Innholdsfortegnelse for 06/21/2019 i Newsweek International

1998  “As Bill Clinton takes off on the first presidential trip to Beijing since the Tiananmen massacre, the land awaiting him is busy reinventing itself,” Newsweek wrote. From Mao’s death to the handover of Hong Kong, Newsweek’s coverage of China has earned many of journalism’s proudest awards. As China turned the page into its next chapter—one of further industrialization and rapid economic production—the pace of change has grown ever more dizzying. But today, the future of the American-Chinese relationship is uncertain in the midst of President Donald Trump’s escalation of trade wars with China. 1966 The summer of ’66 brought sweeping unrest across the nation from riots in Watts to Chicago’s Puerto Rican slums. The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Miranda decision on suspect rights heated things up “at a time…

ONCE AGAIN, THERE IS A RUMOR of war in the Middle East. A year after President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and six world powers, he has dramatically upped the stakes in his aggressive campaign of economic warfare against the Islamic Republic. Since last year’s withdrawal, Trump’s reimposition of sanctions already has reduced Iran’s 2 million barrels per day oil sales by half, sending the country’s economy into a tailspin. Now, exercising a policy he calls “maximum pressure,” Trump has targeted Iran’s remaining exports by ending the sanctions waivers he previously had granted to eight of Tehran’s biggest customers. Trump’s goal: to drive Iran into penury and force Tehran’s leaders to accept a new nuclear deal, this time on terms that Trump and his…

MAYBE IF HE’D BEEN BORN A BOOMER or a millennial, and grown up with the generational message that you can be whatever you want to be and things will work out, Zack Bauders, 21, would’ve given more thought to making a living as a professional photographer, like his father. He’s certainly got the talent. His work includes a great action shot he snapped of former Navy quarterback Keenan Reynold, mid-stride, his arm cocked for the throw. He also took a moody picture of a nighttime meteor shower over a mountain and a stream, and contributed regularly to local magazines in his hometown of Philadelphia . But Bauders didn’t graduate from the University of Texas last month with a degree in photography or anything related to the visual arts. Instead he…

IT’S A FRIDAY NIGHT IN BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN, and I’m here to see a show by the El Paso-based rock band Le Butcherettes. I’m not sure if I belong—I have no hair left to speak of, none of it dyed a bright color. And I’m pretty sure I’m the only guy here who fondly remembers catching Jethro Tull in Boston in 1970 on one of the band’s first U.S. tours. But I do know that seeing a young band on the way up is just as cool now as seeing Tull, Roxy Music, Patti Smith or Elvis Costello before they were well-known. Because if you’re a rock music fan—or any kind of music fan for that matter—there’s nothing like the thrill of discovery. And rediscovery, it turns out, is a pretty…

→ Generation Z may be known for pragmatism and a desire for stability, but corporations who want to hire them are trying to lure them with the promise of adventure and meaning. Merck and Genentech tout the opportunity to cure disease. Lockheed Martin recruiters are selling engineering graduates on the chance to serve the nation—and maybe help put an astronaut on Mars. And at IBM, marketers emphasize the opportunity to help combat climate change, apply computing power to health care and upgrade the backbone of financial services. Just because Gen Zs want stability doesn’t mean they don’t also yearn every bit as much as their older brothers and sisters for something more. Employers have picked up on these trends and have made an effort to emphasize mission and opportunity in…

In addition to Le Butcherettes and Ian Hunter, here are a few folks you should check out. Gwenifer Raymond If you’re a fan of Americana and finger-picking guitar, head right to gweniferraymond.com. Channeling John Fahey for sure. When is Raymond, who is Welsh, coming to the States? “Probably not this year,” She wrote to me, “as my day-job and music schedule are pretty rammed to the point of un-cooperation.” In any case, the British music press is impressed. Fil Henley Another YouTube favorite of ours is guitarist/music analyst Fil Henley who spends hours reviewing the guitar legends of rock, country and soul. Really entertaining, even if you don’t know a D-minor chord from a ham sandwich. He fronts a pretty good band, too, called Wings of Pegasus. Find them at…

“I can't believe I just made my dreams come true.”—ANDY RUIZ JR. ON BECOMING WORLD HEAVY BOXING CHAMPION “NOBODY REALLY FORGETS, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WILLING TO TURN THE OTHER WAY.”—WU'ER KAIXI ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE “He said he got it literally an hour ago and he paid $2 million for it. He just bought it, dude, and it's pretty scraped up.”—CHRIS RICCIARDELLI, WHO SAW TRACY MORGAN GET INTO A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AFTER BUYING A NEW BUGATTI “Sexual misconduct deniers have friends in high places. But not just that place.”—ANITA HILL COMMENCEMENT REMARKS AT WELLESLEY COLLEGE “NOBODY LIKES TO LOSE, BUT I'M VERY PROUD OF HOW I DID, AND I REALLY EXCEEDED MY OWN EXPECTATIONS FOR THE SHOW. SO I DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT IT.”—James…