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# May 30, 2016 | Vol. 187 No. 20May 30, 2016 |  
Vol. 187 No. 20

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May 30th, 2016 | Vol. 187, No. 20 | U.S.

Issue date

May 30, 2016

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U.S.

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentIdeasPoliticsU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### A Devastating Type of Hack Is Costing People Big Money

Ransomware attacks on businesses and individuals have risen dramatically in recent years

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### I Left My Art In San Francisco

A stunning new expansion by SFMOMA has transformed the City by the Bay into a premier destination for art

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### High-Concept Chelsea a Sign of Deficit In Late-Night Stars

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Almost 40 Years Later, a Miniseries Returns to Television's Roots

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Bryan Cranston Talks Walter White, LBJ and His Own Political Ambitions

The 'Breaking Bad' star won't rule out a 'Better Call Saul' appearance

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Ronan Farrow Is an Example for Siblings of Potential Victims

His writing is worthy and courageous

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Battle of the Bathroom

Why the fight for transgender rights has moved into the most intimate of public spaces

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### In the Latest Issue (19 May 2016)

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Donald Trump, the Astute Salesman, Has Captured and Targeted America’s Mood: Nostalgic

He has done a stunning job of repurposing the past as the future

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Military Sexual Assault Victims Discharged After Filing Complaints

Many are booted out with 'bad paper' and can’t get upgrades 

### U.S.

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

### Why Can't Drug Costs be Reined In?

When the price of the blood-pressure drug Nitropress leaped from $215 to $881 last year, an increase of 300%, it triggered public outrage

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### How the Sykes-Picot Agreement Helped Make a Messed-Up Middle East

The 100th anniversary of the Sykes-Picot agreement comes on May 19, marking a century that helped shaped the Middle East

[World](/section/world/)

### We Should Laud Singledom, Not Lament It

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (19 May 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (19 May 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (19 May 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (19 May 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Night of a Thousand Stars

[World](/section/world/)

### Is This Thing On?

British Prime Minister David Cameron caused a diplomatic kerfuffle on May 10 after being caught on tape in a private conversation with Queen Elizabeth II describing Nigeria and Afghanistan as "fantastically corrupt," at a conference where leaders of both those countries were in attendance. Here, other "private" remarks by world leaders made embarrassingly public.

[World](/section/world/)

### A New American Murder Mystery

[World](/section/world/)

### The Forest Hotel

[World](/section/world/)

### Facebook and Politics

[World](/section/world/)

### The Roots of Roots

[World](/section/world/)

### The Caretaker President and Poet Taking Charge of a Troubled Brazil

### Others

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