Newsweek Magazine

December 16, 2016 Issue

Features

Cover story World

It's possible for the U.S. to get tougher on trade in a way that would benefit American workers. But you need a stiletto, not a blunderbuss.

U.S.

Trumplandia, Pennsylvania

The people of true-blue Luzerne County are still pissed off, and dying to tell you why.

In Focus

Cannon Ball, North Dakota—Protesters celebrate on December 4 after hearing that the Obama administration had halted work on the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Native Americans and environmentalists have camped out in teepees and tents since July in an effort to block construction, arguing that a breach would contaminate drinking water for the Standing Rock Sioux’s reservation. While the Army Corps of Engineers has refused to grant the pipeline company permission to tunnel under a reservoir on the Missouri River, the administration of President-elect Donald Trump supports the project and could reverse the corps’ decision.

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Periscope

World

Donald Trump's Syria Paradox

Trump's policies represent an impossible contradiction—to help Assad, an ally of Iran, but isolate the country elsewhere.

World

Why Russians May Be Going Off Vodka

It's not just price—vodka is becoming uncool.

World

Fear of the Black Banners

As the battle of Mosul rages, authorities are worried about new ISIS terror attacks in Belgium. Will Parliament give them the powers they say they need?

U.S.

The Maestro of Media Manipulation

Floyd and Patrick Brown's Conservative Tribune and Western Journalism receive more combined views than almost any adult entertainment site in the U.S. besides PornHub.

World

Bangui's Traumatized Street Children

Will the homeless kids of the Central African Republic be pulled back into the country's simmering conflict?

U.S.

Will Trump Flout the Constitution's Gifts Clause?

The GOP-controlled Congress likely won't care about the president-elect's vast conflicts of interest if he doesn't relinquish ownership of his business.