Newsweek Magazine

September 15, 2017 Issue

Features

Cover story U.S.

Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the Naughty '90s

Everything you hate about 2017 goes back to the 90s—and Slick Willie.

In Focus

Scaling Back

Bangkok—The star of an August 31 press conference in Thailand was one of the 136 pangolins recently seized by customs officials there. The massive haul came after officials received a tipoff about an upcoming attempt to smuggle the highly endangered species from Malaysia. Pangolins, the only mammals with scales, are the world’s most trafficked wild mammal, and poachers have ravaged populations in Asia. Its meat is considered a delicacy in Vietnam and parts of China, and traditional Chinese medicine uses the animal’s keratin scales, which are dried and roasted and consumed for everything from treating palsy to stimulating lactation.

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Periscope

U.S.

Trump's Infrastructure Plan Is Actually Pence's

If you want a peek at Trump's grandiose infrastructure plan, look at how Indiana rode the privatization of public roads into a ditch.

Analysis

Did a Cuban Secret Weapon Make U.S. Diplomats Deaf?

Scientists and intelligence analysts continue to question whether undetected sound waves could cause a sudden onset of hearing loss.

World

Morocco's Muslim Monarch Is Preserving Jewish History

"We didn't care who was Jewish and who was Muslim. We were Moroccans—and human."

Horizons

Science

Children Are Developing Heart Conditions Tied to Aging

Many of these issues go undetected until disaster strikes, at which point it's far too late to reverse the damage.

Science

Are India's Biometric IDs Benefit or Surveillance?

Millions can open bank accounts and make cashless transactions and financial access for marginalized groups has improved. But concerns over surveillance and the security of people's information remain.