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# May 15, 2017 | Vol. 189 No. 18 May 15, 2017 |  

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthHistoryIdeasPoliticsSportsWorldOthers

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### On Broadway, It's Déjà Vu All Over-and Not Just for _Groundhog Day_

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The Art of Obit: A Life In 800 Words

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### The World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic

On a hyperconnected planet rife with hyperinfectious diseases, experts warn we aren't ready to keep America--and the world--safe from the next pandemic

### History

[History](/section/history/)

### The Surprising Evolution of Cinco de Mayo

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How to Keep America Safe

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The U.K. Election Isn't Just About Brexit

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Whose Privilege Is Showing? Probably Mine. But Don't Ask Me to Check Anyone Else

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### 9 Questions With Elizabeth Strout

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge returns with a story collection, <em>Anything Is Possible</em>, about war, personal trauma and class divides

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Hidden Stars of Champion Teams

The true hallmark of a top-tier team is a captain who works hard behind the scenes

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Review: The Girls Off the Cliff in Paula Hawkins' _Into the Water_

Suspense, for Hawkins, is almost secondary; part of the thrill of her thrillers is the social commentary

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Why Real Scientists Think Aliens Would Never Eat Humans

And 4 other extraterrestrial myths debunked

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### What Does Trump See When He Looks Back In History? Mostly He Sees ... Trump

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Alexa Takes the Stand: Listening Devices Raise Privacy Issues

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Dale Earnhardt Jr.

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### The Negotiator

Moon Jae-in is set to become President of South Korea, and he wants to talk

[World](/section/world/)

### Venezuela Nears a Tipping Point, and a Violent Endgame

[World](/section/world/)

### Quick Talk With Debra Winger

The three-time Academy Award nominee, 61, who famously withdrew from movies for six years, plays a long married woman in the comedy The Lovers.

[World](/section/world/)

### Changing the Laws That Let Rapists Wed Victims

[World](/section/world/)

### Barriers to a Border Wall

[World](/section/world/)

### Flying Jet Taxis

[World](/section/world/)

### Jonathan Demme

Iconic filmmaker

[World](/section/world/)

### This Just In (4 May 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (4 May 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (4 May 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (4 May 2017)

### Others

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