Gone to Pot

Advocates of the legalization of marijuana vowed it would turn the illicit market into a safe, regulated industry. But experts tell Newsweek that these laws need revisiting

Chile Backtracks on China's Space Observatory

Following a Newsweek investigation, Santiago is reviewing ajoint university project with Beijing

Bob the Drag Queen

WHAT IF HARRIET TUBMAN CAME BACK TO MODERN-DAY AMERICA TO MAKE A hip-hop album in order to continue her work as an abolitionist?

The Best Family Is Chosen Family

Hulu's Mid-Century Modern isn't the gay Golden Girls, but it does bring joy back to the sitcom

COLLISION COURSE

AMID THE TURMOIL OF SYRIA. U.S. ALLIES TURKEY AND ISRAEL COULD CLASH AS THEY COMPETE TO DEFEND THEIR INTERESTS IN THE EMBATTLED COUNTRY

Journalism: Unplugged

With traditional media declining, journalists are turning to Substack for independence, direct audience engagement and financial stability

Canada's Trump Card

With former central banker Mark Carney succeeding Justin Trudeau as prime minister, has the U.S. president met his match in the trade wars?

AMERICA'S Most Loved BRANDS 2025

THE ULTIMATE MEASURE OF A brand's ability to resonate with consumers is how they make us feel, not just the features their products offer.

State of Love and Trust

Steven Soderbergh blurs the lines between personal and professional in spy thriller Black Bag, its stars tell Newsweek

Ben Falcone

Ben Falcone isn’t exactly known for making kid-friendly projects. His films with wife and frequent collaborator Melissa McCarthy are “R-rated quite often, but I do think there’s a certain sweetness that we usually try to hit.”

Tesla's Got Trust Issues

As protests against Elon Musk target his electric car company's showrooms, how will progressive buyers respond to feeling that the firm's founder has done them dirty?

THIS IS A CRISIS

As U.S. military support for Europe wanes, NATO DRILLS in Romania highlight a huge capability gap, with one military official telling Newsweek...

'I Was Meant To Be on Doomed Flight'

Just like flight 5342, Sabena flight 548 was carrying U.S. figure skaters and coaches when it crashed into a field in 1961

The Shopping Spree That Built a Museum

How the world-renowned Barnes Foundation's impressive trove of modern art was started on a shoestring

US Blind Spot for Five Eyes

The intelligence-sharing alliance of Anglophone nations could be at risk as President Donald Trump brushes off allies and the White House appears to grow closer to Russia

Trump Is Wrong About McKinley's Tariff Legacy

ON HIS FIRST day back in office, Donald Trump praised his new presidential role model, William McKinley, for having \"made our country very rich through tariffs.\"

Supreme Court Takes Up WrongHouse Raids

ON AN EARLY morning in 2017, Trina Martin was shocked by a pyrotechnic exhibit she compares to the Fourth of July. Except it was October, and it was inside her home in Georgia.

How Far Will the U.S.Go Against Cartels?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP promised on the campaign trail that he’d go after Mexico’s drug cartels, which he claimed in January “essentially run” that country.

Virtual Fences on the Range

“OH, GIVE ME a home, where the buffalo roam, where the deer and the antelope play,” goes the venerable Western folk song “Home on the Range.”

The New Prohibitionists

ANTI-ALCOHOL ACTIVISTS ARE IGNORING EVIDENCE AND HIJACKING FEDERAL DIETARY GUIDELINES.

Your Tribalism Is Dumb

NO, YOUR TRIBALISM IS DUMB!

O&A Rand Paul

SEN. RAND PAUL (R–Ky.) has opposed the TikTok ban since it caught on in Congress.

THE ANARCHIST AND THE REPUBLICAN

HOW JOHN MCCLAUGHRY AND KARL HESS FOUGHT TO DECENTRALIZE POWER-ONE FROM INSIDE THE SYSTEM, ONE EVER FURTHER FROM IT

Not Guilty but Punished Anyway

SENTENCING DEFENDANTS BASED ON ACQUITTED CONDUCT VIOLATES BASIC NOTIONS OF JUSTICE.

In Defense of 'Luxury Beliefs'

“LUXURY BELIEFS” ARE the ideological equivalent of an icy tray of Blue Point oysters— trendy, expensive, and often impractical for the average person, but deeply satisfying for those who can afford them. And, on rare occasions, sickening.

Postnatal Drug Tests Turn Mothers Into Felons

FIVE YEARS AFTER giving birth to a baby girl in 2019, Mississippi mother Brandy Moore was arrested for \"aggravated domestic violence\" based on a postnatal drug test.

The Trade War We're Losing to Ourselves

THE FIRST FEW weeks of the second Trump administration were a whirlwind of counter-productive, illogical trade policies.

Students Deserve Privacy Too

A MENTAL HEALTH survey administered to Seattle-area middle and high schoolers is putting their sensitive personal information at risk, according to a February investigation from The Seattle Times and the education-focused outlet The 74.

Lost Cities in the Jungle

In 2024, A Mayan megacity was discovered in Campeche, Mexico. Swallowed by the rainforest, this lost urban center contained pyramids, plazas, amphitheaters, and highways.

The Present and Future of the Gerontocracy

POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF THE LONGEVITY TRANSITION