Cose, who came to NEWSWEEK in 1993, says, “The wonderful thing about being a writer is that everything you’ve done in your life informs your perspective.” And he brings a unique set of qualifications to the daunting task of giving a multiracial audience some plain-language context to volatile racial issues. He’s been a street reporter, a columnist for a major daily newspaper (at the age of 19) and the chairman of the New York Daily News’s editorial board....
Regarding the story of A Plague Tale: Requiem, it seems from the trailers revealed so far that Amicia and her brother Hugo won’t be having an easier time than when they last had to evade hordes of rats. Stealth will again take precedence as there are also human enemies to contend with. However, something that plays into both the narrative and gameplay of A Plague Tale: Requiem are Amicia’s new combat abilities, which will see her character seemingly take a darker turn....
That feat was achieved in no small part to Finals MVP Kevin Durant literally taking one for the team and accepting a $9.5million pay cut. “I knew he was going to give up enough money to allow us to keep Andre (Iguodala) and Shaun (Livingston). I didn’t know he was going to go beyond that. A remarkable gesture,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr told Bay Area News Group. “I told him it reminded me a little bit of Tim Duncan and his time with the [San Antonio] Spurs....
Tom Brady, Alex Rodriguez and Serena Williams attended the annual fundraising gala for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City. La La Anthony made a solo appearance at the event amid reports of her split with Carmelo. Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez Serena Williams La La Anthony
In his best-selling new book, perfectly titled “Chutzpah,” Dershowitz argues that American Jews should stop allowing themselves to be treated as second-class citizens. Part autobiography, part call to action, “Chutzpah” includes discussions of Israel, Harvard, Auschwitz and the Pollard spy case. It also takes on the leaders of the American Jewish Congress, president Robert Lifton and executive director Henry Siegman, who last week counterattacked in a four-page letter to Dershowitz....
All sports have their jargon and marathon running is no exception. Here’s a quick explanation of some commonly-used marathon running terms. A Aerobic – Literally “oxygen”. Usually referring to exercise at an intensity where your cardiovascular and respiratory systems can still deliver all the oxygen your body needs, preventing lactic acid from building up in the muscles. Aerobic exercise can be done for long periods of time. Altitude training – Preparing for a marathon race by training at heights above 8,000 feet....
Skelton, two of whose three sons are in the military, comes from a military family. His father lied about his age in order to get into the Navy, where he served on the first battleship Missouri, which had been part of the Great White Fleet that Teddy Roosevelt sent around the world to advertise America’s emergence as a world power. Skelton’s mother was the great-great-granddaughter of Squire Boone who, with his uncle Daniel, fought in August 1782 in northwestern Kentucky at Bryan’s Station....
Zakaria: What made you get involved with the issue of energy security? Smith: The country’s continued and increasing dependence on imported petroleum has created an enormous economic and national-security risk probably second only to terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Our country has not developed any cogent energy policy for a number of years. Second to terrorism? Is it that prominent a security challenge? We ran simulations that showed quite dramatically that very small reductions in supply end up having enormous implications for the U....
P&G’s market share fell 9 percent, even though its Pampers brand is still the market leader. The category was up 3 percent, despite stiff competition from Dove and new brand Lever 2000. Market share down 8 percent. P&G says goodbye to the White Cloud brand. Up 7 percent. Crest is still king, but Arm & Hammer is making inroads.
True, there was nothing civilized about the tantrum thrown by Culkin’s father and manager, Kit Culkin, during post-production. He demanded that scenes be reshot, that Kevin Kline’s brief narration be eliminated, even that changes be made in the music. Otherwise, he threatened, the boy would not promote the movie: no interviews, no talk shows, none of the star appearances that help sell tickets. “The Nutcracker” is a cash cow for most ballet companies–that’s why American Ballet Theatre, fighting its way back from what had been a $5....
Noel, the Sixers’ center, fouled Bledsoe, the Suns’ point guard, hard enough Friday night to earn a flagrant 1 foul. Now the context: Bledsoe said earlier in the week that Kentucky could beat the winless Sixers. (Side note: Bledsoe and Noel both played at Kentucky.) MORE: Are Sixers an NBA team? | Calipari: UK would get ‘buried’ by pros | Carter-Williams: ‘Losing sucks’ Bledsoe said after the game that a Sixers player told him he would get knocked down....
This is definitely a surprise turnaround from Atari, as it hasn’t released a console in decades and was was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy only a few years ago. In recent years, though, retro gaming has been gaining steam, as seen with the staggering success of the NES Classic Edition. Atari has managed to get some traction in that retro space, as mobile devices offer a solid platform for simple games....
These are the early scenes of a nascent antiwar movement. Activists have quickly mobilized behind several causes: averting war against the already afflicted people of Afghanistan, fighting the erosion of civil liberties and protecting U.S. Arabs and Muslims against hate crimes. Protesters are organizing teach-ins, vigils and demonstrations. Last Thursday’s rally at Berkeley was part of a nationwide effort involving 146 campuses in 36 states. At Union Square in New York City, a spontaneous memorial blossomed into a monument to peace before it was taken down by the Parks Department....
Middle-class wealth fell 40 percent in the Great Recession of 2008. Nearly a decade and a half later, it is barely back to its 2001 level. Many Americans struggle to start a business, buy a home, send kids to college, or save for retirement. Upward economic mobility used to be common; now it is a crapshoot. Only half of Americans born in the 1980s earn more than their parents did at the same age, compared with 92 percent of Americans born in 1940....
Webb is seen as a moderate or even conservative Democrat, but this was a populist speech that quoted Andrew Jackson, founder of the Democratic Party and champion of the common man. The speech represented a return to the tough-minded liberalism of Scoop Jackson and Hubert Humphrey, but by quoting Republicans Teddy Roosevelt (on “improper corporate influence”) and Dwight D. Eisenhower (on ending the Korean War), he reinforced the argument that President Bush had taken the GOP away from its roots....
Simeon has pledged to improve his peoples’ lives within 800 days–not to mention join NATO by 2004, and the European Union not long after. It’s a tall order. Bulgaria has fallen far behind its more successful East European neighbors, chiefly by lagging on reform. After 10 years of mismanagement, unemployment is close to 28 percent–rising to 70 percent in rust-belt areas like the steel town of Pernik. Seventy percent of the population lives below the official poverty line....
The team said it wants to move into the proposed facility at Howard Terminal, about six miles northwest of the Coliseum, in 2023. MORE: A’s extend contracts of Beane, Forst, Melvin “This is bigger than baseball,” A’s team president Dave Kaval said, per the East Bay Times. “It’s not just a ballpark — it’s something that could have a lasting impact here in Oakland and keep the A’s in Oakland for another 50, 100 years....
