Innholdsfortegnelse for 3/19-3/26/2021 i Newsweek

1976 “At 29, dress designer and haute hustler Diane von Fürstenberg has become the most marketable female in fashion since Coco Chanel,” according to Newsweek. Fürstenberg “parlayed her titled name, her sophisticated image and her sharp merchandising talent into a design empire that projects $60 million in retail sales this year,” based in large part on the success of her signature wrap dress which “carries the cachet of the designer’s own ultra-chic image.” After expanding too quickly initially, von Fürstenberg made a comeback in the ’90s, and on March 8, released her fourth book, Own It: The Secret to Life. 1982 Newsweek reported that the Reagan administration launched an unconvincing media campaign and “a major propaganda offensive” claiming “that the Sandinistas are exporting arms and revolution to El Salvador.” In…

IT WAS QUITE A YEAR IN THE WORLD OF corporate activism. In 2020, businesses and their leaders stood up like never before. CEOs and their boards halted campaign contributions to politicians who spread lies about a stolen presidential election, contributed millions to food banks to help Americans who lost their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and spent millions more to support social justice programs after the civil unrest that followed the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. And, they took a long look in the mirror. But all that work will produce few results if business leaders don’t take the next step and make good on the promises and pledges from the past year. “It’s critical that the commitments made are integral to an organization’s purpose…

ANDREW YANG’S 2020 PRESIDENTIAL campaign garnered zero delegates, but it propelled him and his signature idea of Universal Basic Income into the national consciousness. Now he’s running for mayor of New York City—and recent polls suggest he’s already a frontrunner. Yang and his fan base—dubbed the Yang Gang—campaigned hard for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as well as for other Democratic candidates across the country. The entrepreneur-turned-politician is bringing that same energy to New York. Other frontrunners include Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer. Raymond McGuire, a top Wall Street executive, has shown a strong ability to fundraise. Maya Wiley, an academic and former lawyer in current Mayor Bill De Blasio’s administration, has been endorsed by one of the city’s most powerful labor unions,…

THE BIRTH OF A HEALTHY BABY brings great joy—especially during such a difficult time. If you’re planning to add a new baby to the family, you want to feel confident that you’ve chosen a first-rate maternity hospital to help you achieve that happy outcome. ¶ How can you make informed decisions about maternity care? Newsweek used data from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization that reports on the safety and quality performance of U.S. health care facilities, to highlight the Best Maternity Hospitals 2021. Our list presents 217 hospitals in 37 states, categorized by region. The facilities that made this list met Leapfrog’s high standards for safety and quality of the maternity care they provide. ¶ “We commend them for their commitment to excellence,” said Leah Binder, President &…

Over the course of Gina Torres’ career, she’s played basically everything. “I would not have gotten this far if I wasn’t game. I’ve played a witch. An assassin.” From The Matrix franchise to Suits to the cult classic Firefly, she’s done it all, and now she can add a Ryan Murphy series to her resume with Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star. “There are things that come your way that you just don’t say ‘no’ to.” She plays Tommy Vega, a paramedic forced to return to work because her husband’s restaurant was closed due to coronavirus. “We’re doing this in real-time. We are, for lack of a better phrase, embracing the pandemic, understanding that we’re playing frontline workers.” Important to Torres is her presence in Hollywood as a prominent Afro-Latina actress. “I’m…

Fans of the former president pose with a Donald Trump statue on display at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held in the Hyatt Regency hotel on February 27. Launched in 1974, CPAC brings together conservative organizations, activists and assorted world leaders. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, called the conference “our oasis of freedom.” Trump spoke and reiterated his false claims that the November election was stolen from him.…

MARVEL HAS A POPULARITY PROBLEM WITH one of its B-list characters: the Punisher, aka Frank Castle, a troubled ex-Marine turned vigilante who metes out lethal justice to the corrupt and criminal (“The people I kill need killing”). Right now, he’s too popular with the wrong people. Among the MAGA hats, Don’t Tread on Me Flags and Trump 2024 banners on display during the January 6 invasion of the Capitol, were also logos and images belonging to various comic book characters. One of the most popular was the Punisher’s signature white-on-black skull emblem, which cropped up on patches, shirts and flags. Some were on officially licensed Marvel merchandise, some on copyright-infringing knock-offs. While the symbol has long been popular with people eager–either seriously or in jest–to project a bad-ass image, its…