COVER STORY this issue: SEEING IS BELIEVING. What the rise of Crazy Rich Asians signals for the future of Hollywood.  There’s a scene in Crazy Rich Asians in which Rachel Chu, the lead character played by Constance Wu, is in a game of poker. Her hand is much weaker than her opponent’s – he’s got two pairs-but she fearlessly bluffs and puts in all her chips. He folds, only to be… To understand the world we live in, read TIME.

As Israel gets its way with Washington, Gazans mobilize despair.  It is possible, in theory that the parallel events of May 14 might affect the sympathies of Americans watching them unfold on the split screens of cable news channels.  In Jerusalem, the ceremonial opening of the new U.S. Embassy proceeded at a stately pace, President Trump’s daughter Ivanka unveiling a plaque that announced not only the new address for U.S. representation in Israel but also a new, snugger alignment with the host nation.  A few miles away, cameras captured the chaos as Israeli soldiers methodically cut down some 2,700 Palestinians, 60 fatally, as they marched toward the fence …

A breakthrough study suggests that a lifestyle change may help ward off dementia. Margaret Daffodil Graham tries to live a healthy life, particularly since she has a health issue that requires constant attention. Like more than 100 million other Americans, the 74-year-old from Winston-Salem, N.C., has high blood pressure, and she has been taking medication to control it since she was in her 30s. So when she read that her nearby hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, was looking for people with hypertension to volunteer for a study, she quickly signed up, knowing the doctors would …