--- ---  # In the Latest Issue (7 Apr 2016) by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 7, 2016 10:01 AM UTC  Photograph by Marco Grob for TIME by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 7, 2016 10:01 AM UTC [Can America Learn to Love Ted Cruz?](http://time.com/4284790/learning-to-love-ted-cruz/?iid=toc%5F040716) He has a plan to take the GOP nomination from Donald Trump. But first he must heal old wounds [In Wisconsin, Trump Faltered and Palin Bombed. Why Cruz Will Struggle to Do Better](http://time.com/4284804/in-wisconsin-trump-faltered-and-palin-bombed-can-cruz-find-a-new-york-state-of-mind/?iid=toc%5F040716) Cruz is hardly an inspirational figure [Xi Jinping’s Thin Skin Makes Him Look Weak](http://time.com/4284795/panama-papers-xi-jinping/?iid=toc%5F040716) The ‘Panama Papers’ spell trouble for the Chinese President [The ‘Panama Papers’ Expose the Secret World of the 1%](http://time.com/4284798/the-panama-papers-expose-the-secret-world-of-the-1/?iid=toc%5F040716) The leak has already had major consequences [What Virtual Reality’s Past Reveals About its Future](http://time.com/4284807/virtual-reality-past-present-future/?iid=toc%5F040716) The technology has a bad rap as simply a novelty [The Weirdest, Coolest Things You Can Do With Virtual Reality](http://time.com/4284797/the-weirdest-coolest-things-you-can-do-with-vr/?iid=toc%5F040716) Games that let you do everything from exploring new worlds to defusing a bomb [Which New ‘Reality’ Reigns Supreme?](http://time.com/4284802/which-new-reality-reigns-supreme/?iid=toc%5F040716) [Review: _Hardcore Henry_ Reinvents the Action Flick](http://time.com/4284787/review-hardcore-henry/?iid=toc%5F040716) The entire film is shot from the perspective of a bionic soldier [The New Arms Race in Major League Baseball](http://time.com/4284788/a-major-league-arms-race-fastballs-keep-getting-faster/?iid=toc%5F040716) Fastballs keep getting faster [The Radical New Ways Colleges Are Sizing Up Students](http://time.com/4284789/the-new-college-application/?iid=toc%5F040716) From notebook doodles to video selfies [Review: Kate DiCamillo’s _Raymie Nightingale_ Shows the Stars in Our Faults](http://time.com/4284792/the-stars-in-our-faults/?iid=toc%5F040716) The author of _Because of Winn-Dixie_ has new story about childhood in Florida [The Case for Whole Milk](http://time.com/4284793/the-case-for-whole-milk/?iid=toc%5F040716) [How China Plans to Dominate Soccerd](http://time.com/4284800/chinas-soccer-pitch/?iid=toc%5F040716) Beijing has a global plan for the beautiful game [Quick Talk With Wendell Pierce](http://time.com/4284803/wendell-pierce/?iid=toc%5F040716) The _Wire_ star appears in HBO’s _Confirmation_ [Review: The Stylish _Last Panthers_ Ponders Who Stole Europe](http://time.com/4284805/the-stylish-last-panthers-ponders-who-stole-europe/?iid=toc%5F040716) The crime show arrives on SundanceTV [Merle Haggard](http://time.com/4284791/merle-haggard/?iid=toc%5F040716) Bard of Bakersfield [Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Does All the Heavy Lifting in _Demolition_](http://time.com/4284806/jake-gyllenhaal-demolition/?iid=toc%5F040716) The actor plays a grieving husband who becomes unhinged [What You Said About …](http://time.com/4284808/what-you-said-about/?iid=toc%5F040716) [How Family Therapy Makes Us Older and Wiser](http://time.com/4284809/how-family-therapy-makes-us-older-and-wiser/?iid=toc%5F040716) And also more or less the same [Pop Chart](http://time.com/4284810/pop-chart/?iid=toc%5F040716) [For the Record](http://time.com/4284811/for-the-record/?iid=toc%5F040716) [Donald Trump’s Confidence Game Has Been Years In the Making](http://time.com/4284812/donald-trumps-confidence-game-has-been-years-in-the-making/?iid=toc%5F040716) He has the con man’s ability to embed nuggets of truth in a welter of lies [Review: _The Boss_ Demotes Melissa McCarthy](http://time.com/4284813/the-boss-demotes-mccarthy/?iid=toc%5F040716) Crude gags mingle with squishy, underdeveloped messages in the new comedy [Get Schooled on Veggie Prep](http://time.com/4284814/get-schooled-on-veggie-prep/?iid=toc%5F040716) [Kerry Washington Makes Anita Hill Human in HBO’s _Confirmation_](http://time.com/4284815/kerry-washington-makes-anita-hill-into-a-very-human-subject/?iid=toc%5F040716) [Zaha Hadid](http://time.com/4284816/zaha-hadid/?iid=toc%5F040716) Trailblazing architect [Saudi Arabia’s Attempt to Break Its Addiction to Oil](http://time.com/4284817/saudi-arabias-attempt-to-break-its-addiction-to-oil/?iid=toc%5F040716) [War and Rape](http://time.com/4284818/war-and-rape/?iid=toc%5F040716) The most shameful consequence of conflict comes out into the open [Milestones](http://time.com/4284819/milestones/?iid=toc%5F040716) [Anita Hill on _Confirmation_, What Joe Biden Did Wrong and the Clintons](http://time.com/4281036/anita-hill-on-confirmation-what-joe-biden-did-wrong-and-the-clintons/?iid=toc%5F040716) The professor, who is played by Kerry Washington in a new HBO film, talks about Clarence Thomas and the progression of women’s rights TIME Magazine: Ted Cruz - Likable Enough? 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