Innehållsförteckning för October 20, 2023 från Newsweek International

1981 “The gap has yawned wider—a growing gulf between the mostly prosperous Northern Hemisphere and the mostly impoverished South…and the problems have overwhelmed the solution,” Newsweek wrote at the time of a north-south economic development conference of 22 countries held in Cancún, Mexico. While the magazine promised “The unstructured give-and-take will rise above parochial disputes of various governments and produce mutual understanding,” the summit produced no important agreements. Today, China is South America and Africa’s largest trading partner. 1977 “One can say of [Jasper] Johns what could be said of few other artists: he changed the history of painting,” said Newsweek. “His pictures show us how we see—and don’t see—the world.” In 2020, amid the pandemic, Johns painted Slice, inspired by an astrophysicist’s map of the universe. 2004 “It’s no…

PeriscopeNEWS, OPINION + ANALYSIS POLITICS “There were moments when the situation seemed overwhelmingly bleak.” ▸ P.16 AS MANY REPUBLICAN LEADERS EMBRACE A message of alarm surrounding LGBTQ+ issues, particularly regarding what is being included in school curriculums and library books, one group historically at odds with the GOP has become a potential ally. Muslim Americans have made historic political and cultural gains in the past couple of decades since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which were followed by a wave of Islamophobic sentiment and suspicion. Most of those gains—from the rise of lawmakers such as Democratic Representatives Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan to the popularity of cultural figures such as comedians Hasan Minhaj and Ramy Youssef—have appeared to align largely with the political left. But…

IF THERE’S ONE THING DANNY PELLEGRINO, HOST OF THE HUGELY POPULAR Everything Iconic podcast, is ready for, it’s the holidays. “I’m a festive person. I love decorating for whatever holiday it is. I’m a huge fan of table scaping.” And after the success of his bestselling first book, How Do I Un-Remember This? Pellegrino decided to lean into his love for the holidays with his new book of essays, The Jolliest Bunch (Sourcebooks, October). “It focuses on the Christmas holidays, but there’s a Halloween chapter in there, there’s some Thanksgiving, all sorts of stuff.” And it certainly wasn’t difficult for Pellegrino to find sources of inspiration for the book. “The holidays are so filled with emotion that there’s so many stories.” He “just wanted to make sure that there was…

WHEN THE FULL-SCALE INVA-sion of Ukraine took place in February 2022, I had already served as a soldier, participating in a combat mission near Mariupol as part of the 36th Marine Brigade. What I remember most vividly from my time on the battlefield is the experience, professionalism and solidarity of my fellow soldiers. It was these qualities that would ultimately save my life. On April 16, 2022, I was seriously wounded. Subsequently, I and others like me were taken prisoner by Russian forces during a critical breakthrough operation in Mariupol. Since the brigade was going to break through, I was unconscious and cannot describe what I felt at the time of the physical attack. When Russian soldiers found me, they presumed I had fallen in action. However, when I began…

“SHE IS REALLY HER OWN LITTLE FEMINIST PERSON AT NOT EVEN A FOOT TALL.”—Stevie Nicks on her namesake Barbie “Everything needs balance, but I’m rewarded massively to be a workaholic.”—IDRIS ELBA “A lot of people in the restaurant business aren’t educated as engineers. I have an advantage.”—PANDA EXPRESS CEO PEGGY CHERNG “Jerks may come and go, bad leaders may come and go, but our institutions have stood through the test of times.”—NEW HAMPSHIRE GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU “RESILIENCE IS A MUSCLE, RESILIENCE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE BUILT.”—Monica Lewinsky “I wanted something for my family to look back on and to really enjoy.”—David Beckham on the Netflix documentary Beckham “WE DO ONE PAGE AND THEN DISCUSS IT FOR TWO HOURS. THAT’S WHY IT’S TAKEN US 28 YEARS.”—Filmmaker Gerry Fialka on the…