Innholdsfortegnelse for Feb 6, 2017 i Time Magazine International Edition

Israel to build 2,500 settlement homes Israel approved the construction of 2,500 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank four days after President Trump took office. The new U.S. Administration has signaled it will not oppose settlements on contested land as previous Administrations have. Russia, Turkey, Iran back Syria truce Russia, Turkey and Iran agreed to back and monitor a fragile cease-fire between the Syrian regime and rebels. During the peace talks, held in Astana, Kazakhstan, heavy fighting between rebel groups erupted in northwest Syria. Court rejects Sister Wives appeal The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Utah’s antipolygamy law from the Brown family, featured on the TLC show Sister Wives. In 2011, Kody Brown and his four wives fled Utah after a county prosecutor opened an…

The newly elected President of Gambia was due to take power in early January after defeating longtime dictator Yahya Jammeh in a December election. Jammeh, however, refused to step down until Jan. 21, when a coalition of West African nations threatened military action to force him out. TIME spoke with Barrow hours after his predecessor fled the country: What does the action against Jammeh mean for Africa? It is a very good warning to all of the dictators. If you lose an election, you have to go gracefully, or you will be disgraced. Over 13,000 Gambians went to Europe last year as refugees. How do you persuade others not to join them? They left Gambia as they could not live in a country bereft of investment or security. We will…

IN ADDITION TO A LOADED SLOGAN—“AMERICA FIRST”— and a questionable demeanor, it is now apparent that President Donald J. Trump actually has a governing ideology. His Inaugural Address, the strongest and most coherent speech he’s ever delivered, was a clear statement of that philosophy. It may change the shape of domestic politics. It may overturn the international order that has existed for 70 years. It certainly deserves more than the “divisive” dismissal it received from liberals—and more than the puerile crowd-size diversion that its perpetrator stumbled into during the days after he delivered it. Here’s the crucial paragraph: “For many decades, we’ve enriched foreign industry at the expense of American industry; subsidized the armies of other countries, while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military. We’ve defended other…

 WE COULD TALK ALL DAY ABOUT NUMbers. Were 250,000 people on hand to see Donald Trump take the oath, or more like the 1.5 million he says he saw? The women, men and children (but mostly women) who a day later filled the streets of cities across the nation—did they total a million? Two million? More than three? Does it matter? The numbers that count were tallied on Nov. 8, the votes that lifted Trump onto that majestic semicircle on the Capitol’s west terrace and into the rarified air sniffed by fewer than four dozen men since the dawn of the Republic. But the job of President of the United States arrives with aching expectations, a collective yearning for wise leadership that, fortunately for the novice, can be managed only…

Put aside for a moment the Inauguration of President Donald Trump. Together, the Women’s March on Jan. 21 and the March for Life on Jan. 27 highlight a reality that isn’t going away: forty-four years after Roe v. Wade, the politics of abortion in America is more polarized and divisive than ever. Why? Consider the about-face by the Women’s March. No event in our time has been heralded as more diverse and inclusive of women everywhere—until an antiabortion group called New Wave Feminists took the marchers at their word and tried to join ranks. They got the boot. “The Women’s March’s platform is pro-choice, and that has been our stance from day one,” the excluders explained. Which means that now, in 2017, support for abortion has become so central and…

MUSIC Atlanta rap trio Migos returns with sophomore album Culture (Jan. 27). Its 12 verbally athletic tracks include stars DJ Khaled and 2 Chainz. BOOKS With her biography The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era (Jan. 31), historian Elizabeth Dowling Taylor brings insight to the rise and fall of America’s first educated black people. DIGITAL SERIES Comedians John Early and Kate Berlant sharply satirize Hollywood, shredding outrageous showbiz archetypes even as they quest for fame themselves, in Vimeo miniseries 555 (Jan. 31). MOVIES Directed by Peter Kunhardt, HBO’s Becoming Warren Buffett (Jan. 30) tells the story of the Oracle of Omaha, with the billionaire’s views on finance’s failings shown in interviews.…

