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# February 20, 2017 | Vol. 189 No. 6 February 20, 2017 |  

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Vol. 189 No. 6

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Issue name

February 20th, 2017 | Vol. 189, No. 6 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific

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February 20, 2017

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Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentIdeasPoliticsSportsU.S.WorldOthers

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _John Wick: Chapter 2_: Keanu Reeves' Hitman Returns with Bone-crunching, Glorious Violence

The new installment of the pulp-tastic killer-for-hire franchise asks 'Are human beings worth saving?' and delivers the perfect pulp answer: Sometimes, no.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Quick Talk With Sam Richardson

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Ryan Adams’ Album   _Prisoner_  Tells Story of His Divorce

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Television Manages to Put a New Twist on the California State of Mind

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Mapping the   _Girls_  Effect

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Lego Batman Finds the Funny In Existential Angst

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### There Are Echoes of China in Today's America

Until recently, the distance between the political systems of the two countries seemed to be widening but now it appears to be shrinking

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Politics of Fashion Under the Trump Administration

How white pantsuits, pink pussy hats and Nordstrom stock reveal an American divide

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Myth of 'Going Viral' on the Internet

It's a lie we tell ourselves

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How the Enlightenment Predicted Modern Populism

When people have faith in a new way of life's future, unkept promises can lead to pain and rebellion

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Handling North Korea Is a Team Sport and We Need China

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Inside Chuck Schumer’s Plan to Take On President Trump

Inside Chuck Schumer's plan to take on President Trump

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Trump Questions a Rule Obliging Financial Advisers to Put Clients' Interests First

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Tom Brady

A record-shattering Super Bowl

### U.S.

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

### Retirees Shoulder a Bigger Share of Student Debt

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### A Syrian Family Waits to Learn Their Fate

A Syrian family makes one more risky journey, this time to learn their fate

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (9 Feb 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (9 Feb 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### A Suitcase That Follows Its Owner

[World](/section/world/)

### The U.S. and Iran's New Relationship Status: Enemies, With Benefits

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (9 Feb 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Queen Elizabeth II, for 65 Years

[World](/section/world/)

### This Just In (9 Feb 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (9 Feb 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Dark Delights

### Others

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