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July 26, 2014 | Vol. 29, No. 15

China beachhead

June Cheng | Pro-life efforts are growing in the nation with the most abortions. But saving lives in the womb is an enormous challenge—even within the church


FEATURES

Jay Grelen | For a decade my father was unable to walk or communicate, but who is to say he had no good quality of life?

Daniel James Devine | Rural ministry in Michigan earns Midwest regional victory

Kiley Crossland | Congolese authorities are keeping hundreds of adopted orphans from joining their new families abroad


CULTURE
Books

'Wisdom journalists'

Author acknowledges a lack of media objectivity, but his solution means more propaganda
 
FILM & TV

America

112 Weddings

Earth to Echo

Bereft and abandoned

Far from edifying, <em>The Leftovers</em> does offer a fundamental honesty about the human condition

Box Office Top 10

For the weekend of July 4–6 according to Box Office Mojo
Music

Good and gone

The recent deaths of four musicians may also signal the death of what they did so well
Notable CDs

Notable CDs

New or recent jazz CDs
Q&A

Missing the mark

The $20 trillion War on Poverty has barely dented the poverty rate. Expert Jennifer Marshall says we can do better

NOTEBOOK
Lifestyle
Hope Award winners from the past: Where are they now?
Science
A long-term study finds middle-school popularity often doesn’t end well
Technology
A slow-growing social network wants you to get online and meet your neighbors
Houses of God
Philadelphia, Miss.
Money
A better idea for student loan reform
Sports
American interest in the World Cup may be part of a long-awaited trend for soccer