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# August 28, 2017 | Vol. 190 No. 8 August 28, 2017 |  

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Vol. 190 No. 8

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Issue name

August 28th, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 8 | U.S.

Issue date

August 28, 2017

Location

U.S.

Related categories

[World](/vault/subject/world/)

[Society](/vault/subject/society/)

[Politics](/vault/subject/politics/)

[Civil Rights](/vault/subject/civil-rights/)

[North America](/vault/subject/north-america/)

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentIdeasPoliticsSportsU.S.WorldOthers

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Striking It _Logan Lucky_

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### A Jersey Girl Dreams Big

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Streaming Now: Two Sets of Subversive Heroes

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Will the Nation Succeed After Charlottesville Where Donald Trump Failed?

‘The divisions are now as physical as they are emotional and intellectual’

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The U.S. Can Win a Trade War With China. That Doesn't Mean It Should Try

That doesn't mean it should try

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### American Hate, a History

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### John Grisham: ‘Silence Is Not An Option'

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### What White America Must Do Next

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### From Selma to Charlottesville, the Ghosts of Our Past

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Fall Book That Will Take Your Mind Off Politics

…If not ease it

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### A New Look at the Next Generation

According to a new book, they're safe, they text and they're terrified

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### An American’s Tale of Policy and Progress

Suzy Hansen's "Notes on a Foreign Country" beautifully takes on America and privilege

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### What Do I Do Now? A Midlife Career Change May Be Just the Challenge You Need

When was the last time you asked yourself what you're good at?

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Jen Hatmaker Talks Faith, Family and the Church’s Battles

A conversation with the self-described "low-grade Christian famous" pastor and author

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Trump's Penchant for Chaos Brings Less World Order

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Aaron Judge Sizes Up As Baseball's Best New Hope

### U.S.

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

### Bigots Get a Boost from the Bully Pulpit After Charlottesville

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

### Ilhan Omar: Unity Will Take Generations

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Nepal Criminalizes Period Huts

[World](/section/world/)

### The Dual-Citizenship Crisis Rocking Politics Down Under

[World](/section/world/)

### Guam, the U.S. Territory in the Line of North Korea’s ‘Enveloping Fire’

[World](/section/world/)

### World's Longest Suspension Footbridge

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (17 Aug 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### This Just In (17 Aug 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (17 Aug 2017)

### Others

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