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# April 20, 2015 | Vol. 185 No. 14April 20, 2015 |  
Vol. 185 No. 14

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Issue name

April 20th, 2015 | Vol. 185, No. 14 | U.S.

Issue date

April 20, 2015

Location

U.S.

Related categories

[Civil Rights](/vault/subject/civil-rights/)

[Crime](/vault/subject/crime/)

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsScienceU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### See the Massive Monuments Silicon Valley Is Building

The tech world's crown jewels 

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### MoMA’s Talking Pictures

Images give voice to the Great Migration

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### In _Ex Machina_, a Date With an Android

Two wily men and a robot goddess square off in Alex Garland’s movie 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 10 Questions With Brian Grazer

The producer and newly minted author muses on Hollywood, <em>Empire</em> and his most compulsive trait 

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Dieter's Dilemma

Science weighs in on which popular weight-loss plans truly work 

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Bye-Bye Great Satan

A deal with the U.S. undermines Iranian hardliners, and gives reformers hope 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Ladies and Germs

How I came to adopt the surgical mask, one of Japan's most popular accessories 

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The Relentless Tennessee Dealmaker

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

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The GOP’s Theory of Evolution

To reinvent the party, Rand Paul had to change first 

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### 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 

### U.S.

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

### In the Line of Fire (9 Apr 2015)

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 

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

### In The Latest Issue (9 Apr 2015)

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

### From Trayvon Martin to Walter Scott: Cases in the Spotlight

A timeline 

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

### Truth and Consequences in North Charleston

Debating the meaning—and potential impact—of a damning video 

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Female Kurdish Soldiers Fighting for Their Rights

At the command of a controversial leader, a cadre is taking the battle to ISIS 

[World](/section/world/)

### The Culture (9 Apr 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (9 Apr 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Briefing (9 Apr 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (9 Apr 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Rahm Emanuel

Mayor of Chicago

[World](/section/world/)

### All in the Family

[World](/section/world/)

### A Rape Story That Shook the Country

Rolling Stone takes one back

[World](/section/world/)

### A Failing Middle East

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (9 Apr 2015)

### Others

[Fashion's Hot New AgeGrande dames are redefining beauty with their senior chic ](/3814980/fashions-hot-new-age/)


April 20th, 2015 | Vol. 185, No. 14 | U.S.

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