‘A nation without borders is not a nation.’ PRESIDENT TRUMP, announcing that the White House would work alongside the Department of Homeland Security to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico; Trump spoke six days before a scheduled meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto alternative facts Noun. A euphemism for lies. Usage: On Jan. 22, Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway characterized White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s falsehoods about attendance at the Inauguration as “alternative facts” ‘ACT NORMAL, OR GO AWAY.’ MARK RUTTE, Dutch Prime Minister, telling immigrants to assimilate, in a blunt campaign ad ahead of a March 15 election, in which he faces a challenge from far-right populist Geert Wilders GOOD WEEK Venus The Williams sister became the oldest Australian Open women’s semifinalist, at age 36 BAD…

PLAYING MARY RICHARDS on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which ran from 1970 to 1977, the star (who died Jan. 25) often seemed to be one of the only wholly sane people working at a Minneapolis local news station, burdened with co-workers either inept or misanthropic. Though she didn’t create the situations, she made the comedy, with an easy grin and a razor wit indicating that the men who surrounded her were easily deflated. The show’s depiction of a woman, happily unmarried and invested in her job, resonates still; after getting her start as a housewife on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Moore found a story in step with its changing times and yet ahead of anything else on TV. Her relationship with Ed Asner’s Lou Grant was warmly cordial…

ANY DOCTOR WORTH THEIR white coat will tell you that eating a diet rich in whole grains is one of the best ways to get fiber, antioxidants and other nutrients that can help fight weight gain, cancer, diabetes and heart disease. But as it is, only 8% of U.S. adults eat the three servings a day recommended by the federal government. Complicating things is the fact that finding foods that live up to their whole-grain and high-fiber promises can be tough. Grocery-store shelves are bulging with breads, cereals, crackers and even pizza dough bearing claims that they’re “made with whole grains,” and the market for such foods is expected to grow nearly 7% per year, to an estimated $46.2 billion by 2022. The problem is that many of those products…

FOR NEARLY A CENTURY, U.S. PRESIDENTS have entered office with their eyes on an early goalpost: What can be done during the first 100 days? It’s a tradition that dates to 1933, when Franklin D. Roosevelt used a rush of early action to attempt to address the Great Depression, and it’s continuing now with President Donald Trump. But Margaret O’Mara, a professor who teaches history at the University of Washington in Seattle, argues that the idea of snap judging a President based on what happens during his first three months in office has never made much sense. This was even true in 1933. For one thing, most of what FDR did during that period didn’t really affect citizens until later, and some would be undone by the Supreme Court; had…

In 2008, Democrats rode anti-GOP sentiment and Barack Obama’s popularity to power in a majority of statehouses and governorships. They’ve been losing ground ever since. Today, the GOP controls roughly two-thirds of statehouses. CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN SPLIT INDEPENDENT 2009 2013 2017 NOTES: IN 2009, ARIZONA’S DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR, JANET NAPOLITANO, WAS SUCCEEDED BY A REPUBLICAN AFTER SHE WAS APPOINTED TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CURRENTLY, NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON STATE SENATES HAVE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITIES BUT ARE CONTROLLED BY COALITIONS THAT GIVE REPUBLICANS FUNCTIONAL CONTROL. IN ALASKA, REPUBLICANS HAVE A MAJORITY IN BOTH CHAMBERS BUT THE HOUSE IS CONTROLLED BY A COALITION THAT GIVES DEMOCRATS FUNCTIONAL CONTROL.CONNECTICUT IS SPLIT, BUT THE DEMOCRATIC LT. GOV. HAS THE TIEBREAKING VOTE IN THE SENATE *NEBRASKA HAS A UNICAMERAL, NONPARTISAN LEGISLATURE SOURCES: THE…

MAJID FOTUHI BUILT HIS FIRST BRAIN out of wood and foam. It was the best way, he thought, to help his fellow students at Harvard grasp how complex and beautiful the organ is. Fotuhi hired a pair of art-school students for the summer of 1993, and millimeters at a time, they sketched a dead human’s brain that Fotuhi schlepped back and forth between the neuroanatomy lab and the art studio across campus. By the time classes started that fall, they had turned their sketches into a 5-ft.-high replica that hinged open to reveal hundreds of discrete parts, including some purple blood vessels and a peach-colored cortex. Decades later, Fotuhi, now a neurologist who specializes in the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease, remains intent on the organ. “It’s not this mysterious black…

