Newsweek Magazine

May 17, 2019 Issue

Features

Cover story U.S.

Religious Freedom Is America's Greatest Export—and It's Under Attack

Few things would better safeguard religious freedom than if American evangelicals regained their leadership position on religious freedom.

Analysis

Business to the Rescue? How Corporations Will Save Us From Ourselves

Climate change. Health care. Crumbling infrastructure. With political gridlock alive and well, the bad guys may be the best friends we have.

In Focus

Dance ’til Dawn

Members of Chapel-en-le-Frith Morris dance on Eccles Pike in the High Peak district before sunrise on May 1, 2018, in honor of the Celtic festival of Beltane. Morris, a traditional English folk dance, is usually performed to music while wearing bell pads on the shins and may involve sticks, swords or handkerchiefs. Chapel-en-le Frith Morris formed in 1975 and now allows women to join. “We dance because we’re happy,” the group’s website says. “We’re happy because we dance.”

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Science

Without Female Role Models for STEM Women, We Risk Losing Brilliant Minds

Female STEM professionals are less visible and paid less than their male counterparts.

Opinion

In Venezuela's Perfect Storm, Bitcoin Is a Lifeline

Faced with hyperinflation, a worthless local currency and a risky black market for dollars, Venezuelans are increasingly turning to bitcoin as a tool for survival in the world's worst-performing economy.