Time Asia — October 10, 2017

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ON THE COVER AND

ABOVE: Photograph

by Lynsey Addario—

Verbatim for TIME

△

Mohannad Abazli

holds daughter

Heln on her first

birthday, celebrated

in a refugee camp

in Kusel, Germany,

on Sept. 13

2 |Conversation
4 |For the Record

The Brief
News from the U.S. and
around the world

5 |Treasury boss
Steve Mnuchin tries
to selltax reform

9 |Ian Bremmer:
Despite Merkel’s
win,populism is
alive and kicking in
Europe

10 | An unprec-
edentedgerry-
mandering
case reaches the
Supreme Court

12 |A vote for
independence in
the Iraqi region of
Kurdistan

The View

Ideas, opinion,

innovations

17 |Mexico is

more prepared for

earthquakes than

the U.S.

19 |Why airlines

won’t stub out

ashtrays on planes

19 |Swissdrones

ferry lab samples,

taking medical care

to new heights

20 |Norman

Pearlstine on why

Seoul is worried

about President

Trump’s misreading

of North Korea

21 |Eddie S.

Glaude Jr. on the

debate over free

speech on campuses

Time Off

What to watch, read,

see and do

43 |HBO’s

The Deuce is

masterful

46 |Tom Cruise

stars inAmerican

Made

48 |The lost art of

utopian fiction

50 |Lady Gaga’s

new doc; Quick Talk

withDemi Lovato

51 |Kristin van

Ogtropgets to know

her sons better

through a shared

digital music library

52 |9 Questions for

former Reddit CEO

Ellen Pao

The Features

So Close, So Far

A Syrian family TIME is following

as part of the yearlong multimedia

series Finding Home finally

makes it to Germany—only to

face further challenges

By Aryn Baker 22

Offensive Coordinator

President Trump’s attack on

NFL activists comes straight

out of his well-worn playbook

By Alex Altman and Sean Gregory

28

After the Storm

Puerto Rico was devastated by

Hurricane Maria and then fell off

the White House agenda

By Karl Vick 36

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