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# In the Latest Issue (5 May 2016)

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## TIME Staff


May 5, 2016 10:12 AM UTC

![The Zika Virus Time Magazine Cover](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe0c0fbc56228a97/698891e50b72e3645d6e93ca/zika-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2)

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## TIME Staff


May 5, 2016 10:12 AM UTC

[So Should We Just Kill Them All?](http://time.com/4319137/so-should-we-just-kill-them-all/?iid=toc%5F050516)

[What You Need to Know About Zika](http://time.com/4319115/what-you-need-to-know-about-zika/?iid=toc%5F050516)

How to beat the virus—and the mosquitoes that carry it

[Why the Clintons Don’t Fear the Coming Armageddon With Donald Trump](http://time.com/4319141/clintons-donald-trump/?iid=toc%5F050516)

Hillary Clinton’s ultimate trump card will not be her gender but her relative humanity

[The Fall of Theranos and the Future of Science In Silicon Valley](http://time.com/4319110/the-fall-of-theranos-and-the-future-of-science-in-silicon-valley/?iid=toc%5F050516)

The situation exposed weaknesses that might indicate a systemic problem

[What Happens After Donald Trump Wins the Nomination?](http://time.com/4319112/donald-trump-wins-the-nomination-now-what/?iid=toc%5F050516)

Trump’s next steps could either remake U.S. politics or further divide the country

[The Last Nazi Trials](http://time.com/4319135/the-last-nazi-trials/?iid=toc%5F050516)

The prosecution of a 94-year-old former SS guard renews questions about how to assign blame for the Holocaust

[15 Questions With Michael Kinsley](http://time.com/4319113/michael-kinsley/?iid=toc%5F050516)

The journalist and former Crossfire co-host sizes up the boomer legacy, extols later-in-life marriage and gets real about the big exit

[To Celebrate Mother’s Day, TIME Asked Influential Moms to Write Open Letters to Their Children](http://time.com/4319114/mothers-day-letters/?iid=toc%5F050516)

[How DJ Khaled Became the Self-Help Sage of Snapchat](http://time.com/4319116/dj-khaled-snapchat/?iid=toc%5F050516)

He built an empire serving chicken soup for the millennial soul

[Bubble Drone](http://time.com/4319117/bubble-drone/?iid=toc%5F050516)

This helium-filled concept, from Germany-based Festo’s Bionic Learning Network, is designed to interact safely with humans while carrying small objects. Here’s how it works.

[GOP Boss Reince Priebus Leads a Wary Embrace of Donald Trump](http://time.com/4319118/the-republican-boss-leads-a-wary-embrace-of-trump/?iid=toc%5F050516)

The Republican boss will strive to unite and focus his party in coming months


[A Special Evening of 100 Stars](http://time.com/4319119/a-special-evening-of-100-stars/?iid=toc%5F050516)

[For the Record](http://time.com/4319120/for-the-record/?iid=toc%5F050516)

[Even In Death, Prince Remains Surrounded by Mystery](http://time.com/4319123/even-in-death-prince-remains-surrounded-by-mystery/?iid=toc%5F050516)

He died of yet-unknown causes with a vault of unreleased music and no apparent will

[Grammar ‘Mistakes’ Made Good](http://time.com/4319111/grammar-mistakes-made-good/?iid=toc%5F050516)

[Pop Chart](http://time.com/4319124/pop-chart/?iid=toc%5F050516)

[The Tao of Trash](http://time.com/4319126/the-tao-of-trash/?iid=toc%5F050516)

[A Clinton Adviser Takes on Lincoln’s Legacy](http://time.com/4319127/a-clinton-adviser-takes-on-lincolns-legacy/?iid=toc%5F050516)

Sidney Blumenthal examines the political life of Abraham Lincoln in new book

[Review: Drake Offers a Snapshot of His Messy Relationships on _Views_](http://time.com/4319128/on-views-drake-offers-a-snapshot-of-his-messy-relationships/?iid=toc%5F050516)

The album isn’t perfect, but it will still influence artists and audiences

[Modern Feminism Should Stop Selling Out](http://time.com/4319129/modern-feminism-should-stop-selling-out/?iid=toc%5F050516)

[How Political Instability Threatens Iraq from Within](http://time.com/4319130/how-political-instability-threatens-iraq-from-within/?iid=toc%5F050516)

[Milestones](http://time.com/4319131/milestones/?iid=toc%5F050516)

[New Trade Deal May Be Doomed by Populism and Suspicion on Both Sides of the Atlantic](http://time.com/4319133/new-trade-deal/?iid=toc%5F050516)

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership faces opposition from both Europeans and Americans

[A ‘Woman Card’ Benefit Donald Trump Might Not Imagine](http://time.com/4319134/woman-card-donald-trump/?iid=toc%5F050516)

There are some perks

[Review: _The Carmichael Show Pushes New Boundaries_](http://time.com/4319136/a-throwback-sitcom-that-pushes-new-boundaries/?iid=toc%5F050516)

The throwback sitcom sticks with a well-known format


[Loretta Lynch](http://time.com/4319138/loretta-lynch/?iid=toc%5F050516)

The Attorney General recently traveled to Talladega prison in Alabama to talk about her efforts to make it easier for prisoners to re-enter society after their time is served. She sat down with TIME days before the Justice Department announced that a North Carolina law violates transgender people’s civil rights.

[The First Black Superhero Leaps to the Silver Screen](http://time.com/4319139/the-first-black-superhero-leaps-to-the-silver-screen/?iid=toc%5F050516)

Black Panther will get his own Marvel Studios film in 2018

[Civil War Buffs Captain America’s Star](http://time.com/4319140/civil-war-buffs-captain-americas-star/?iid=toc%5F050516)

[Don DeLillo Dances With Death in His New Novel](http://time.com/4319142/zero-don-delillo/?iid=toc%5F050516)

Zero K follows a reclusive billionaire who aims to fight death

[Sherman Alexie Talks About Why He’s ‘One of the Brown Folks for Clinton’](http://time.com/4292771/sherman-alexie-part-time-indian-thunder-boy/?iid=toc%5F050516)

TIME talks with the author of ‘The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian’

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