Innehållsförteckning för June 03-10, 2022 från Newsweek

PRIDE As activists like Anita Byrant mobilized against gay rights in the ’70s, Newsweek asked, “Is homosexuality a freely chosen life-style that can be reversed with therapy or prayer?” In the ’90s, the magazine reported on the possibility of a “gay gene.” In 2003, Newsweek said the Supreme Court’s ruling in Lawrence v. Texas decriminalizing gay sex “promises to change forever the status of homosexuals.” In 2015, after the Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision struck down bans on same-sex marriage, Newsweek said 379 companies, “including behemoths of retail, finance and sports,” had signed a brief in the case supporting the rights of gays to marry.…

ACCORDING TO A RECENT WASHINGTON Post-ABC News poll, 94 percent of Americans describe themselves as either “concerned” or “upset” about inflation. And with good reason: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices were up 8.3 percent in April from the year before, a slight decrease in the inflation rate from March, but still close to the highest it has been since spiking at over 14 percent annually in 1980. There are numerous likely culprits, ranging from moves in recent years by the Federal Reserve to brisk consumer demand to supply chain problems exacerbated by the pandemic to higher oil prices linked to the war in Ukraine. But if experts disagree about exactly why inflation is up so dramatically, few of them are expecting it to ease any time soon. Until…

If the 2024 GOP presidential primary were held today, who would you vote for? SOURCE: MCLAUGHLIN & ASSOCIATES NOTE ▸ Poll of 464 Republican primary voters, taken April 22-26, 2022.…

01 Sour Cherry Comics SAN FRANCISCO Owner Leah Morrett, who opened the shop in March, says she “wanted to create a gender-inclusive, queer-focused space.” The comics, graphic novels and books stocked range from indie publishers like Black Mask Studios to the more mainstream DC Comics. The shop also hosts community-centered events, from writing workshops to sewing parties.. 02 Club Roshell MEXICO CITY Founded by activist and actress Roshell Terranova, who fought for trans rights in the city, Club Roshell hosts drag shows, cabarets and comedy nights. The staff, trained makeup artists, will even help you perfect your winged eyeliner, and workshops are available to learn for yourself. 03 The ArQuives TORONTO, CANADA Formerly known as the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, the institution is home to one of the world’s largest queer…

“WE WON ONE IN A WEIRD WAY.”—Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton, whose team beat the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 without a hit “There is a broad majority in Sweden’s parliament for joining NATO.”—SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER MAGDALENA ANDERSSON “It is impossible to imagine the Golden Arches representing the same hope and promise that led us to enter the Russian market.”—MCDONALD’S CEO CHRIS KEMPCZINSKI “Ukraine could have sent one of its heroic bomb-sniffing dogs to bark the national anthem and still won.”—PIERS MORGAN ON EUROVISION WINNER KALUSH ORCHESTRA “NEVER SAY NEVER.”—Melania Trump on returning to the White House “That’s a no. It’s powerful to say no.”—Kim Cattrall on returning to Sex and the City “THIS INDIVIDUAL CAME HERE WITH THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF TAKING AS MANY BLACK LIVES AS HE COULD.”—Buffalo Mayor Byron…

APRIL 2021 DeSantis signs the Combating Public Disorder Act, a measure that creates new definitions of rioting that allow the arrest of people for being at a protest where violence occurs, even if they were peaceful. The law also protects Confederate statues and makes it harder for localities to reduce police budgets. The protest part of the measure was struck down by a federal judge in September 2021. MAY 2021 DeSantis signs a voting bill—the signing aired exclusively on Fox News—that creates new ID requirements for mailin voting, restricts the use of ballot drop boxes and puts new limits on who can pick up and return a voter’s ballot. JUNE 1, 2021 On the first day of LGBTQ Pride Month, DeSantis signs a bill that bans transgender women and girls…

FOR JAY ELLIS, BEING CAST IN TOP GUN: MAVERICK (MAY 24) WAS A “FULL circle” moment. “I grew up in the service, so for me, it is a world that I recognize.” In fact, Ellis’ dad was a mechanic in the Air Force. But even a childhood spent around massive jets didn’t lessen Ellis’ excitement about getting to actually fly in the jets he had admired. “I feel like a kid in a candy store, and I’m literally eating all of the candy every single day.” The experience of filming the sequel to the 1986 Tom Cruise classic “was like a film school, a flight school, a master class, all wrapped into this cockpit.” Beyond acting, the actors operated cameras and equipment while in the cockpit with an experienced pilot.…