--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: May 15th, 2017 | Vol. 189, No. 18 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # May 15, 2017 | Vol. 189 No. 18May 15, 2017 | Vol. 189 No. 18  Issue name May 15th, 2017 | Vol. 189, No. 18 | U.S. Issue date May 15, 2017 Location U.S. Related categories [Science](/vault/subject/science/) [Health & Medicine](/vault/subject/health-medicine/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents EntertainmentHealthHistoryIdeasPoliticsSportsWorldOthers ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### On Broadway, It's Déjà Vu All Over-and Not Just for _Groundhog Day_ [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Dysfunction by the Plateful In _The Dinner_ [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### The Art of Obit: A Life In 800 Words ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### The World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic On a hyperconnected planet rife with hyperinfectious diseases, experts warn we aren't ready to keep America--and the world--safe from the next pandemic ### History [History](/section/history/) ### The Surprising Evolution of Cinco de Mayo ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### How to Keep America Safe [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Whose Privilege Is Showing? Probably Mine. But Don't Ask Me to Check Anyone Else [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The Hidden Stars of Champion Teams The true hallmark of a top-tier team is a captain who works hard behind the scenes [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Review: The Girls Off the Cliff in Paula Hawkins' _Into the Water_ Suspense, for Hawkins, is almost secondary; part of the thrill of her thrillers is the social commentary [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Why Real Scientists Think Aliens Would Never Eat Humans And 4 other extraterrestrial myths debunked ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### What Does Trump See When He Looks Back In History? Mostly He Sees ... Trump [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Alexa Takes the Stand: Listening Devices Raise Privacy Issues ### Sports [Sports](/section/sports/) ### Dale Earnhardt Jr. ### World [World](/section/world/) ### The Negotiator Moon Jae-in is set to become President of South Korea, and he wants to talk [World](/section/world/) ### Venezuela Nears a Tipping Point, and a Violent Endgame [World](/section/world/) ### What You Said About ... (4 May 2017) [World](/section/world/) ### For the Record (4 May 2017) [World](/section/world/) ### This Just In (4 May 2017) [World](/section/world/) ### Quick Talk With Debra Winger The three-time Academy Award nominee, 61, who famously withdrew from movies for six years, plays a long married woman in the comedy The Lovers. [World](/section/world/) ### Changing the Laws That Let Rapists Wed Victims [World](/section/world/) ### Barriers to a Border Wall [World](/section/world/) ### Milestones (4 May 2017) [World](/section/world/) ### Pop Chart (4 May 2017) [World](/section/world/) ### Flying Jet Taxis [World](/section/world/) ### Jonathan Demme Iconic filmmaker ### Others ### ### ### ### ### ### May 15th, 2017 | Vol. 189, No. 18 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"May 15th, 2017 | Vol. 189, No. 18 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/4766607/may-15th-2017-vol-189-no-18-u-s/"}]}]} ```