Newsweek Magazine

September 06, 2019 Issue

Features

Cover story Science

Pop Culture Says CBD Cures Everything—Here's What Scientists Say

Until recently CBD was an obscure extract of a cousin of the marijuana plant, now it's everybody's favorite miracle cure for whatever ails them.

World

Iran's Opposition Groups are Preparing for the Regime's Collapse

Many analysts say current tensions could easily escalate into an armed conflict and the collapse of the Tehran regime. That prospect has raised the question of what kind of Iranian government might come next.

In Focus

Fuel to the Fire

A fire burns in part of Brazil’s Amazon on August 25 near Porto Velho. The Amazon, which is home to 1 million indigenous people in Brazil, has suffered from 40,300 fires so far this year, the fastest rate of burning since 2013, when record keeping began. Wildfires do occur during dry months, but illegal fires, which are started to deforest land for ranching or prepare already cleared land for next year’s harvest, are also common.

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Periscope

Opinion

No Democrat Can Defeat Trump—but the Trade War With China Might

Tariffs could leave Florida, Michigan and Ohio hanging in the balance.

U.S.

Life in the Shadows Provides Employers With Little Risk, Large Reward

The campaign against undocumented laborers escalated to its most severe crackdown in over a decade when federal agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided five poultry processing facilities in Mississippi last week.

Downtime

Entertainment

Candace Bushnell on #MeToo and Being Middle Aged

Candace Bushnell recently published her ninth book "Is There Still Sex In The City?" after losing both her parents and getting divorced during the last 10 years.