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# April 16, 2018 | Vol. 191 No. 14April 16, 2018 |  
Vol. 191 No. 14

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Issue name

April 16th, 2018 | Vol. 191, No. 14 | U.S.

Issue date

April 16, 2018

Location

U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific

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[World Leaders](/vault/subject/world-leaders/)

[Foreign Relations](/vault/subject/foreign-relations/)

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

[Middle East](/vault/subject/middle-east/)

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentIdeasPoliticsWorld

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Killing Eve_ Isn't Your Average Mystery Series. Here’s How It Breaks the Mold

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _A Quiet Place_ Is One of the Most Terrifyingly Effective Horror Movies in Years

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### R&B Triple Threat Tinashe Hits Her Stride on New Album _Joyride_

"I'm a fighter and a warrior and I'm here."

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Turned Anger Into Action During Apartheid

Defiant Freedom Fighter

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Tech Stocks and the Trump Tweet Effect

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Why President Trump’s Tariff Tussle With China Is Just the Beginning

One year ago, President Trump welcomed China's Xi Jinping to his Mar-a-Lago estate. Despite predictions that different temperaments would make for an uneasy encounter, the meeting helped the nations work closely on North Korea and avoid a trade conflict.

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### I’ve Supported the Second Amendment My Whole Life. It’s Time for Reasonable Gun Control

Congress and the gun lobby will lose support if they don't act

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Why 'Latinx' Is Succeeding While Other Gender-Neutral Terms Fail to Catch On

Analyzing the label's growing appeal

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Bill Gates Says This Book Is 'One of the Most Important' He's Ever Read

"Hans believed the world was making remarkable progress, and he wanted everyone to know about it."

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Convinced Me He’s a Force to Be Reckoned With

Ret. Admiral James Stavridis recounts his recent meeting with the ambitious leader

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Meg Wolizter Explores Feminism and Friendship in _The Female Persuasion_

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Actor and Former Parliamentarian Glenda Jackson on Theater and Women in Politics

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Scott Pruitt's Rollback of Emissions Standards Is a Big Deal. Here's Why the Rollout Fell Flat

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### A Wave of Teacher Activism Is Sweeping Red States

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Rep. Matt Gaetz Wants to Make Trumpism the New Normal, One TV Appearance at a Time

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### The Autocrat's Ascent

Saudi heir Mohammed bin Salman is pitching his plan to disrupt the Middle East

[World](/section/world/)

### Israelis and Palestinians Brace for More Violence After Clash Along Gaza Border

[World](/section/world/)

### The Trouble with Sharing: China's Bike Fever Has Reached Saturation Point

Millions of shareable bikes are flooding streets in cities across China, but thousands end up in giant scrapheaps, broken and discarded


April 16th, 2018 | Vol. 191, No. 14 | U.S.

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