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# July 20, 2015 | Vol. 186 No. 3 July 20, 2015 |  

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Vol. 186 No. 3

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July 20th, 2015 | Vol. 186, No. 3 | U.S.

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July 20, 2015

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentIdeasPoliticsWorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Inside the Trouble at Reddit

Ten years ago, two kids created the most interesting, unruly website on the Internet. Now Reddit is also one of the most powerful. Keeping it that way won’t be easy

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: The Third Time’s the Charm for Miguel

His new album borrows from many genres

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Quick Talk With Philip Glass

The composer talks about a new memoir and an upcoming film score

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _Trainwreck_ Slides Just Outside Amy Schumer's Sweet Spot

The Comedy Central star’s new movie hits theaters

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Denis Leary Delivers Rock of the Aged

His new FX comedy is more dad-band than comeback tour

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### My Bank Wants to Know My Favorite Color

And ‘I don’t have one’ isn’t an option

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Review: Ayn Rand’s _Ideal_

Her deadly, unpublished early novel illuminates—and unsettles

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How Elizabeth Warren's Populist Fury is Remaking Democratic Politics

And what it means for Hillary Clinton's campaign

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### In the Latest Issue (9 Jul 2015)

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### 2 Markets for Thrill Seekers to Watch

Shanghai and Puerto Rico make waves

[World](/section/world/)

### The Path to Pluto

A NASA space probe is nearing one of the solar's system's final frontiers after a 9-year journey

[World](/section/world/)

### Kingdom Tower Looks to Set New Records

When it comes to new ultra-tall buildings, the sky is the limit

[World](/section/world/)

### Why Golf Needs Jordan Spieth

Tiger who?

[World](/section/world/)

### Greece Tempts the Fates

After rejecting a new bailout, Greeks find themselves on the brink of an economic disaster

[World](/section/world/)

### A Conversation With the Dalai Lama

The spiritual leader of Tibet, also known as Tenzin Gyatso, chatted with TIME on the morning of his 80th birthday

[World](/section/world/)

### The Economic Toll of Terrorism

[World](/section/world/)

### The Space-Time Continuum

[World](/section/world/)

### _The Reason for Flowers_, Explained

A new book details our obsession—and dependence—on floriculture

[World](/section/world/)

### Why Video Games Need More Female Heroes

Teenagers don’t want what we think they do

[World](/section/world/)

### Why Millennials Can’t Afford to Be Color-blind About Race

No, our society is not “post-racial”

[World](/section/world/)

### How to Waste Less Food

Tips to get the most use out of your fridge

[World](/section/world/)

### The L3D cube

Brooklyn and Hong Kong--based tech firm Looking Glass raised more than $250,000 on Kickstarter to build its L3D cube, a first-of-its-kind, wi-fi-enabled LED fixture. Here's how it works.

[World](/section/world/)

### Misty Copeland

Principal dancer

[World](/section/world/)

### Bill de Blasio Versus ISIS

Is the mayor ready to stop terrorism in New York City?

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (9 Jul 2015)

### Others

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