--- title: August 20th, 2018 | Vol. 192, No. 7 | U.S. description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/us/5362156/august-20th-2018-vol-192-no-7-u-s/ og:title: August 20th, 2018 | Vol. 192, No. 7 | U.S. og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/magazine/us/5362156/august-20th-2018-vol-192-no-7-u-s/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40107350d25d5ef4/69893759096a9430486a3248/time-magazine-cover-spike-lee-carrie-mae-weems.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2280 og:image:height: 1283 og:image:alt: Spike Lee BlacKkKlansman Long Game Time Magazine Cover 180820 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: August 20th, 2018 | Vol. 192, No. 7 | U.S. twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40107350d25d5ef4/69893759096a9430486a3248/time-magazine-cover-spike-lee-carrie-mae-weems.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # August 20, 2018 | Vol. 192 No. 7August 20, 2018 | Vol. 192 No. 7  Issue name August 20th, 2018 | Vol. 192, No. 7 | U.S. Issue date August 20, 2018 Location U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific Related categories [Arts](/vault/subject/arts/) [Movies](/vault/subject/movies/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsU.S.World ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Spike Lee Wants _BlacKkKlansman_ to Wake America Up (9 Aug 2018) [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Daniel Boulud on How Joël Robuchon Shaped 20th Century Haute Cuisine [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Mitski Is Here for the Outsiders in Music [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### _Insecure_ Nails Millennial Malaise in a Standout Third Season [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Why _The Third Hotel_ Is Summer’s Creepiest Lost-Love Story [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Ethan Hawke Refuses to Complain About Getting Older The Oscar-nominated actor on directing movies, the state of modern romance and why he won't whine about getting older ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### Lowering Your Blood Pressure Could Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk, New Research Shows A breakthrough study suggests that a lifestyle change may help ward off dementia ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The Real Reason Democracies Won’t Solve Their Immigration Problems ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### How Your Brain Tricks You Into Believing Fake News Bots and propagandists are just part of the problem. The bigger issue is your brain ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Stacey Cunningham, Head of the New York Stock Exchange, Talks History as She Changes It ### World [World](/section/world/) ### Saudi Arabia Says It Wants to Modernize—But Criticism Still Strikes a Nerve [World](/section/world/) ### Trump Is Piling Sanctions on Iran. Here's How the Tactic Could Backfire August 20th, 2018 | Vol. 192, No. 7 | 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":"August 20th, 2018 | Vol. 192, No. 7 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/5362156/august-20th-2018-vol-192-no-7-u-s/"}]}]} ```