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# July 4, 2016 | Vol. 188 No. 1 July 4, 2016 |  

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July 4th, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 1 | U.S.

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthHistoryIdeasPoliticsScienceSportsU.S.WorldOthers

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### R&B Star Maxwell Returns, With a Sultry, Timeless Groove

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### For _Mr. Robot_, the Devil Is In the Details

'When you see, from the top down, how much everyone cares, that makes an impact'

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Freed, but Still Yearning to Escape In _Thirteen_

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### A New Technique That Lets Scientists Edit DNA Is Transforming Science—and Raising Difficult Questions

### History

[History](/section/history/)

### An American Underclass Is Up for Discussion

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### My Daughter Came Out, Then Orlando Happened

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Liberal Hypocrisy of 'Free Speech'

'There's no excuse for such behavior'

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Gawker Founder Nick Denton on Peter Thiel, 'Conflict and Trollery' and the Future of Media

'I’ve always had a surprising amount of respect for Rupert Murdoch'

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Bold, Brash and Under Renovation Donald Trump Hits Reset

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### A Joyous Cleveland Braces for a Fractious GOP Convention

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### In the Latest Issue (23 Jun 2016)

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Rugby? Yes, Rugby

Carlin Isles and his "rocket shoes" are making the U.S. an unlikely contender

### U.S.

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

### Can We Curb Gun Violence by Treating It Like a Disease?

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Buildings That Power Themselves

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (23 Jun 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Jo Cox

British lawmaker

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (23 Jun 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (23 Jun 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Iraq's Fight for Survival

Before it can finally defeat ISIS, the country must solve its deep political divisions

[World](/section/world/)

### The World's Dispossessed

In 2015 the global number of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people reached 65.3 million, the highest total since records began. Here's how the numbers break down.

[World](/section/world/)

### The Rise of Alt Medicine

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (23 Jun 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Shrinking States

The U.S. population grew to 321,418,820 people last year, up less than 1% over 2014, per new census figures. But that growth was not shared equally. Here are the states and territory that saw the largest drops.

[World](/section/world/)

### A New Fight Over Digital Music

[World](/section/world/)

### The New Reasons to Exercise

### Others

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