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# May 22, 2017 | Vol. 189 No. 19 May 22, 2017 |  

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHistoryIdeasPoliticsScienceU.S.WorldOthers

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### King Arthur as a Knockabout Guy

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### On Amazon, a Troubled Letter-Writing Campaign from the Heart

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### How _Twin Peaks_ Changed TV Forever

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Harry Styles' Solo Album Is an Unexpected Tour of Rock History

### History

[History](/section/history/)

### The Forgotten Parent Behind Mother's Day

The idea may seem obvious--celebrate moms!--but the origin of Mother's Day is surprisingly murky

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Danger of Governing on Social Media

Faith in the government is falling, alongside faith in the press

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Shoddy Science Behind Fidget Spinners

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### All the President's Exes

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Review: Everyday Saints in J. Courtney Sullivan's New Novel

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### A Quick Talk With Jeff Garlin About _Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie_

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### What It Feels Like When All Your Parental Nightmares Are Rolled Into One TV Series

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How Beauty Drives Evolution

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How Senator Ben Sasse Became the Anti-Trump

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### How Smart Is a Dog Really? The Secrets of a Canine Mind

New research is revealing how complex a thing it is

[Science](/section/science/)

### Homo Naledi Likely Coexisted With Humans

[Science](/section/science/)

### NASA's New 'Space Fabric'

### U.S.

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

### The Comey Misfire

Did Donald Trump ax James Comey because he mishandled the Clinton email investigation? Or did he have the FBI's probe of his campaign's possible links to Moscow in mind?

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

### New Orleans Confronts Its Confederate History

Early on April 24, police officers cordoned off New Orleans' Liberty Monument, a granite obelisk commemorating an 1874 uprising of white citizens against the state's Reconstructionist government. With snipers posted nearby, crews of workers--their faces hidden under cloth and the logos on their trucks covered with cardboard--soon dismantled it and trucked it away.

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### France's Youngest Leader Since Napoleon Takes the Stage

[World](/section/world/)

### The Wave to Come

The forces that made nationalism a crisis in the West will go global

[World](/section/world/)

### Where Artists Fall Afoul of Blasphemy Laws

British actor Stephen Fry was investigated for blasphemy in Ireland after referring to God as "capricious, mean-minded \[and\] stupid" on television in 2015\. The probe was dropped on May 8, but Ireland isn't the only country where artists have run afoul of laws barring sacrilege.

[World](/section/world/)

### Who's Who In Iran's Elections

On May 19, Iranians will elect a President. The stagnant economy and access to social freedoms have become the race's main issues, but foreign policy has also played a role, with the future of the historic 2015 nuclear deal in doubt with President Trump in the White House. Here, the four key candidates.

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (11 May 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### This Just In (11 May 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (11 May 2017)

### Others

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