Innholdsfortegnelse for 11/08/2019 i Newsweek International

“IT’S A REMARKABLE THING TO BE ON THE AIR FOR SO LONG AND TO FEEL like each season is still something exciting to look forward to,” Kelly McCreary says of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. The show, which returned for its 16th season in September, is the longest-running primetime medical drama in American television history, surpassing NBC’s iconic ER. McCreary—who joined the cast in 2014 as Dr. Maggie Pierce, the cardiothoracic surgeon half-sister of Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo)—is just as amazed as fans by Grey’s ongoing ability to deliver thrilling new plotlines for all its characters. So far this season, Maggie’s relationship has completely ruptured and her sister was ousted from her lofty position as Chief of General Surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, but that’s only an inkling of the “unpredictable…

MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE been killed. Millions more have lost their homes, seeking safe reguge elsewhere. This is the toll of Syria’s eight-year civil war. And when U.S. troops retreated from northeastern Syria in October, allowing for a new offensive by Turkey, a fresh wave of horrors was unleashed on local families and children as well as Kurdish soldiers who had been fighting ISIS alongside the U.S. military. Two weeks later, on October 23, the Trump administration celebrated a permanent ceasefire, an end to a disaster that was largely of its own making. The decision to withdraw was seen widely as a betrayal of U.S. allies and got almost no Republican support on Capitol Hill. After the Americans left, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human…

AMERICA IS A NATION OF ENTREPRENEURS AND INNOVATORS. OUR ECONOMIC vitality and national security depend on our sustaining that vibrant culture. Science, technology, engineering, mathematics—these are the fields in which our children need to be fluent. The STEM skills that only specialists have today will be expected of virtually everyone in the American workforce tomorrow. Children don’t realize it, but they’re natural STEM students. They love to explore the properties of sand and water, to build towers (and knock them down), to count their Halloween candy or track sports statistics. We need to make sure that innate drive, curiosity and creativity aren’t lost along the way. That’s why Newsweek, with its long history of reporting on scientific breakthroughs, technological revolutions and societal challenges, partnered with STEM.org to rank America’s Best…

SHORTLY BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT’S NEW term began this month—one that promises to be a blockbuster—Senator Sheldon Whitehouse thrust himself into the spotlight. A member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he confronted the High Court with a shockingly blunt friend-of-the-Court brief. “The Supreme Court is not well,” he wrote. “And the people know it. Perhaps the Court can heal itself before the public demands it be ‘restructured in order to reduce the influence of politics.’” A chorus of critics denounced his submission as a brazen threat to pack the Court, with the Wall Street Journal editorial board dubbing it “an enemy-of-the-Court” brief. In a candid interview with Newsweek on October 15, Whitehouse defended his filing, expounded further on Supreme Court partisanship, and warned of the “nightmare” influence that secret donors…

01 Storm King Art Center Cornwall, New York Less than a 2-hour train ride north of New York City, this sculpture park is full of modern works dating back to 1940. While strolling through the 500-acre park it’s easy to stumble across graceful Alexander Calder sculptures, or even a surprising, giant canoe painted by Roy Lichtenstein. 02 Parque de las Esculturas Santiago, Chile When a flood wiped out a garden in the capital in 1982, local artists rebuilt the area as a combined sculpture park and botanical garden. Late at night, the park features a light installation, and on a clear day visitors can see the Andes Mountains. 03 Ekebergparken Sculpture Park Oslo, Norway The area used for this sculpture park was once scattered with German anti-aircraft…