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# August 22, 2022 | Vol. 200 No. 7 August 22, 2022 |  

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Vol. 200 No. 7

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August 22nd, 2022 | Vol. 200, No. 7 | U.S.

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsScienceSportsU.S.World

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### How We Chose the 50 Most Influential Reality TV Seasons of All Time

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### How _The Sandman_ Author Neil Gaiman Drew Inspiration From His Nightmares

The prolific author of the comics behind Netflix's 'The Sandman' on the enduring appeal of fantasy

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### The Virus Hunters Trying to Prevent the Next Pandemic

Private companies, academic centers, and government groups are teaming up to spot emerging public health threats.

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Want to Do More Good? This Movement Might Have the Answer

Effective altruists believe we should care about people thousands of miles away—and perhaps even millions of years in the future.

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Why TIME Partnered With Rukhshana Media to Tell the Stories of Afghan Women Around the World

TIME partnered with Rukshana Media to highlight the stories of women who left Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power.

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Out of the Wreckage of Ukraine, the E.U. Is Finally Becoming a Union

The Ukraine invasion is showing that Europe will come together as a geopolitical union or not come together at all

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Israel-Gaza Truce Is Holding. But Another Deadly Showdown Looms

All the conditions that sparked the latest showdown remain in place, not least the crippling 15-year-long Israeli-led blockade.

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The Inflation Reduction Act Is About to Jumpstart U.S. Climate Policy and Change the World

The legislation will jumpstart an economic transformation and rejigger international climate politics— and affect the way Americans live.

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Biden’s ‘Bland Leadership’ May Be Getting Results

Portions of the President's agenda are all but dead but he is poised to rack up some notable accomplishments headed into the midterms.

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How the Inflation Reduction Act Could Lower Your Drug Costs

The House on Friday passed the broad climate, tax, and health care package that the Senate passed over the weekend, delivering key pieces of President Joe Biden's stalled economic agenda.

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The Kansas Results Preview a Roadmap to Protect Abortion Access Around the Country

Kansas’ Aug. 2 primary election marked the first major win for abortion rights supporters since the fall of Roe v. Wade.

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The Zawahiri Strike Revealed How the Taliban Has Given Al-Qaeda 'VIP Treatment' in Afghanistan

“One can only imagine the kind of treatment that other Al Qaeda officials and fighters are getting,” says one counterterrorism expert.

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### What a Massive Voter Survey Tells Democrats About What They’re Doing Wrong

A survey shared exclusively with TIME details how Democrats can catch up to Republicans on the issue of the economy.

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Control of the Senate May Come Down to Nevada’s ‘Politically Curious’ Hispanics

Both Republican Adam Laxalt and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto are heavily courting Hispanics, many of whom lean conservative in Nevada.

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### Falling Space Debris Is a Bigger Menace Than Ever

China and SpaceX both recently sent space junk plunging Earthward

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Candace Parker Is a Force in Basketball and Beyond

U.S. hoops star Candace Parker opens up about her marriage, her basketball and TV careers, Brittney Griner, and more

### U.S.

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

### 'Only the Paranoid Survive.' Some CEOs Are Cutting Staff Even as the Labor Market Booms

Even booming companies are laying off workers and talking up concerns about an economic downturn

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

### Inside the Massive Effort to Change the Way Kids Are Taught to Read

Reading proficiency rates in the U.S. are abysmal. Inside the massive effort to change the way kids are taught.

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Pelosi Leaves Taiwan With the Island—and World—in a More Precarious Position

The U.S. House Speaker's visit will be followed by unprecedented military drills by a furious Beijing, which considers the self-ruling island its territory.

[World](/section/world/)

### The Grieving Families Fighting to Preserve a Crumbling Symbol of the Beirut Blast

Inside the fight to remember Beirut’s port explosion


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