Newsweek June 17-24, 2022

THE PERFECT PAUSE IN YOUR DAY ▸ Ever wonder how Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss could be auctioned off in 10,000 NFT parcels (and what an NTF is?), how to fight off a breaking-and-entering bear and what kindergarten photo has the sentimental internet in tears? Host Tallman shares the lighter stories trending every workday—from the notable to the nutty—all in under 10 minutes. HOST ▸ Andrew Tallman, co-host of The Debate IN THEIR WORDS ▸ “What looked like an incomprehensible investment bubble created by people who barely understood [it], now seems to be an incomprehensible investment bubble.” DON’T MISS FAST WOMEN Test-driving the newest cars on wild adventures Launch Control ▸ The Hummer EV has a side-to-side “crab walk” feature and can go from 0 to 60 in 3 seconds in its WTF mode. Plus: A super luxury…

“People think love is kooky. It’s not; it’s highly practical.” A SURGE IN VIOLENT CRIME IN MAJOR CITIES across the U.S. has effectively ended the “defund the police” movement that sprung up after George Floyd was killed two years ago. A recent national poll by the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that just 31 percent of Americans now support transferring funds from state and local police departments to community social services, a seven-point drop from a year ago. Meanwhile, with crime a hot-button issue in the upcoming midterm elections, moderate Democrats are more likely to call for additional money for law enforcement than for diverting it—among them, President Joe Biden, who is advocating for a $30 billion increase in law enforcement spending to “fund our police and give them all the…

THIS FALL, NEWSWEEK, IN COLLABORATION with my company, the Best Practice Institute (BPI), will unveil the second annual Most Loved Workplaces list. The concept is simple: we feature the top 100 companies where employees feel cared for and respected—and have numerous opportunities for advancement. But before the new list appears, we’ll turn the spotlight on a few of the companies in the inaugural rankings. We started off with Pamela Maynard, CEO of Seattle consulting firm, Avanade, which was number 31 on last year’s list. Now we turn our attention to Chris Chen, CEO of Miami-based ChenMed, founded by his father, James. The company, number 36 on the 2021 rankings, operates a 3,500-employee chain of some 100 medical clinics that cater to Medicare recipients, many of whom are low income. ChenMed is interesting in…

“Hell to the No!”—David Porter of Sam and Dave on Donald Trump’s use of the duo’s “Hold On, I’m Coming”“I have felt the pressure of representation throughout my career. I’m glad that I decided to be me.”—QUEEN LATIFAH“In the middle of Europe, we have cities bombed, we have people that are our neighbors killed in the streets, massacred, and raped.”—NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL JENS STOLTENBERG“People will say, ‘Oh, she just transitioned so she would have an advantage, so she could win.’ I transitioned to be happy.”—FORMER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SWIMMER LIA THOMAS“I JUST WANT A COOL CHILD WITH COOL PARENTS.”—A$AP Rocky on parenthood with Rihanna“I KNOW THIS SOUNDS IDIOTIC, BUT I’M FROM NEW JERSEY.”—Convicted Jan. 6 rioter Timothy Hale-Cusanelli on his actions“WE ARE CAPPING THE NUMBER OF HANDGUNS IN THIS COUNTRY.”—Canadian Prime…

THE ESSENCE OF THE SUPREME COURT’S 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which established a woman’s right to an abortion, was to balance a pregnant woman’s constitutional right to privacy with the hypothetical rights of a fetus that at some point might be considered a person, even while inside the womb. The Court’s compromise was to confer those hypothetical rights on a fetus when it reaches the 28th week of pregnancy. That threshold wasn’t arbitrary; it was based on the state of medical science at the time. In 1973, doctors and midwives were sometimes delivering babies prematurely at 28 weeks—but no earlier. Clinical experience established when a fetus could be considered just developed enough to live outside the womb. In the half-century since, the science of fetal development and early birth has advanced…

AMERICANS THINK A LOT ABOUT HOW TO take care of their skin and have a plenty of choices about how to do it. People with common problems like acne, for instance, have a huge number of possible doctors and treatments available to them. Meanwhile the U.S. population is getting older and increasingly conscious of not only the cosmetic toll of aging, but also the long term health risks of sun damage. This year Americans are expected to spend $19.9 billion on non-prescription skin care and protection products, up from $18.7 billion last year, and that market is expected to grow to nearly $23 billion in 2025. Americans are expected to spend about $7.7 billion this year in dermatologists’ offices. To help you find the leading dermatologists in your area, Newsweek and…