Newsweek April 22-29, 2022

1966 “In five years, pop has grown like The Blob, from a label for what appeared to be a minor phase in art history to a mass psyche,” said Newsweek. “It has captivated the Great Society, thrived on its prosperity and exploited its restlessness.” America’s fascination with the pop culture phenomenon—“anything, basically, fun”—is as strong today as it was during the ’60s with Netflix’s recent debut of The Andy Warhol Diaries. The six-episode docuseries explores the iconic pop artist’s personal life alongside his professional career, revealing the origins of the mastermind behind the art. 1976 “Is it possible to sustain the ideal that college should be available to all Americans who want it, no matter how expensive?” Newsweek asked as higher education’s popularity diminished. With the value of a degree still in question,…

FEATURED EPISODE Declassified with Naveed Jamali A former FBI double agent talks national security ‘WHAT CHANGED WAS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE’ ▸ Tennis legend Martina Navratilova opens up about throwing rocks at the Soviet tanks invading the Czech Republic when she was a preteen, parallels to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and life behind the Iron Curtain. HOST ▸ Naveed Jamali, intelligence expert and author of How to Catch a Russian Spy IN THEIR WORDS ▸ “When you lose the freedom to move around the country as you wish, or leave the country, that’s when the shit hits the fan, not when you have to wear a mask in a public place.” DON’T MISS THE ROYAL REPORT Palace news—Meghan Markle to the Queen All Offensive and No Charm? ▸ William and Kate’s Caribbean tour was a PR disaster. From photos…

FOR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM Kinzinger of Illinois, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the reaction of some of his House colleagues to it, has crystallized much of what he finds troubling lately about the GOP. And those concerns, in turn, have him questioning his own party affiliation. “Without correcting course, there will be a moment at which I say, ‘OK, I’m no longer a Republican,’” says Kinzinger, who revealed his misgivings during a candid conversation earlier this month for the Newsweek podcast Declassified, hosted by editor at large Naveed Jamali. While the U.S. response to the war in Ukraine has mostly united Congress around key bipartisan objectives, the conflict has also exposed ideological splintering among the two parties, as America’s far-left and far-right diverge from the consensus. Most recently, Democratic “Squad” members Cori…

THE GREAT RESIGNATION HAS been hammering the retail industry hard for months. Merchants are scrambling for employees and wringing their hands about how they’re going to get enough staff to run the registers, stock shelves and work in the warehouses. The labor shortage, of course, isn’t ideal for retail businesses, or companies who sell products directly to consumers. But it can be a good thing for their employees, who are using their in-demand status to land higher wages and better benefits. And, for job hunters, the perks aren’t the only thing improving. Some retailers are relaxing job qualifications, making it easier to find a new gig. With the retail industry navigating more than 880,000 open jobs right now, these new terms of employment won’t be changing soon. Here’s the current landscape. Retail’s Staffing…

LAST OCTOBER, NEWSWEEK, along with my firm the Best Practice Institute, published our Most Loved Workplaces list that featured 100 companies—from small to large—that employees, well, loved working for. This fall, we’re doing it again. The goal is to provide employees—and job seekers—accurate information on whether or not workers genuinely love the businesses they work for. The list is also a great resource, we think, for bosses at management-challenged firms that hope to change their ways. Leading up to the October issue, we plan to feature five CEOs whose companies appeared on the inaugural list—and explore what makes them such employee-friendly operations. We start with Pamela Maynard, CEO of Seattle-based software consulting firm, Avanade, which was Number 31 on last year’s list. Why is all this important? For one thing, it’s difficult to…

THE METAVERSE HAS THE potential to transform education in the classroom. Yet we must be careful how we allow Big Tech companies to intrude into our schools. Next-generation educational technology must not come at the cost of turning our children into nothing more than yet another data extraction source. Before we allow the likes of Meta, Google and Tencent into the fabric of our education system, we need clear assurance that it will not simply be “business as usual.” Before we let our children anywhere near the metaverse, we must be absolutely clear who is watching, and how. In the next 10 years, the biggest development in education will be the introduction of the metaverse into everyday learning. Virtual Zoom classrooms have already become the norm thanks to the pandemic. What if…