Innholdsfortegnelse for May 24, 2024 i Newsweek

The Millers sit in the trunk of their car amid the remains of their neighborhood in northeast Oklahoma, which was leveled by a tornado on May 7. The EF3 twister—rated for “severe damage”—claimed one life and destroyed dozens of homes in the 1,000-strong community. The same week, at least two people were killed in Tennessee and one person died in North Carolina, with injuries reported in Alabama and Michigan, as tornadoes and storms swept through several states.…

AS WE SAT ON THE BUS TRAVEL-ing through Alabama, stopping at several historically significant sites of the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, John Lewis and some of his fellow Freedom Riders shared firsthand accounts of what they experienced. About 600 people, most of them Black, lined up on one side of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, named after the last Confederate general to serve in the U.S. Senate, who was also the leader of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. Their plan was to march more than 50 miles to the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery and demand that Governor George Wallace protect Black Alabamans’ right to vote. Wallace had gotten wind of this plan ahead of time, however, and declared that “a march cannot and will not be tolerated,” adding that…

A COMPANY’S ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE with the public is essential. Managing a firm’s reputation, driving interest in its products and limiting damage during times of crisis hinge in large part on the abilities of its public relations professionals. Public relations is not a small industry: Data intelligence platform Statista sized the worldwide PR market at more than $100 billion in 2022, a figure that the firm said was predicted to increase by one-third within five years. Statista added that prominent U.S. cities such as New York City and Washington, D.C., “harbor some of the most sought-after agencies on the planet.” To highlight the U.S. agencies that are the most recommended in their sector or specialization, Newsweek is partnering with Statista to release the inaugural top list of America’s Best PR…

Periscope NEWS, OPINION + ANALYSISWORK-LIFE THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC UPENDED office traditions around the world, making working from home the new normal and Zoom meetings the favored way to catch up with colleagues and clients. But millennials, often bashed by their elders as being work-shy, are keen for more reforms to the work-life balance, with polling showing the generation is considerably in favor of adopting a four-day working week. This concept is simple: employees work a day less than the standard five, which works out as 32 work hours instead of 40. Workers still have to complete the same amount of work in 80 percent of the time, while in many cases still taking home their full compensation package. Numerous major companies have introduced a reduced week either every week or…

HE PHYSICAL SCARS OF RUSSIA’S 2022 INVA-sion of Ukraine are often laid out in painstaking detail—the blood, the gore, the shattered towns and the leveled buildings are plain to see. Less clear at first sight, however, is the mental burden the ongoing war has caused for many Ukrainians, both within the borders of the battle-scarred country and elsewhere across the globe. Nearly 10 million Ukrainians are thought to be at risk of, or are living with, a mental health condition in the country, the World Health Organization evaluated in March 2024. “A fast-growing need for mental health and psychosocial support services has called for a strong response and innovative solutions from health authorities,” the WHO said. One team, steered by Israeli trauma expert Professor Mooli Lahad, is hoping to be…

CultureHIGH, LOW + EVERYTHING IN BETWEENMOVIES WHEN THE MUMMY HIT THE BIG SCREEN IN 1999, no one predicted the monster success the quirky action-adventure movie would become. With research suggesting that theatergoers didn’t want to see a film about “a guy wrapped in bandages,” everyone from director Stephen Sommers to leading man Brendan Fraser expected the film to flop. Even Imhotep actor Arnold Vosloo (the titular mummy) had concerns, worried that he’d “never work again” once the movie premiered. Well, The Mummy proved the doubters wrong, grossing some $417 million worldwide and even saving Universal Studios from bankruptcy. Twenty-five years later, the film is still beloved, with the cast remembering the film as fondly as its fans. To celebrate the anniversary, Newsweek spoke to Vosloo, Rachel Weisz, Patricia Velásquez and…