Newsweek Magazine

December 20, 2013 Issue

Archive BUY A COPY

Features

Cover story U.S.

The Sinkhole That's Eating Louisiana

A cancerous ulcer bigger than the Superdome is sucking down a poor, industrial stretch of bayou known as Cancer Alley

Obamacare's Pulp Friction

The rollout of the Affordable Care Act has been hampered by dead trees, in addition to buggy software

The Short Arm of the Law

How sequestration lets child molesters and other criminals slip through the cracks – and onto your street

In Focus

Crying Uncle

An effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set on fire during an anti-North Korean rally on the second anniversary of the death of former leader Kim Jong Il in central Seoul December 17, 2013. North Korea's political and military elite publicly pledged their loyalty to leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, less than a week after he ordered the execution of a powerful family ally in a rare public purge. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Launch Slideshow 4 PHOTOS

Periscope

Enter The Muslim Sisterhood

With their men in prison, women are taking the lead in Egypt's Islamist opposition movement

Murder in the Air

Twenty-five years on, a Lockerbie widow recalls the day she lost a husband and her three small children lost a father

Kerry's Three-Card Trick

Juggling Iran nukes, Syrian poison gas and the Palestinian-Israeli dispute may prove too much

Michael Hayden Can't Stop Talking

The ex-chief of the CIA and NSA is giving speeches and interviews, working the Sunday talk shows, and acting awfully un-spook-like

The FBI's Own Hostage Crisis

Robert Levinson's family says the bureau sabotaged his release from Iran

Returns of the Living Dead

A measure meant to eradicate fraudulent tax returns will neither diminish fraud nor make the IRS more vigilant

Horizons

The Internet of Everything Holiday Shopping Guide

Our gadget guru scours the earth for newfangled connected devices. A Porkfolio for the person you love?

Two Numbers: When the Money's Gone

Some 30 million Americans between the age of 50 and 64 have no savings

Waking the Dead

A new study finds that patients in a vegetative state can recognize familiar faces

Gadget Lust: Kitchen Doohickeys for All Seasons

Ridiculous stocking stuffers you never knew you needed

Downtime

Lindsey Vonn's Uphill Battle

Will the rebuilt right knee of America's best skier and most intriguing athlete be ready for the Winter Olympics?

Baby You're a Rich Man, Too

The rivalry between the Beatles and the Stones was not confined to music. Above all they wanted to get rich

Kicking Ash

A town digs out of a volcano's destruction stronger but dustier

Anatomy of the Spirit

A new show of Indian treasures explores the contradictions of the corporeal

Toying With Our Emotions

15 things you don't know you know about toys

Editor's Picks

Brett Kavanaugh's 'Jarring' Supreme Court Remarks Stun Legal Experts

Kavanaugh said Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon was one of the "better" presidential decisions in history.

By Sean O'Driscoll

3 MIN READ

Donald Trump Says Legal Case 'Fallen Apart'

"Virtually every Legal Scholar and Expert has stated that there is no Crime," the former president wrote in a post on Truth Social.

2 MIN READ

Joe Biden Scores Boost Among Voters Who Hate Him and Donald Trump

2 MIN READ

Full List of Colleges Where Students Voted To Cut Ties With Israel

By Matthew Impelli

4 MIN READ

Donald Trump Gives Joe Biden a Venue for Debate

3 MIN READ