--- --- Back to the vault # August 26, 2019 | Vol. 194 No. 7August 26, 2019 | Vol. 194 No. 7  Issue name August 26th, 2019 | Vol. 194, No. 7 | U.S. Issue date August 26, 2019 Location U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific, North America, South America Related categories [Arts](/vault/subject/arts/) [Music](/vault/subject/music/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents EntertainmentScienceWorld ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### 'It Feels Like I’m Chosen to Do This.' Inside the Record-Breaking Rise of Lil Nas X How 20-year-old upstart Lil Nas X used the internet to beat Nashville at its own game [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Country Music Should Be Political. After All, It Always Has Been The distinctive American music has always reflected the complicated lives of the people who make it [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### _Good Boys_ Isn’t a Movie for Kids. But It Captures What It’s Like to Be One [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Bruce Springsteen Holds the Key to Salvation for a British Teen in _Blinded by the Light_ [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Danny McBride's Televangelist Comedy _The Righteous Gemstones_ Is All Cheap Shots and No Insights [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### The Doctor Who Inspired _House_ Navigates the Health Care Crisis in Netflix Docuseries _Diagnosis_ [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Horoscopes Help Solve Homicides in a Thrilling Murder Mystery [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### George Takei on His Own Experiences in an Internment Camp and New Show _The Terror: Infamy_ ### Science [Science](/section/science/) ### The Rise of the Pea: How an Unassuming Legume Emerged as a Frontrunner in the Race to Replace Meat and Dairy ### World [World](/section/world/) ### 'We Are at the Point of No Return': How a Series of Protests Escalated Into an All-Out Battle for the Soul of Hong Kong There is no doubt that Hong Kong is on a collision course with the Chinese government [World](/section/world/) ### Italy’s Populists Gamble on New Elections and Turmoil August 26th, 2019 | Vol. 194, 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 26th, 2019 | Vol. 194, No. 7 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/5652772/august-26th-2019-vol-194-no-7-u-s/"}]}]} ```