--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: May 2nd, 2016 | Vol. 187, No. 16 & 17 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # May 2, 2016 | Vol. 187 No. 16 & 17May 2, 2016 | Vol. 187 No. 16 & 17  Issue name May 2nd, 2016 | Vol. 187, No. 16 & 17 | U.S. Issue date May 2, 2016 Location U.S. Related categories [Influence](/vault/subject/influence/) [TIME 100](/vault/subject/time-100/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents IdeasWorld ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Four Legs Good, Two Legs Irrelevant The TIME 100 is all too human. I make room for the animals ### World [World](/section/world/) ### The 100 Most Influential People in the World (21 Apr 2016) TIME presents its annual list, from artists and leaders to pioneers, titans and icons [World](/section/world/) ### How We Pick the TIME 100 (21 Apr 2016) [World](/section/world/) ### See the TIME 100's Power Tools (21 Apr 2016) The objects that inspire our influencers [World](/section/world/) ### How the World's Most Influential People Influence Each Other [World](/section/world/) ### By the Numbers How our influencers stack up [World](/section/world/) ### Points of Origin Where the 2016 TIME 100 were born [World](/section/world/) ### Name Game Can you match these influencers with their obscure bio details? [World](/section/world/) ### TIME 100 Online May 2nd, 2016 | Vol. 187, No. 16 & 17 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"May 2nd, 2016 | Vol. 187, No. 16 & 17 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/4302990/may-2nd-2016-vol-187-no-16-u-s/"}]}]} ```