--- --- Back to the vault # August 21, 2017 | Vol. 190 No. 7August 21, 2017 | Vol. 190 No. 7  Issue name August 21st, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 7 | U.S. Issue date August 21, 2017 Location U.S. Related categories [Government](/vault/subject/government/) [U.S. Government](/vault/subject/u-s-government/) [U.S. Presidents](/vault/subject/u-s-presidents/) [World Leaders](/vault/subject/world-leaders/) [Politics](/vault/subject/politics/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsScienceSportsU.S.World ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Glen Campbell Country with a hidden edge [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Elvis In the Heart of America What the rise, fall and rebirth of an icon tells us about who we were--and who we are now, 40 years after his death [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Aubrey Plaza's Status Update [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### _Whose Streets?_ Is a Ragged, Bracing Protest Document [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### John Cho [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Pattinson Packs a Punch In _Good Time_ [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### A Family Story With a Son on the Spectrum [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Musical Theater and Misanthropy [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Everyday People, Extraordinary Books ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### Cancer's Newest Miracle Cure It combines the power of genetics and the immune system, and it's saving lives ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Anytime but Now: The Perils of Fighting Last Year's Wars and Pining for Yesterday's Heroes 'It's as if we're all being held hostage by the 2016 election' ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Why General John Kelly Is Trump’s Last Hope Why a four-star Marine general signed up to save the foundering Trump Presidency ### Science [Science](/section/science/) ### The True Meaning of the Great American Eclipse It's a gift to our divided nation ### Sports [Sports](/section/sports/) ### Usain Bolt A singular sprinter ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Dealt a Weak Hand, Rex Tillerson Is Still In the Game at State [U.S.](/section/us/) ### What's In a (Brand) Name? [U.S.](/section/us/) ### A Small-Scale Power Solution Could Pay Big Dividends Across the U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### 8 Questions with Jeff Flake, Republican Senator from Arizona ### World [World](/section/world/) ### A War of Fiery Words, for Now, Between North Korea and the U.S. [World](/section/world/) ### Should Mercenaries Take Over In Afghanistan? [World](/section/world/) ### Birdbrain Is a Misnomer: New Studies Show Birds' Remarkable Cognitive Skills [World](/section/world/) ### For the Record (10 Aug 2017) [World](/section/world/) ### What You Said About ... (10 Aug 2017) [World](/section/world/) ### Milestones (10 Aug 2017) [World](/section/world/) ### Pop Chart (10 Aug 2017) August 21st, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 7 | 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":"August 21st, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 7 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/4894983/august-21st-2017-vol-190-no-7-u-s/"}]}]} ```