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# June 20, 2016 | Vol. 187 No. 23 June 20, 2016 |  

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Vol. 187 No. 23

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Issue name

June 20th, 2016 | Vol. 187, No. 23 | U.S.

Issue date

June 20, 2016

Location

U.S.

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsSportsU.S.World

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Why _Ghostbusters_ Is the Must-See Movie of the Summer Season

The misogynist outrage over the <i>Ghostbusters</i> remake has made it essential viewing

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Women of a Certain Age

The brave pioneers of female irresponsibility are back and on the lam

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: Spielberg's _BFG_ Honors Roald Dahl's Spirit, Farts and All

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Gill More Girl

After more than a decade, Ellen DeGeneres reprises her role as Dory in the sequel to <i>Finding Nemo</i>

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Bat Grit Crazy

Margot Robbie gets utterly unhinged with the comic world’s baddest supervillain

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### How to be Free

In <i>Free State of Jones</i>, Gugu Mbatha-Raw forges unity for a common cause

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Taking the Reins

Saddle up for a new take on Ben-Hur's brotherly feuding, righteous redemption and, oh yeah, that chariot race

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### The Complicated Link Between Muhammad Ali’s Death and Boxing

It's not totally clear

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Muhammad Ali Became a Big Brother to Me—and to All African-Americans

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Thanks to Economic Turmoil, Left-Wing Latin American Countries Are Turning Right

There’s a global story at play

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### With a Withering Attack on Trump, Clinton at Last Turns a Corner in Her White House Bid

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Muhammad Ali: Robert Lipsyte on the Life of the Greatest

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### In the Latest Issue (6 Jun 2016)

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### The Greatest, Over TIME

### U.S.

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

### What A Disappointing U.S. Jobs Report Means

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Behind the Greatest Photo of Muhammad Ali Ever Taken

Neil Leifer captured the champ towering over his vanquished opponent Sonny Liston

[World](/section/world/)

### After Egyptair Flight 804, an Eerie Silence from Terrorist Groups

[World](/section/world/)

### Airplane Black Boxes Are Badly Out of Date


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