Innehållsförteckning för November 14, 2025 från Newsweek

1984 “The assassination was an act of ritual slaughter motivated by nationalistic fervor and a sense of ancient grievance,” Newsweek wrote of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s killing—carried out by her bodyguards, allegedly over deaths in a military raid on a temple to remove Sikh separatists. This year alone, America has seen the assassinations of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and ex-Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, the near-fatal shooting of State Senator John Hoffman and the firebombing of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s home. There were two attempts on Donald Trump’s life during his 2024 campaign. 1966 “From now until late spring he will be busy working on his movie of Charles Webb’s novel ‘The Graduate,’” Newsweek wrote. The film won director Mike Nichols an Oscar for his revolutionary choices—like the unconventional…

ORGANIZATIONAL FLATTENING MAY WELL BE THE MOST talked-about business trend of the year. At Amazon, CEO Andy Jassy is focused on increasing the company’s builder ratio (individual contributors/managers) by 15 percent. Dell is also eliminating management roles, moving to a structure where all vice presidents have 15 or more direct reports, and directors and senior managers have 20+. Outside of technology, companies like Target are downsizing because of “too many layers and overlapping work.” The German life-sciences company Bayer AG has been one of the most aggressive companies on this front. In a recently published Harvard Business School case, we write about CEO Bill Anderson’s decision to eliminate 5,500 (out of 7,800) management positions across the company, increasing managers’ span of control to as high as 1:50 in some areas.…

CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF ICONIC WOMEN THAT HAVE WORKED ON RYAN MUR-phy projects, it’s shocking Glenn Close hasn’t. That’s changing with Hulu’s All’s Fair. “I was intimidated until I started to understand the tone. And once I understood the tone, then it became really fun.” Close plays Dina, a powerful lawyer in an all-female firm that includes actors Kim Kardashian, Sarah Paulson, Niecy Nash and Naomi Watts, among others. “To bring all that energy...and all that experience together is bound to create something really unique.” It also created a special bond. “This group of women, they’ll be my friends for the rest of my life.” Part of what keeps Close working, beyond immense talent, is that she refuses to repeat herself—“I’m basically up for anything as long as it represents…

A man in El Cobre, Cuba, walks through the wreckage of Hurricane Melissa on October 29, after the storm caused devastation across the Caribbean. At the time of publication, around 50 people had been killed in the region, with hundreds of thousands left without power as torrential rains fell and winds reached 185 mph. Hitting Jamaica at Category 5, it is one of the strongest Atlantic storms to make landfall in recorded history.…

DIGITAL LEARNING PROVIDES STUDENTS AND EDUCA-tors with more flexibility and personalization than traditional educational settings. Online students take a range of classes, from degree programs to those purely for professional or personal enrichment. As a result, virtual learning has seen incredible growth, especially in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, about 10 million college students took at least one online class in 2022, more than half of all college students. As demand for virtual education increases, so do the options for students who choose to do so. That’s why Newsweek is proud to partner with Statista for the fifth time to present America’s Top Online Learning Schools 2026, highlighting the best resources for virtual education. This ranking is built using an online…

EUROPE MUST MEET THE CHALLENGES OF RUSSIAN AGGRES-sion as a “different kind of war,” Estonian President Alar Karis said during an interview with Newsweek on October 24. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and going-on four-year-long war has neighboring countries concerned. Estonia borders Russia as part of the Baltic states, which also includes Latvia and Lithuania. The country is a little over 400 miles from Moscow and only around 97 miles from St. Petersburg. Over the past few months, Russia has allegedly harassed neighboring countries that are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, most recently flying aircraft over Lithuania and Estonia’s airspace in what has been labeled a blatant breach of sovereignty and international law. But the lack of any direct military action against those nations has…

IN THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS, EMPLOYEES at one startup are competing to find the best sleeper. And there’s a clear frontrunner, according to the leaderboards at Eight Sleep’s New York City office. “I’m a really good sleeper,” Alexandra Zatarain, the company’s co-founder and vice president of brand and marketing, laughed. “I’m always winning. When I’m traveling away from my Pod is when someone else can finally win.” Eight Sleep, which bills itself as a “sleep fitness” company, is best known for its Pod, a smart mattress cover with an immersive heating, cooling and elevation system. Like a wearable, the Pod also tracks sleep metrics, allowing users to test whether it really lives up to the promise of deeper slumber. But instead of slipping on a watch, you simply lie…

SAY THE NAME TIM ROBBINS, AND WHAT COMES TO MIND IS likely his performance as convicted murderer Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption or his Oscar-winning turn as Dave in the murder mystery Mystic River. In many respects it’s fitting that two of his most memorable roles involve men in legal peril, because outside of Hollywood, Robbins has committed his life’s work to bringing the arts to the less fortunate—and particularly the incarcerated—with his theater group The Actors’ Gang. “It’s central to who I am and why I feel I’ve been able to survive in an industry that’s pretty brutal,” Robbins told Newsweek. “I have a consistency that has fed my heart and soul, for [about] the last 44 years. It is where I can continue to grow as a…

FOR MELISSA PETERMAN, THE FIRST SEASON OF NBC’S HAPPY’S PLACE WAS A dream come true; getting a second season is an embarrassment of riches. “Getting a pilot is the lottery. Getting that pilot picked up is another gigantic win that is getting rarer and rarer.” Peterman plays Gabby, friend and co-worker of Bobbie, played by Reba McEntire, owner of the fictional tavern Happy’s Place. The sitcom reunites Peterman and McEntire, who first appeared together on Reba. “I think there is value in the second banana. There’s value in the sidekick.” While fans see her as way more than just a sidekick, Peterman knows how rare it is to get a second chance with a hit sitcom. “It’s almost more precious because I know how rare it is to get a…