Innholdsfortegnelse for 4/10/2020 i Newsweek International

1993  “For 30 years conservationists have waged campaigns to save animals on the brink of extinction,” said Newsweek, “but wildlife biologists are now claiming that greed, complacency and stupidity have torpedoed many of these efforts.” At the time, there were only 1,000 giant pandas left in the wild. The most recent counts show that this number has grown to 1,864. While still very low, this is a large enough increase that the giant panda is no longer listed as an endangered species. However, these lovable bamboo eaters are still considered vulnerable. 1955 Newsweek wrote that then-IRS Commissioner T. Coleman Andrews overhauled income-tax-collection methods: “Loopholes have been plugged, the morales of agents lifted, their standing in the public eye improved.” Andrews also oversaw the IRS’ initial computer trial to process tax…

“In times of crisis, I think we all know that it’s the celebrities that we count on most. They’re the ones who are gonna get us through this.” — RYAN REYNOLDS “WHERE WE ARE TODAY, YOU WILL BE IN FOUR WEEKS OR FIVE WEEKS OR SIX WEEKS.” — NY GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO “It’s very tough to say to people, ‘Hey, keep going to restaurants, go buy new houses, ignore that pile of bodies over in the corner. ’” — BILL GATES “We’re just trying to keep a routine going, but we’ve also got a little Netflix and chilling happening.” — MICHELLE OBAMA TO ELLEN DEGENERES “EVERY STATE, EVERY DISTRICT, EVERY LANE, EVERY VILLAGE WILL BE UNDER LOCKDOWN.” — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “I think the corporate bailout was too…

IT’S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW and here you are, slumped over the grimy keyboard of your laptop, unsure what day it is since you never go outside, and you’ve had these sweatpants on since...was it Wednesday? The first few days were great. No need to put together an outfit, no reason to comb your hair or even look in the mirror. No commute! But unlike many things in life, working from home does not always get better with experience. Life on lockdown isn’t what you wanted, after all—and it may be what “office life” will be like from now on. The coronavirus pandemic has utterly disrupted the way millions of us work, and while the public health emergency will someday dissipate, some aspects of the Work From Home…

THINGS DEGENERATED FAST IN THE entertainment industry after President Trump declared coronavirus a national emergency on March 13. That morning, for instance, a “mini-riot” erupted on the set of Judge Judy after producers demanded employees show up for work even though CBS brass had sent an email asking them to stay home. “It was quite a fiasco,” says a staffer who witnessed the commotion. “People were screaming at each other.” Three days later, Judge Judy became one of Hollywood’s many shows to go on hiatus. A CBS spokesperson declined comment. Days earlier, in what looked to be a joke, America’s Got Talent judge Howie Mandel, a self-proclaimed germaphobe, had shown up for a taping wearing a full hazmat suit and gas mask. Since then, several celebrities like Tom Hanks and…

“We’re just trying to keep a routine going.” EVEN AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE TESTED negative for coronavirus, the COVID-19 pandemic raises the fear that huge swaths of the executive branch or even Congress and the Supreme Court could also be disabled, forcing the implementation of “continuity of government” plans that include evacuating Washington and “devolving” leadership to second-tier officials in remote and quarantined locations. But coronavirus is also new territory, where the military itself is vulnerable and the disaster scenarios being contemplated—including the possibility of widespread domestic violence as a result of food shortages—are forcing planners to look at what are called “extraordinary circumstances.” Above-Top Secret contingency plans already exist for what the military is supposed to do if all the Constitutional successors are incapacitated. Standby orders were issued…

Are you a new telecommuter because of the coronavirus pandemic? Here are FIVE TIPS from our experts to help make the adjustment: Maintain Normal Work Hours Creating boundaries helps, especially when your desk, work computer and files are always within reach. Some advice from Dan Schawbel, managing partner of Workplace Intelligence and author of the book, Back to Human: “One of the biggest fears people have with remote work is that they end up working longer, and harder, without additional pay and it can hurt their personal life,” he says. “You are empowered, and accountable, to keep the same work hours that you had in your corporate office but at home. If you work 9-to-5, then mimic that at home, stopping work at 5 p.m. and leaving the spillover work…