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Brian Snyder / Reuters-Landov Mitt Romney: The GOP's Field's Rodney Dangerfield
McKay Coppins is a reporter for Newsweek and The Daily Beast covering politics and national affairs. His writing has also appeared in The Daily Caller and Salt Lake City's Deseret News.
The Republican frontrunner made his 2012 bid official—just as the press corps left to chase Sarah Palin's bus tour. McKay Coppins reports from New Hampshire.
Matt Rourke / AP How Palin's Winning the Media War
Matt Latimer is the author of the New York Times bestseller, SPEECH-LESS: Tales of a White House Survivor. He was deputy director of speechwriting for George W. Bush and chief speechwriter for Donald Rumsfeld.
The Alaskan continues her unmatched mastery of the press—getting them to slavishly follow her Tour to Nowhere. Matt Latimer on the roots of her strategy, and why it strikes a deep Republican chord.
Getty Images Do Cellphones Cause Infertility?
Sharon Begley is the science columnist and science editor of Newsweek. She is the co-author of the 2002 book, The Mind and the Brain, and the author of the 2007 book Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain.
Is that a cellphone in your pocket? If you plan on having children, you might want to remove it. Sharon Begley on the possible link between mobile phones and infertility.
The Al Qaeda-Iran Connection
Bruce Riedel, a former long-time CIA officer, is a senior fellow in the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution. At Obama’s request, he chaired the strategic review of policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2009. He is author of the new book Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America and the Future of the Global Jihad and The Search for Al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology and Future.
Tree of Life: The Most Complicated Movie Ever
Chris Lee is a senior entertainment writer for Newsweek/The Daily Beast. He previously worked as an entertainment and culture reporter for the Los Angeles Times. His work has also appeared in Vibe, Premiere and Details magazines and has been plagiarized in The Sunday Tribune of Ireland and The Trinidad Guardian.
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries and More Tiny Women with Giant Men
The Daily Beast is dedicated to news and commentary, culture, and entertainment. We carefully curate the web’s most essential stories and bring you original must-reads from our talented contributors.
Christine Lagarde: Can a Woman Save the IMF?
Tracy McNicoll is Newsweek's Paris Correspondent. She has been covering Western Europe for the magazine since 2002.
Lousy Economy Won't Sink Obama
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is associate professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. His new book, The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris, is now available from HarperCollins. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
Unemployment has edged up again two months in a row, and economic conditions are bad for most Americans, but the president's strong personal approval ratings and a roster of weak potential GOP opponents mean he will win a second term, writes Peter Beinart.
Lady Gaga, Marc Jacobs, and More at 2011 CFDA Awards
Isabel Wilkinson is a fashion and arts correspondent for The Daily Beast.
At the CFDA Awards on Monday night, Lady Gaga receives a Fashion Icon Award, Marc Jacobs is honored for lifetime achievement, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen may win big. See exclusive photos.
The Bobby Fischer I Knew
It was the chess match of the century. Harry Benson, author of a new book about the late, troubled champion, recalls his friend’s battle against Spassky, in this week’s Newsweek.
Invasion of the Bodybuilders
Chris Lee is a senior entertainment writer for Newsweek/The Daily Beast. He previously worked as an entertainment and culture reporter for the Los Angeles Times. His work has also appeared in Vibe, Premiere and Details magazines and has been plagiarized in The Sunday Tribune of Ireland and The Trinidad Guardian.
Macho men are back with a vengeance—and they’re making the U.S.A. feel good again, writes Chris Lee in this week’s Newsweek.
Interview: Michael Spence
R.M. Schneiderman is a reporter for Newsweek.
The Stanford economist talks to Newsweek’s R. M. Schneiderman about American inequality, the Chinese economy, and how to score a Nobel.
My Life as an NBA Superstar Single Dad
Wade is a guard for the Miami Heat and was recently appointed by President Obama to a new parenting program geared toward encouraging fathers to become more involved in their children’s lives.
Recently awarded full custody of his kids, basketball star Dwyane Wade on the importance of being—and having—a father, in this week’s Newsweek.
White House Rebel
Lois Romano is a senior writer for Newsweek/Daily Beast based in Washington. She was a longtime political writer and columnist for The Washington Post, covering presidential campaigns and Washington powerbrokers.
Michelle Obama refuses to be a political show pony or schmooze with Washington's elite. She has her own sense of where her energies should be deployed and has constructed a fruitful life inside the bubble. All that will have to change in the heat of Election 2012. Lois Romano on the first lady’s low-key tenure, in this week’s Newsweek.