AMERICAN GANGSTER Mark Jacobson’s 2000 article in New York magazine about 1970s heroin kingpin Frank Lucas became Ridley Scott’s 2007 biopic, starring Denzel Washington. It was nominated for three Golden Globes. THE INSIDER Michael Mann directed this 1999 adaptation of Marie Brenner’s Vanity Fair story “The Man Who Knew Too Much,” about a tobacco whistle-blower. The film went on to be nominated for seven Oscars. DOG DAY AFTERNOON Inspired by P. F. Kluge and Thomas Moore’s 1972 LIFE magazine article, about a Brooklyn bank robbery, Sidney Lumet’s Oscar-winning film captured the antiestablishment mentality of the early 1970s.…

JULIO JONES A first-team All-Pro, the Falcons phenom is Matt Ryan’s favorite target. In October, Jones became just the sixth NFL player to have 300 or more receiving yards in a game. CHRIS HOGAN A 180-yd., two-touchdown outing in the AFC title game announced the ex–Penn State lacrosse star, who played just a single season of college football, as a Patriots weapon. VIC BEASLEY While Atlanta’s offense deservedly earns the accolades, Beasley anchors a young, physical D: the linebacker led the NFL with 15.5 sacks this season and will be key to pressuring Brady.…

STRESS IS A MODERN MENTAL BOGEYman that keeps half of U.S. adults up at night, according to a recent survey from the American Psychological Association. And many people don’t do anything to try to fight it. That’s bad news because stress takes a measurable physical toll on the body: it’s linked to a higher risk of heart attack and stroke, plus a general sense of malaise. But there’s fresh evidence that simple mindfulness practices—and no, that doesn’t have to mean sitting cross-legged in meditation—can help ease anxiety. In a new study to be published in the journal Psychiatry Research, people with anxiety who took an eight-week course in which they learned several calming techniques displayed quantifiable changes in their bodies’ stress signals and stress hormones compared with those who took…

MANY PARENTS TELL DISAPPOINTED SONS THEY CAN’T play football because of concerns about concussions, injuries and the possibility of a career with the Cleveland Browns. Not me. While I’m watching the Falcons and the Patriots face off in the Super Bowl, I will be dreaming of my 7-year-old son Laszlo playing on the gridiron, only partly so he could explain to me what a gridiron is. But also so he’d take some risks, toughen up and gain confidence and other things I imagine football gives you. I actually have no idea, since football scared the crap out of me as a kid. But from what I saw from other guys in high school, it did that stuff. Though I’m not sure, since I didn’t know them—because football players scared the…

ON BREXIT, PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY has played a horrible hand as well as anyone could. She has managed to maintain unity within her Conservative Party and worked hard to overcome suspicions that she isn’t committed to leaving the E.U. Setting out her objectives in a Jan. 17 speech, she made clear that Britain will reassert control of its borders and will not accept the E.U.’s judicial authority. From that starting point, her government will then work to get the best deal possible for Britain’s economy. After being criticized for playing her cards too close to her chest, she now has solid backing at least from those on her side of the bargaining table. The Jan. 24 Supreme Court ruling on Parliament’s role in the process is unlikely to delay…

WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF THE defining tenets of modern democracy, lawsuits probably don’t come to mind. But in her new book In Praise of Litigation, Alexandra Lahav argues that they should—because they are the best way for citizens to protect their rights. Consider Casale v. Kelly, in which homeless people arrested for loitering and begging in New York sued the city, arguing their First Amendment rights had been violated. (Police eventually stopped the arrests after a federal judge held the City of New York in contempt.) Or the 1971 Supreme Court case allowing the press to publish the Pentagon Papers, which demonstrated that the government was not above the law. “Bad things happen,” Lahav writes, “and those who believe they have been wronged want and deserve an explanation, a…

1 ACUPUNCTURE MAY HELP BABIES WHO CRY A LOT A study in the journal Acupuncture in Medicine analyzed 147 babies with colic who cried for more than three hours a day at least three days per week; it found that those who received acupuncture treatment over two weeks had a greater reduction in crying than those who did not. 2 CELL PHONES MIGHT BE HURTING YOUR WORKOUT A study in Performance Enhancement & Health found that participants’ balance and stability fell 45% if they texted during a workout and 19% if they talked on their cell phones, compared with those not using a device. 3 SITTING TOO MUCH COULD MAKE YOUR CELLS AGE FASTER A report in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that for elderly women who exercised less…

