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# May 11, 2020 | Vol. 195 No. 17 May 11, 2020 |  

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Vol. 195 No. 17

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Issue name

May 11th, 2020 | Vol. 195, No. 17 | U.S.

Issue date

May 11, 2020

Location

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

[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/)


## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsU.S.World

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 'I Feel Like It's a Fantasy Novel.' Emma Straub's _All Adults Here_ Delivers a Dose of Normal Life, Right When We Need It

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Here's How Scientists and Public-Health Experts Recommend the U.S. Gets Back to 'Normal'

The U.S. urgently needs to restart, but no economy can function if an infectious disease like COVID-19 continues to sicken the work-force

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### 'Do as Shirley Did.' Marcia Cross on the Legacy of Actor Shirley Knight

Authentic actor

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### ‘Our Work Is Not Finished.’ Nancy Pelosi Is Trying to Save America’s Economy—Again

After passing four massive coronavirus relief bills, the House Speaker's legislative talents have been put on urgent display

### U.S.

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

### How Labor Leader Mary Kay Henry Is Fighting for Frontline Workers in a New World

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

### Trump Told America’s Governors They Were On Their Own. So Maryland’s Larry Hogan Is Taking Charge

Cut loose by Trump, America&apos;s governors are looking to one another for how to return to normal life

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### What Asian and Pacific Countries Can Teach the World About How to—and How Not to—Reopen Our Economies

[World](/section/world/)

### As Coronavirus Cases Rise, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Faces Another Snag: Corruption Charges


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