The U.S. Economy's Bad News Deluge
Journalist Gary Rivlin is the author of five books, including Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.—How the Working Poor Became Big Business. He has worked as a staff reporter for The New York Times, where his beats included Silicon Valley and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. He is a special correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast.
Anemic jobs numbers, cratering home prices, stock market plunges—the only upside to all these depressing figures, says Gary Rivlin, is they may force Washington to stop obsessing over the deficit and fix unemployment.
The Arab Spring Six Months Later
Andrew Bast is a Senior Articles Editor for the international edition of Newsweek. He has reported from four continents for several newspapers, including the New York Times, and now writes about global security. Follow him on Twitter: @andrewbast
Six months after a food vendor sparked a revolution in Tunisia, uprisings across the Arab world have toppled despots in Egypt and Yemen, still threaten regimes in Libya and Syria, and changed the calculus for regional heavyweights like Israel, the Saudis—and the U.S. Andrew Bast reports. SEE photos from the unrest that has gripped the region.
Exclusive Poll: Men Who Cheat on Business Trips
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A new Newsweek/Daily Beast poll of 400 married men found that 21 percent admit to wanting to cheat on their spouse while traveling on business—and 8 percent have actually done so. Read more surprising statistics.
The 10 Most Important Artists of Today
Blake Gopnik writes about art and design for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He previously spent a decade as chief art critic of the Washington Post and before that was an arts editor and critic in Canada. He has a doctorate in art history from Oxford University, and has written on aesthetic topics ranging from Facebook to gastronomy.
We’re living in a great moment for art. Newsweek critic Blake Gopnik chooses the creators who could be the next Leonardo, Rembrandt, or Picasso. View photos and videos of their work.
Sophie Calle: One of Today’s 10 Most Important Artists
Blake Gopnik writes about art and design for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He previously spent a decade as chief art critic of the Washington Post and before that was an arts editor and critic in Canada. He has a doctorate in art history from Oxford University, and has written on aesthetic topics ranging from Facebook to gastronomy.
Newsweek critic Blake Gopnik chooses the creators who could be the next Leonardo, Rembrandt, or Picasso—including Sophie Calle, who turned a boyfriend’s breakup email into a work of art.
Damien Hirst: One of Today’s 10 Most Important Artists
Blake Gopnik writes about art and design for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He previously spent a decade as chief art critic of the Washington Post and before that was an arts editor and critic in Canada. He has a doctorate in art history from Oxford University, and has written on aesthetic topics ranging from Facebook to gastronomy.
Newsweek critic Blake Gopnik chooses the creators who could be the next Leonardo, Rembrandt, or Picasso—including Damien Hirst, who sells diamond-studded skulls and unicorns in formaldehyde. View photos of his work.
Jeff Koons: One of Today’s 10 Most Important Artists
Blake Gopnik writes about art and design for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He previously spent a decade as chief art critic of the Washington Post and before that was an arts editor and critic in Canada. He has a doctorate in art history from Oxford University, and has written on aesthetic topics ranging from Facebook to gastronomy.
Newsweek critic Blake Gopnik chooses the creators who could be the next Leonardo, Rembrandt, or Picasso—including Jeff Koons, who masterfully collapses the high and low with his balloon sculptures and works of towering marble. View photos of his work.
Jeff Wall: One of Today’s 10 Most Important Artists
Blake Gopnik writes about art and design for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He previously spent a decade as chief art critic of the Washington Post and before that was an arts editor and critic in Canada. He has a doctorate in art history from Oxford University, and has written on aesthetic topics ranging from Facebook to gastronomy.
Newsweek critic Blake Gopnik chooses the creators who could be the next Leonardo, Rembrandt, or Picasso—including Jeff Wall, whose photographic compositions feel like an Old Master’s tableaux. View photos of his work.
Tacita Dean: One of Today’s 10 Most Important Artists
Blake Gopnik writes about art and design for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He previously spent a decade as chief art critic of the Washington Post and before that was an arts editor and critic in Canada. He has a doctorate in art history from Oxford University, and has written on aesthetic topics ranging from Facebook to gastronomy.
Newsweek critic Blake Gopnik chooses the creators who could be the next Leonardo, Rembrandt, or Picasso—including Tacita Dean, whose impressive video work is an antidote to the pictures Hollywood is making. View photos of her work.
Tami Abdollah is a freelance writer who has written for the Los Angeles Times, among other publications.
Ibrahim Abdul-Matin is author of Green Deen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting the Planet and a media personality on public radio's newest morning news show, The Takeaway.
