Newsweek Magazine

June 11, 2021 Issue

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Cover story U.S.

How to Cure the She-Cession: 15 Moves to Help Working Women Recover

Women have taken a disproportionately big hit economically during the pandemic due to heavy layoffs in female-dominated industries, remote schooling and a lack of affordable childcare. Here's what employers, the federal government and women themselves can do to help.

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Pandemic's Uneven Toll Shows Most 'Workplaces Still Don't Work for Women'

Women have suffered disproportionate job losses and challenges during the pandemic, reflecting deeper problems in the workplace that existed long before COVID. It's time for companies to take notice—and action.

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Exclusive: Pandemic Could Cost Typical U.S. Woman Nearly $600,000 in Income

It's not just the loss of current income during the COVID crisis that will hurt millions of women financially, but also reduced future earnings and retirement benefits that will likely follow. As one economist put it, women may "eat the cost of the pandemic for the rest of their working lives."

In Focus

Fire in the Sky

Los Angeles: On May 15, a man takes a photo of the plume of smoke created by the Palisades Fire in Topanga State Park, northwest of Los Angeles. A brush fire near Pacific Palisades started on May 14 and grew to 750 acres by the following night, triggering a mandatory evacuation of residents in the area.

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Raul Ruiz: I Peered Into Biden's 'Heart' and He Wants Path to Citizenship

With immigration reform stalled, the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus sat down for an interview with Newsweek to talk about his White House meeting to move immigration forward even without Republicans, the state of the Latino vote, and more.

Downtime

Entertainment

21 Enticing Books to Take Along This Summer

This season's titles include a hefty dose of books about books and white collar business tales that read more like thrillers than nonfiction. This list will keep you entertained long after summer ends.

Entertainment

Unorthodox's Shira Haas Is the New Face of Israeli Cinema

"I'm excited to finally talk about 'Asia,' because it's one of the projects—if not the most—that I felt very emotionally connected to," Shira Haas tells Newsweek about her new film "Asia."

June 11, 2021 Issue

Pandemic's Uneven Toll Shows Most 'Workplaces Still Don't Work for Women'

Exclusive: Pandemic Could Cost Typical U.S. Woman Nearly $600,000 in Income

Fire in the Sky

Unorthodox's Shira Haas Is the New Face of Israeli Cinema

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

June 11, 2021 Issue

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