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# August 20, 2018 | Vol. 192 No. 7August 20, 2018 |  
Vol. 192 No. 7

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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

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## 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.

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