Newsweek Magazine

August 27, 2021 Issue

Features

Cover story Health

A Future Pandemic Is Inevitable. To Fight It Effectively, Treat It Like War | Opinion

To create the leadership needed to fight biological threats, look to the military's example, says the author, a biosecurity expert in the Clinton and Bush administrations.

Health

Biden Poised to Repeat Mistakes that Led to COVID Pandemic, Experts Say

COVID-19 may have made a future pandemic—from a lab leak, bioterrorism or natural causes—more likely. Is Biden making the right moves to protect us?

In Focus

Brief Respite

Washington, D.C.: Children frolic and let off steam in a waterfall at the Yards Park on August 12 during a heat wave as temperatures reached 97 degrees Fahrenheit. A recently released U.N. climate report warned of increasingly frequent weather extremes including heat waves, droughts and flooding. The U.N.’s secretary-general called it “a code red for humanity.”

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Periscope

World

Biden Leaves Afghanistan, Pulls Back in Iraq, But U.S. Fights On in Syria

A prominent independent politician in Syria told Newsweek that "the best interests of the U.S." could "only be achieved with a stable working relationship with the Syrian government."

Opinion

A Gun-Owning Citizenry Is a Free Citizenry

If I have a certain fear of going to a movie theater, because of a potential mass shooter. I want the ability to carry a firearm when I go there.

Opinion

America Faces an Epidemic of Senseless Gun Violence

We have more gun violence in America than the other 26 industrialized nations combined.

Downtime

Entertainment

How Pitchman Ron Popeil Invented the TV Infomercial

Ron Popeil, who died late in July, hawked the Veg-O-Matic, the Smokeless Ashtray and the Pocket Fisherman, making the world safe for a new generation of TV pitchmen. Attention must be paid