Table of contents for July 1, 2019 in TIME Magazine

Doing his own thing ONE OF THE MANY IRONIES OF DONALD TRUMP’S presidency is that for all his vitriol toward journalists—language that has been dangerously echoed by autocrats around the world—he is intensely interested in the inner workings of the media. Trump is fluent in the language of TV ratings, thanks in part to his Apprentice days. He remembers and cites stories from years back. He tracks and characterizes magazine covers like they’re votes. All of which was on display as TIME’s Washington bureau chief Massimo Calabresi, White House correspondents Brian Bennett and Tessa Berenson, and I interviewed the President in the Oval Office on June 17, a day ahead of the formal launch of his 2020 campaign. An allotted 30 minutes for the interview and photo shoot stretched…

AN ONGOING EBOLA OUTBREAK HAS already caused 1,400 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo—and across the border, Ugandan authorities are bracing for their own possible outbreak of the deadly virus. Though the World Health Organization (WHO) decided on June 14 not to classify the outbreak as an international emergency, two people died of Ebola after returning to Uganda from a trip to the Congo in early June, and health workers fear the porous border between the countries could allow the disease to spread. BAD SITUATION Congo’s 10-month outbreak has been the second worst since Ebola, which causes fatal dehydration and organ failure in up to 90% of cases, first surfaced in 1976. There have been over 2,000 cases since August, and guerrilla violence has made it hard to contain,…

WE LIVE IN AN AGE OF SEQUELS UPON sequels; we’re up to our ears in reboots and origin stories. No one needs a Toy Story 4, especially considering that the 2010 Toy Story 3, a lovely meditation on the need to move on to new things even when we’re not quite ready for them, would have ended the franchise on a high and perfectly bittersweet note. And yet—even if no one needs a Toy Story 4, it’s here, and the good news is that it’s funny and imaginative and, in places, intriguingly strange. It’s not trying to outdo Toy Story 3, which for many is the gold standard of the series. It’s more like an after-dinner mint of a movie, with some fine new characters. Let’s call it a perfectly…

PRINCE’S CAREER HAD MILESTONES IN EVERY DIRECTION. He released a slew of world-altering singles, from the smoldering “Little Red Corvette” to the lighters-up title track to Purple Rain. His live performances were the stuff of legend, whether they were unbridled jam sessions that stretched into the wee hours or stripped-down showcases where he put the sturdy bones of his songwriting on display. He challenged assumptions about race and gender identity with matter-of-fact statements and knowing asides, as well as massive grooves. Through it all, he exhibited an innate confidence that helped him excel on the business side of making music. That last part is key to Originals, a collection of tracks Prince wrote for other artists that’s been exhumed from the vault of recordings he kept at his home…

‘My persisting anger is directed not towards the idiots on the bus but the reduction of my battered face to cheap clickbait.’“CHRIS,” a pseudonymous Guardian contributor, in a June 14 op-ed written after she and her date were victims of an alleged homophobic attack on a London bus 6 of 7 Proportion of candidates for U.K. Prime Minister, after the first round of voting on June 13, who admit to using drugs ‘My daughter is terrified to this day of the police.’IESHA HARPER, subject of a viral police video, on June 17; she and Dravon Ames were arrested at gunpoint in Phoenix in May when their 4-year-old left a shop with a doll they hadn’t purchased ‘We clearly had a mistake in the implementation of the alert.’DENNIS MUILENBURG, Boeing…

ALMOST EXACTLY 59 YEARS AGO, THE U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first medication specifically intended for use as birth control. The Pill, as it came to be known, has been popular with large majorities of the American public ever since. Yet women in the U.S. cannot buy this extremely common product without a prescription. The science says it’s safe, all the major medical groups have endorsed over-the-counter access to birth control, and more than 100 other countries already allow it. A big part of the reason the Pill requires a prescription in the U.S. is political. But party lines on the issue have at times been surprising. For much of birth control’s history, progressives advocated more access while social conservatives remained skeptical or hostile to the idea.…

With arms raised and a hard hat on his head, Paris Archbishop Michel Aupetit leads the first Mass held inside Notre Dame since a fire in April destroyed parts of the roof and felled its majestic spire. The June 15 service commemorated the dedication of the French cathedral’s altar. “We stepped into another world,” said photographer Guillaume Poli, who was among a small group of people allowed to witness the Mass, of the fire-damaged interior. “It was a familiar and unknown place altogether.” For more of our best photography, visit time.com/lightbox…

OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, I HAVE HELPED A NUMBER OF presidential candidates prepare for debates, and I am certain the 2020 contenders are feeling the pressure to have a breakout moment in their upcoming first round. But anyone looking to these events for clarity on the direction this race will take is likely to be disappointed. I know we’re all tired of hearing that it’s early, but the reality is we are just six months into an 18-month process leading to the Democratic nomination. Moreover, given the number of candidates onstage each night, it’s unlikely that anyone will speak more than 10 minutes. Unless someone sets himself or herself on fire, it’s hard to see how any of them turns this into a game changer. Nevertheless, the start…

Now that both Iran and the United States have announced what they do not want—war—the search is on for what they do. That’s always been easier to answer from Tehran’s side. The Islamic Republic of Iran was founded in frank and vociferous opposition to the U.S. It’s a binary republic. For: Islam, as defined by its patently political mullahs. Against: Washington, which deposed Iran’s last freely elected leader, then kept on meddling. Iran is also against Israel, the only non-Muslim nation in the region, but it’s more gratifying to face off against the U.S., often referred to in official statements as “global arrogance” (and sometimes just “arrogance”). The U.S. has been delighted to respond in kind. Its enmity toward Iran has survived the Cold War’s end, the rise of…

A STAR ATHLETE AT THE COLLEGE WHERE I work recently stopped by my office. After committing a few unforced errors during a weekend match, she was riven by self-criticism. “I can’t stop beating myself up,” she told me. “I’m at peak fitness, and I practice hard. How is this happening?” This student, like many I teach, believes she should be able to control the outcomes of her life by virtue of her hard work. It’s a mentality verging on invincibility: a sense that all-nighters in the library and hours on the field should get her exactly where she needs to go. Fantasizing that they can control everything is not really resilience I study and write about resilience, and I’m noticing a troubling spike in students like this athlete. Their…

‘My whole life is a bet,’ the President of the United States says, resting his forearms on the edge of the Resolute desk in the Oval Office. It’s a steamy evening in mid-June, and Trump is facing a set of high-stakes tests around the world. Tensions rising with Iran. Tariffs imposed by India. Protesters flooding the streets of Hong Kong. But Trump is confident, ready to joust. He has invited a group of TIME journalists for an interview, blown past the allotted time and settled in for a wide-ranging discussion. Along the way, he orders a Diet Coke with ice with the push of a small red button set into a wooden box on the desk, and directs an aide to fetch a copy of a hand-delivered birthday letter…

IF MTV EVER DIES, THE REAL WORLD will be in the first line of its obituary. After debuting in 1992, the pioneering reality series not only catalyzed the network’s transformation into a youth lifestyle brand, but also managed to survive for 25 years. Even if the angsty, political Gen X seasons ended up giving way to fratty, drunken antics in the 2000s, the core concept—a diverse group of young people share a luxe home—was loose enough to change with the times. It might’ve kept doing so had Generation Z not abandoned cable for streaming, while turning to YouTube and Instagram for their famous-for-being-famous fix. MTV canceled The Real World in 2017. Now, as it revives a handful of old franchises in an apparent overture to millennials who haven’t cut the…