In The Latest Issue

In the Line of Fire
An unarmed black man is shot by a police officer—and this time a video records the killing. Where the debate on racism and law enforcement goes from here

Violent Encounters From Trayvon to North Charleston
A timeline

Truth and Consequences in North Charleston
Debating the meaning—and potential impact—of a damning video

Bye-Bye Great Satan
A deal with the U.S. undermines Iranian hardliners, and gives reformers hope

The Relentless Tennessee Dealmaker
Demanding a role for Congress, former Chattanooga mayor Bob Corker is now a key player in the Iran talks

The Business of Pot
National brands. Franchise stores. Entrepreneurs are plotting a future for American pot that looks quite different from what voters may have bargained for

Female Kurdish Soldiers Fighting for Their Rights
At the command of a controversial leader, a cadre is taking the battle to ISIS

The Culture

Pop Chart

Fashion’s Hot New Age
Grande dames are redefining beauty with their senior chic

MoMA’s Talking Pictures
Images give voice to the Great Migration

In Ex Machina, a Date With an Android
Two wily men and a robot goddess square off in Alex Garland’s movie

Ladies and Germs
How I came to adopt the surgical mask, one of Japan’s most popular accessories

10 Questions With Brian Grazer
The producer and newly minted author muses on Hollywood, Empire and his most compulsive trait

Briefing

The Tech World’s Crown Jewels
Building monuments in glass and steel

Dieter’s Dilemma
Science weighs in on which popular weight-loss plans truly work

The GOP’s Theory of Evolution
To reinvent the party, Rand Paul had to change first

Milestones

Rahm Emanuel
Mayor of Chicago

All in the Family

A Rape Story That Shook the Country
Rolling Stone takes one back

A Failing Middle East

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