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# August 26, 2024 | Vol. 204 No. 5 August 26, 2024 |  

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## Table of Contents

BusinessClimateEntertainmentHealthHistoryIdeasPoliticsScienceSportsU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### The Personal Check Is Disappearing. Here's What Comes Next

Get ready for instant payments, in which money moves from your account to another immediately. 

[Business](/section/business/)

### 'More _Veep_ Than _West Wing_:' Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s Attempted Conquest of Washington

An excerpt from Andrew R. Chow's "Cryptomania" details Sam Bankman-Fried's insidious influence campaign in Washington D.C.

[Business](/section/business/)

### My Week at the Buzzy Meditation Retreat That Promises Bliss on Demand

Can you hack your way to happiness? I tried to find out

### Climate

[Climate](/section/climate/)

### How to Avoid A Climate Backlash

The energy transition hangs in the balance, as green policies fuel right-wing politics

[Climate](/section/climate/)

### Madhvi Chittoor

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Keivonn Woodard

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### How We Chose the 50 Best Romance Novels

There is a subgenre, a trope, and a plot for every reader

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The Stars of _Industry_ on How It Became the Must-Watch Show of the Summer

Marisa Abela and Myha’la discuss the whodunnit that anchors Season 3 and comparisons to Succession

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### How Often Do You Really Need to Wash Your Sheets?

Probably more than you think.

[Health](/section/health/)

### Dementia Is Often Preventable. Here's What You Can Do, According to the Latest Research

People can do more than they think.

### History

[History](/section/history/)

### The Surprising Legacy of Watergate in Today's Politics

Well-intentioned reforms in the 1970s produced a parade of unintended consequences that made government less functional and eroded checks and balances.

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Where Venezuela Goes From Here

The autocratic Nicolás Maduro is trying to steal the election. The opposition is fighting back. How will this all unfold? 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Everyone on the Internet Will Die. We Need a Plan for Their Data

Billions of internet users will die in the coming decades. Society must have a plan for their data.

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The Reintroduction of Kamala Harris

The Vice President's star turn atop the new Democratic ticket has reshaped the presidential race.

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### ‘Their Brutal Ordeal Is Over.’ Biden Announces Release of Americans in Russia Prisoner Swap

“Now their brutal ordeal is over, and they’re free."

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How Kamala Harris Got to Yes on Tim Walz

The pick adheres to the two key rules of picking a running mate.

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### Shanya Gill

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Dom Pecora

### U.S.

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

### 'Hope Is the Oxygen of Democracy.' Darren Walker Looks Toward the Future

"Hope is the oxygen of democracy," says the outgoing president of the Ford Foundation

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Exclusive: Netanyahu at War

In an interview with TIME, embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Gaza war will not end soon.

[World](/section/world/)

### How Online Misinformation Stoked Anti-Migrant Riots in Britain

What to know about the anti-migrant violence erupting in Britain and how social media escalated the attacks.

[World](/section/world/)

### Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Resigns Under Pressure From Military and Mass Uprising

Here’s what to know.

[World](/section/world/)

### Inside Photographing the 2024 Paris Olympics

Photographer Robbie Lawrence traveled to Paris for TIME to capture the beauty and movement of Olympic sports.

### Others

### 

[How We Chose TIME’s 2024 Kid of the YearHeman Bekele, a 15-year-old from Virginia, has a big idea with life-saving potential.](/7005486/kid-of-the-year-2024/)[Jordan Sucato](/6996555/jordan-sucato-2/)


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