--- title: October 31st, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 18 | U.S. description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/us/4540090/october-31st-2016-vol-188-no-18-u-s/ og:title: October 31st, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 18 | U.S. og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/magazine/us/4540090/october-31st-2016-vol-188-no-18-u-s/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5bebb770212a8716/6988aab88e0601d450467e8f/carlson-use-this.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2363 og:image:height: 1329 og:image:alt: Gretchen Carlson sexual harassment Time Magazine cover 161031 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: October 31st, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 18 | U.S. twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5bebb770212a8716/6988aab88e0601d450467e8f/carlson-use-this.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # October 31, 2016 | Vol. 188 No. 18October 31, 2016 | Vol. 188 No. 18  Issue name October 31st, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 18 | U.S. Issue date October 31, 2016 Location U.S. Related categories [Society](/vault/subject/society/) [Gender](/vault/subject/gender/) [Media](/vault/subject/media/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents BusinessEntertainmentIdeasScienceU.S.WorldOthers ### Business [Business](/section/business/) ### Why Fitness Trackers Aren't Making Us Healthier [Business](/section/business/) ### A Data Breach You Can Smell ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### The _Joneses_ Tries to Shake Up the 'Hood [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### _Moonlight_ Enchants by Revealing Itself In a Thousand Facets [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Laurie's New Healing Sleuth Takes a Dubious _Chance_ [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Even Headstrong Generals Must Answer to Someone [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Pop Chart (21 Oct 2016) [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### The Hidden Truth In Every Ghost Story [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### This Land Is Our Land ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Gretchen Carlson's Next Fight The former Fox News star is taking on sexual harassment. And she likes to win. [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The Teeny Tiny Fine Print That Can Allow Sexual Harassment Claims to Go Unheard How arbitration clauses can keep women from taking their cases to court [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The Social Cost of Solitary Confinement These conditions aren't bad just for prisoners. They're bad for everyone ### Science [Science](/section/science/) ### This Just In (21 Oct 2016) ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Beware the Toxic Sequel to Donald Trump's Flailing Presidential Campaign [U.S.](/section/us/) ### This Is the Most Enlightening Election In More Than a Century and Here's Why [U.S.](/section/us/) ### How Trump Plans to Win-Even If He Loses the Election [U.S.](/section/us/) ### What Hillary Clinton's Insiders Know That Voters Don't-Yet [U.S.](/section/us/) ### What You Said About ... (21 Oct 2016) ### World [World](/section/world/) ### Between Two Worlds: Libya Has Devolved Into a Brutal Marketplace of Human Lives In the absence of a government, Libya has devolved into a brutal marketplace of human lives [World](/section/world/) ### Monumental Offenses After months of protests and court battles, Russia unveiled on Oct. 14 the country's first monument to Ivan the Terrible, a 16th century tyrant responsible for thousands of murders. Here, three other controversial public sculptures. [World](/section/world/) ### For the Record (21 Oct 2016) [World](/section/world/) ### The Fighters In the Battle for Mosul The long-awaited attack on the ISIS-held city of Mosul brings together a motley coalition of Iraqi military forces numbering roughly 80,000\. The attack force reflects both Iraq's diversity and its divisions. Here's a rundown of the major players. [World](/section/world/) ### Milestones (21 Oct 2016) [World](/section/world/) ### Bhumibol Adulyadej King of Thailand ### Others ### ### ### [The 30 Most Influential Teens of 2016](/4532104/most-influential-teens-2016/) ### ### ```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":"October 31st, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 18 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/4540090/october-31st-2016-vol-188-no-18-u-s/"}]}]} ```