As part of upcoming budget cuts, Donald Trump reportedly plans to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities and privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This would have devastating consequences for our society; for our cultural diversity; and for the many economies that are connected to promoting cultural heritage, innovation and production, both domestically and abroad. So we might ask how the arts have personally enriched the President. Let’s start just days ago, when Melania Trump presented a signature teal Tiffany & Co. box to Michelle Obama. The jewelry company is known for its items of the highest craftsmanship. And where does that come from? Artisans. Louis Comfort Tiffany, son of one of the company’s founders, is best known for his stained-glass windows…

1 SHORE UP YOUR HEART Of all the things you can do, reducing the risk of heart disease has the strongest evidence of benefits for the brain. That means treating hypertension, high lipids, cholesterol, obesity and Type 2 diabetes. 2 EMPHASIZE EXERCISE Physical activity reduces the risk and severity of cognitive decline. Aerobic exercise has been shown to grow the volume of certain brain regions that tend to shrink during aging. 3 LEARN NEW THINGS Engaging intellectually with the world across a lifetime through activities like writing letters and reading has been linked in brain autopsies to better cognitive health in old age. 4 BE SOCIAL Richer social lives are associated with higher levels of cognition. Loneliness, conversely, is connected with poorer brain health. 5 TREAT DEPRESSION Depression in middle…

The singer and American Idol alum, 34, is about to tour North America as the front man of Queen with original band members Roger Taylor and Brian May. Do you feel pressure to fill Freddie Mercury’s shoes when performing with Queen? At some point every night I talk to the audience about it, like, “I know. I’m not Freddie.” I’m not trying to replace him. It’s more a celebration of the legacy of the band—that’s the heart of the show. What’s different about playing a Queen show as opposed to touring your own solo material? A handful of the songs in the set are absolutely ridiculous—high camp. Because the audience already loves the song, I know I can push it as far as I want. It’s the most liberating thing.…

WHAT’S A GIRL TO DO WHEN she falls for an underworld-dwelling, superpowered bounty hunter tasked with wrangling sinful souls to a prison in the earth’s core? The answer is in Jeff Giles’ new YA saga, The Edge of Everything, a novel as enjoyable for teens as it may be for older readers who gobbled up the likes of The Hunger Games or Twilight. The book opens on Zoe Bissell, a plucky 17-year-old Montanan who’s recently lost her dad and her beloved elderly neighbors in a string of freak accidents. As more catastrophe looms, lover boy “X” shows up on the scene and saves Zoe and her little brother from an evildoer, capturing the teen girl’s heart in the process. Zoe emerges as a badass heroine with a heart of gold…

One useful lesson that Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff, the director of college scouting for the Patriots from 2003 to 2007, learned from former boss Bill Belichick: what to look for in a franchise quarterback. In 2008, with the Falcons reeling after QB Michael Vick was sent to prison for dogfighting, Dimitroff used the No. 3 overall pick to draft a college quarterback cut like Brady: Matt Ryan, known as Matty Ice for his cool under fire. Ryan immediately became the team’s starter, and the Falcons reached the NFC title game in his fifth season before faltering the past three years. But 2016 marked a resurgence: Ryan threw for almost 5,000 yards and is the leading candidate for league MVP. New England taught Dimitroff well. Maybe too well.…

‘What better time than now to take seriously Kanye West as a cultural icon?’ JEFFREY MCCUNE, associate professor at Washington University, on his new undergraduate course, “Politics of Kanye West.” The Internet was delighted and baffled by the inexplicably giant coat Tom Brady wore on the sidelines of the AFC championship game between the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers. After two years of only white acting nominees at the Oscars, the 2017 nominations recognized seven actors of color, including Fences’ Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. A female zebra shark in an Australian aquarium may have reproduced asexually, giving birth to three sharks after being separated from her mate for over three years. Wayne’s World returns to select theaters nationwide in February to celebrate the cult classic’s 25th…