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# January 29, 2018 | Vol. 191 No. 3 January 29, 2018 |  

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Vol. 191 No. 3

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Issue name

January 29th, 2018 | Vol. 191, No. 3 | U.S.

Issue date

January 29, 2018

Location

U.S.

Related categories

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[U.S. Government](/vault/subject/u-s-government/)

[U.S. Presidents](/vault/subject/u-s-presidents/)

[Local](/vault/subject/local/)

[Society](/vault/subject/society/)

[Gender](/vault/subject/gender/)

[Politics](/vault/subject/politics/)

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentIdeasPoliticsU.S.World

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Why China Will Beat Tesla in the Electric Car Race

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### There Are Six Very Good Reasons to Go to the Movies This January

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Even Chris Hemsworth Can’t Give _12 Strong_ the Momentum It Needs

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Sharon Stone Is the Reason to Watch Steven Soderbergh's Interactive _Mosaic_

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Sharon Stone on the #MeToo Movement: ‘It’s Up to Men to Teach Other Men What to Do'

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Swedish Band First Aid Kit Pays Homage to American Rock on _Ruins_

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Tune-Yards' New Album Brings a Political Message to the Dance Floor

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### 50 Years After 1968, We Are Still Living In Its Shadow

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Sen. Rand Paul: President Trump Has Had a Year of Accomplishments

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Death Cleaning to Hygge: These Books Want to Be the Next Marie Kondo

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### CNN’s Van Jones on Trump’s First Year, Martin Luther King Jr. and Activism

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### A Year Ago, They Marched. Now a Record Number of Women Are Running for Office

One year ago, millions of women protested in the streets. Now there are more women running for office than ever before.

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Paul Ryan Has the Toughest Job in Washington: Avoiding a Government Shutdown

### U.S.

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

### Hawaii’s False Alarm Exposes U.S. Civil Defense Gaps

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Cape Town Is 90 Days Away From Running Out of Water

"Day zero" is forecast to be April 22

[World](/section/world/)

### Trump Turns His Back on Pakistan, Giving China an Opportunity

[World](/section/world/)

### Baidu's Robin Li is Helping China Win the 21st Century


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