Newsweek Magazine

October 05, 2018 Issue

Features

Cover story Science

How Global Warming Is Turbocharging Monster Storms

The frequency of more potent storms is growing, but the storms are also slowing down in speed, inundating the ground below.

U.S.

Republicans Slowly Warm to Climate Change

Polls show a partisan divide on climate change, but Democrats and Republicans have more in common on the issue than they might think.

Entertainment

Director Paul Greengrass on His New Film '22 July'

In the story of Norwegian militant Anders Behring Breivik, filmmaker Paul Greengrass saw an inciting moment for our fractured time.

In Focus

Walk This Day

Istanbul—Turkish women participate in a religious procession on September 20 during Ashura, the holiest festival of the Shiite Muslim calendar. Ashura commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad killed in the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD. His death ultimately led to the split of Islam into the Shiite and Sunni sects.

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Periscope

World

Can Trump Revive the 'Spirit of Singapore'?

Might the North actually move toward denuclearization, as the South Koreans say Kim has suggested? Or is the U.S. being played?

Opinion

America Is Eroding The Rights I Fought For

Will you honor the vision of America that soldiers fought to defend, or keep supporting an America that is eroding away essential freedoms?

Opinion

The Lessons We Didn't Learn From The Financial Crisis

Trump promised to "drain the swamp", but he made it bigger and filthier.

Horizons

Health

Why Controlled Burns Could Save Forests, And Lives

Wildfires in British Columbia and California have blanketed the northwest U.S. in smoke, creating some of the most unhealthy air quality in the country.

Gaming

Pinball Is Back, And Fans Are Playing In Record Numbers

The evidence isn't just anecdotal.

Downtime

Entertainment

'Murphy Brown' Returns, Ready to Take on Trump

Fans on social media were asking, What would Murphy say about this? So English revived her newsroom sitcom. "It was the idea of being relevant that really changed my mind," she says.

Entertainment

Trump's Rise Foretold in Comic Book Story of Wrestling

Wrestlers understand "the malleability of truth," flipping established narratives in shocking ways. Therefore, the book is a guidebook for understanding Trump and current politics.

October 05, 2018 Issue

Republicans Slowly Warm to Climate Change

Director Paul Greengrass on His New Film '22 July'

Walk This Day

America Is Eroding The Rights I Fought For

The Lessons We Didn't Learn From The Financial Crisis

Pinball Is Back, And Fans Are Playing In Record Numbers

Trump's Rise Foretold in Comic Book Story of Wrestling

Editor's Picks

Donald Trump's Lawyer May Be Creating 'Chaos' on Purpose: Attorney

Dozens of Morehouse College Staff Vote Against Giving Biden Degree

King Charles Latest Cancer Update, Given by Queen

Barron Trump College Choice: Everything Donald, Melania Have Said

Can Justice Alito Be Forced to Recuse? Experts Weigh In

October 05, 2018 Issue

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