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# April 18, 2016 | Vol. 187 No. 14 April 18, 2016 |  

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April 18th, 2016 | Vol. 187, No. 14 | U.S.

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsWorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### The 'Panama Papers' Expose the Secret World of the 1%

The leak has already had major consequences

[Business](/section/business/)

### What Virtual Reality’s Past Reveals About its Future

The technology has a bad rap as simply a novelty

[Business](/section/business/)

### The Weirdest, Coolest Things You Can Do With Virtual Reality

Games that let you do everything from exploring new worlds to defusing a bomb

[Business](/section/business/)

### Which New 'Reality' Reigns Supreme?

[Business](/section/business/)

### Donald Trump's Confidence Game Has Been Years In the Making

He has the con man’s ability to embed nuggets of truth in a welter of lies

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Quick Talk With Wendell Pierce

The <em>Wire</em> star appears in HBO’s <em>Confirmation</em>

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: The Stylish _Last Panthers_ Ponders Who Stole Europe

The crime show arrives on SundanceTV

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Does All the Heavy Lifting in _Demolition_

The actor plays a grieving husband who becomes unhinged

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _The Boss_ Demotes Melissa McCarthy

Crude gags mingle with squishy, underdeveloped messages in the new comedy

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Kerry Washington Makes Anita Hill Human in HBO’s _Confirmation_

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Get Schooled on Veggie Prep

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Truth About Family Therapy (and Why You Should Still Go)

The more things change... 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Anita Hill on _Confirmation_, What Joe Biden Did Wrong and the Clintons

The professor, who is played by Kerry Washington in a new HBO film, talks about Clarence Thomas and the progression of women's rights

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Can America Learn to Love Ted Cruz?

He has a plan to take the GOP nomination from Donald Trump. But first he must heal old wounds

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### In the Latest Issue (7 Apr 2016)

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### In Wisconsin, Trump Faltered and Palin Bombed. Why Cruz Will Struggle to Do Better

Cruz is hardly an inspirational figure

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Xi Jinping's Thin Skin Makes Him Look Weak

The ‘Panama Papers’ spell trouble for the Chinese President

[World](/section/world/)

### How China Plans to Dominate Soccer

Beijing has a global plan for the beautiful game

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (7 Apr 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (7 Apr 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (7 Apr 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Zaha Hadid

Trailblazing architect

[World](/section/world/)

### Saudi Arabia's Attempt to Break Its Addiction to Oil

[World](/section/world/)

### War and Rape

The most shameful consequence of conflict comes out into the open

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (7 Apr 2016)

### Others

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