Innholdsfortegnelse for June 21 - June 28, 2024 i Newsweek

1997 “Bobby is the purest star of the clan, the most messianic in his zeal to follow his father’s example,” Newsweek said of then 43-year-old Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a story about his family’s political dynasty. The quote holds up almost 30 years later as Kennedy continues an unconventional run for the presidency. Recent polls show him averaging around 10 percent of the vote in battleground states like Pennsylvania and Arizona according to a May New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena College poll, making him the most popular third-party candidate the U.S. has seen in decades. 1983 “Even the faithful were startled by the pope’s swift attack on almost everything [Wojciech] Jaruzelski stands for,” Newsweek said of Pope John Paul II’s hard stance against the Polish Communist government. Today, Pope Francis…

Q _ Why did you write this book? A _ I was living in London and had written a lot of Brexit stories and decided to do a story about the actual manifestations of Brexit. Once the deal came into being and there were trade barriers, I started to call around to importers throughout the U.K. and heard lots of now familiar stories of horrendous barriers, but also I heard that shipping was in crisis and this I didn’t understand through the lens of Brexit. Why was it that suddenly the cost of moving electronics or components for pharmaceuticals multiplied literally tenfold from Asia to Ireland to Northern Ireland in the space of less than a year? As I started to dig into that, I realized this was actually a…

FINDING THE BEST MEDICAL SPECIALIST IS A DAUNTING TASK for anyone requiring specific treatment. The right doctor or surgeon can make a huge difference to a patient’s quality of life and their ability to continue living healthily with a minimal medical burden. ★ This ranking of America’s Best Specialists and Surgeons 2024 recognizes the top doctors working to help patients through some of the most daunting medical procedures. It lists the country’s best spinal surgeons, vascular surgeons, prostate specialists and plastic surgeons, all of whom were ranked in collaboration with data intelligence platform Statista. ★ The doctors collected here were chosen via the results of a comprehensive online survey with medical experts conducted in March and April. Each doctor’s certifications were also considered. For the lists recognizing spinal and vascular surgeons and…

IT’S RARE FOR A PLAY TO BECOME SUCH A CULT hit that it moves from downtown to Broadway, but that’s what’s happening with Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary! For Escola, previously known for You-Tube sketches and collaborations with Amy Sedaris, “it feels like I scored a goal for the home team.” Oh, Mary! is an absurd comedic send up on Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham’s assassination. “It’s about her hopes and dreams of being a cabaret star. It’s essentially a sitcom.” The show has made Escola a bona fide star—they recently attended the Met Gala—something that doesn’t sit well with the young playwright and actor, saying that “I don’t even want to be minutely known. I don’t have the constitution for it.” And that’s partly because…

Periscope NEWS, OPINION + ANALYSIS YOUTH CHILD MARRIAGE REMAINS LEGAL IN MOST U.S. states, leaving minors open to abuse and vulnerabilities within the legal system, advocates say. Only 12 states currently have a minimum marriage age of 18 with no exceptions, and about 300,000 children have gotten married since 2000, according to Unchained At Last, an organization that fights for laws banning child marriage. Advocates warn that married minors face unique challenges in breaking out of poverty, are left vulnerable to physical and emotional abuse and may struggle to gain access to the systems intended to protect abuse victims. Jenn Bradbury, now 45, is among those who got married before becoming an adult. At 16 years old, she wed a 44-year-old friend of her father—having been, she told Newsweek, groomed…

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SUPERHEROES TURN EVIL? THAT’S THE QUESTION The Boys, based on a series of graphic novels, sets out to answer. “They’ve done such a good job of having the essence of these really insane comics, while also making them palatable for TV,” Chace Crawford, who plays superhero The Deep, says about the Prime Video original series, now in its fourth season. “The idea that absolute power corrupts absolutely, and that superheroes who have this power and kind of are gods, what would they really do out in the world?” Crawford, who rose to fame on the CW series Gossip Girl, says he jumped at the chance to play The Deep because it makes fun of the pretty-boy image he’s been identified with. “These types of roles don’t come…