Innholdsfortegnelse for 04/19/2019 i Newsweek International

1981  “U.S. schools have chronically been in crisis,” Newsweek reported. As standards softened and budgets shrank, parents yanked their kids out of the public school system in growing numbers, but the underlying issue remained: “Too many students don’t want to learn, and too many teachers don’t know how to teach.” Almost four decades later, as we are enmeshed in debates about standardized testing, charter schools and vouchers, we are still struggling to find a solution. 1961 “The ultimate paradox of the trial of Adolf Eichmann—once chief of the Gestapo’s bureau of ‘Jewish affairs’—is that no punishment can fit his crime,” Newsweek wrote. His trial, the first to be completely televised, brought Nazi atrocities into the light of day. Hitler’s “Master of Death” was sentenced to death for his crimes. 1990…

LAST YEAR, AS TED CRUZ FACED a series of debates against his Democratic challenger, I was nervous. The Texas senator’s re-election race was getting increasingly tight, and as someone who has spent decades in conservative media, I tried to prepare him for the big fight. After watching from the wings, I learned this: Beto O’Rourke is the toughest candidate I have ever prepped against and one of the most impressive I’ve ever seen. The media might not recognize his skills, but voters do—and will in 2020. In fact, being underestimated may be one of his biggest advantages. For those who believe that he’s a lightweight, that his social media habits are not presidential material and that he doesn’t have enough experience or gravitas, I’m here to set you straight. What…

HUNDREDS OF BOOKS, FILMS AND TV shows have focused on Jack the Ripper, the serial killer who preyed on women in 19th-century London and whose identity remains a mystery. His victims were known, of course, yet little ink has been spilled on their behalf. In The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), social historian Hallie Rubenhold retells the story through Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Kate and Mary Jane, and in the process reveals a new twist. “Jack the Ripper killed prostitutes, or so it has always been believed,” Rubenhold writes, “but there is no hard evidence to suggest that three of his five victims were prostitutes at all. As soon as each body was discovered, in a dark yard or street, the…

FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, Cecile Richards was the public face of the abortion rights movement. Wearing her trademark blue—and sometimes hot-pink—suits, the head of Planned Parenthood saw the national women’s health organization through a tumultuous time, from escalating death threats on abortion providers to increased protests of clinics to the viral controversy over fake videos that alleged her group profited from fetal remains. Then, last year, she stepped down. But her resignation, she tells Newsweek, is far from a retirement. Her latest book, Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out and Finding the Courage to Lead, serves as a guidebook for a new generation of feminist activists; the paperback edition—released in March—includes a nine-point “Women’s Declaration of Independence.” The mission to protect abortion rights, she says, is more urgent than…

“I never say the words as written. I would be an awful theater actor.” HBO’S BARRY HAD A SENSATIONAL FIRST-SEASON RUN, EARNING CRITICAL acclaim and an outstanding lead actor Emmy for its star, Saturday Night Live alum Bill Hader, who co-created the show with Alec Berg (Silicon Valley). The black comedy—about a reluctant hit man from the Midwest who finds his true calling at an acting class in Los Angeles—ended on a dark and shocking note. Barry, it turns out, might not be so reluctant after all. If Season 1 was about hope for a better future through becoming an actor (albeit a terrible one), Season 2 is about reconciling with who he really is. “Barry’s nature is to be a bad person, a killer, but he doesn’t want to…

MY DAUGHTER, LEAH, GAVE BIRTH TO HER THIRD child and out of the blue was immediately diagnosed as having stage 4 breast cancer. She was beautiful and fun, and she loved her children and husband, Eric. She was an Emmy-winning producer for ESPN and had long, gorgeous red hair. For two years, she battled cancer and wrote a spirited blog that captured her humor, which surprisingly had not left her. Several thousand strangers were captivated by the precious gift of feisty fortitude that she gave to her readers. She died in 2010, at age 43. I still cry a lot and think of her every day. Sometimes, the grief overwhelms me. I remember holding her as a baby, then watching her do cartwheels on the beach, then enduring with parental…