83-year-old coal miner’s daughter isn’t slowing down

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Quick Talk With Tina Fey

The <em>Whiskey Tango Foxtrot</em> star discusses her latest transformation into a TV news reporter, this one based on Kim Barker 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: Will Arnett Struggles by the Beach in _Flaked_

One of TV’s funniest actors misses the mark on Netflix

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _Underground_ Is a New Kind of Slavery Drama

WGN America’s new series takes place in 1857 Georgia

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: Tina Fey Falls in Love With a War Zone in _Whiskey Tango Foxtrot_

War is no place for anybody, which is one of the ideas nailed by this zig-zagging, high-spirited movie

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How Coloring Inside the Lines Came Into Fashion

Adults pick up their crayons and colored pencils

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How to Get Angry With the Wu-Tang Clan

Rage is all the rage these days

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Donald Trump’s Wild Ride

As he piles up GOP delegates, the nation braces for a very difficult 2016

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### In the Latest Issue (3 Mar 2016)

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### What a Year of Racial Strife Has Taught Bernie and Hillary

The candidates have taken different approaches to the black community

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The Inside Story of the Five Guys Who Set Out to Reform the NSA

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Could Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Spawn a Liberal Tea Party?

The candidate has sparked the populist revolution he’s always talking about

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### Half-Earth

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Ibtihaj Muhammad Gives Team USA a New Edge

The fencer brings faith and fearlessness to this summer’s

### U.S.

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

### Fallout from Flint's Water Crisis

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### The Nuclear Deal Pays Off In Iran's Elections

[World](/section/world/)

### World's Longest Flights

[World](/section/world/)

### The Sunken Museum

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (3 Mar 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (3 Mar 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (3 Mar 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Verbatim (3 Mar 2016)

### Others

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[Do Kids Really Get Along With Their Parents?](/4246083/do-kids-really-get-along-with-their-parents/)

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[The Upside of Loneliness](/4246091/the-upside-of-loneliness/)

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