Suad Abdulrahman is a project coordinator with the Association for Crisis Assistance and Development Co-operation (WADI) in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Maha Gaber Abouelenein is the principal of communications firm Organizational Consultants. She focuses on US politics and bridging understanding with Arab cultures, media, and government. She is an active member in the World Economic Forum and the co-Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee of the US Chamber of Commerce.
Richard Abowitz covered Las Vegas for over a decade as a senior writer and editor at Las Vegas Weekly. For many years Abowitz wrote Movable Buffet blog and print column for Los Angeles Times. In addition to covering Vegas, Abowitz has been writing about music and culture for Rolling Stone since 1996. Abowitz blogs at GoldPlatedDoor.com.
Dan Abrams is CEO of Abrams Research, an attorney, and chief legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.
Sasha Abramsky is the author of Breadline USA. His latest book, a profile of President Barack Obama titled Inside Obama’s Brain, was published by Penguin’s Portfolio imprint in December.
Bruce Ackerman is Sterling professor of law and political science at Yale, and the author of 15 books on political philosophy, constitutional law, and public policy. His works include Social Justice in the Liberal State, the multivolume constitutional history, We the People, The Failure of the Founding Fathers and Before the Next Attack.
Dr. Mona Ackerman is a clinical psychologist with offices in Manhattan. She has suspended her practice while being treated for ovarian cancer and will resume seeing patients as soon as is practical.
Jennifer Ackerman's most recent book is Ah-Choo! The Uncommon Life of Your Common Cold (Twelve, 2010). Her previous books include Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body; Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity; and Notes from the Shore. She is also the co-author with Miriam Nelson of a book on women's health, Strong Women's Guide to Total Health (Rodale, 2010). A contributor to National Geographic Magazine, The New York Times, and many other publications, she is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including a 2004 NEA Literature Fellowship in Nonfiction and a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Her articles and essays have been included in several anthologies, among them Best American Science Writing (2005), The Nature Reader (1996) and Best Nature Writing (1996). More information can be found at her website: www.jenniferackerman.net
John M. Ackerman is a professor at the Institute for Legal Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, editor in chief of the Mexican Law Review, and a columnist for Proceso magazine and La Jornada newspaper. His website is johnackerman.blogspot.com.
Ruthie Ackerman is a senior fellow at the World Policy Insitute and the founder of Ceasefire Liberia, a hyperlocal blog project that focuses on Liberia and the diaspora.
Edward Adams (1933-2004) was a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist best known for his war coverage. He mostly worked for The Associated Press, Time and Parade. His photographs of human rights defenders from 36 countries were published in a book with Kerry Kennedy, Speak Truth to Power.
Jody Adams is the James Beard Award-winning chef/owner of the Boston restaurant Rialto, which Gourmet named one of “world’s best hotel restaurants,” The Boston Globe awarded four stars, and Esquire Magazine named one of the best restaurants in the country. She is the author of In the Hands of a Chef: Cooking with Jody Adams of Rialto Restaurant.
Laurel Adams is the James R. Soles Fellow at the Center for Public Integrity. She graduated cum laude from the University of Delaware in May of 2010 with majors in international relations, Spanish, and Latin American studies. She interned at Voices Without Borders in Wilmington, Del., and the British Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Lorraine Adams, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and reporter, is the author of Harbor and The Room and the Chair. She lives in New York City.
Mark Adams is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in many of America’s leading magazines, including GQ, Outside, the New York Times Magazine, Fortune and National Geographic Adventure, where he is a contributing editor. Adams wrote New York magazine’s popular column “It Happened Last Week” and once ran 26 miles alone through the streets of Manhattan for an assignment. Originally from Oak Park, Illinois, he now lives near New York City with his wife and their three sons.
Lynsey Addario is a photojournalist based in New Delhi, India, where she photographs for The New York Times and National Geographic, among other publications. Her Web site is lynseyaddario.com.
Jake Adelstein was a reporter for the Yomiuri Shinbun, Japan’s largest newspaper, from 1993 to 2005. From 2006 to 2007 he was the chief investigator for a U.S. State Department-sponsored study of human trafficking in Japan. Considered one of the foremost experts on organized crime in Japan, he works as a writer and consultant in Japan and the United States. He is also the public relations director for the Washington, D.C.-based Polaris Project Japan, which combats human trafficking and the exploitation of women and children in the sex trade. He is the author of Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan (Vintange).
Aravind Adiga is the author of The White Tiger, which won the 2008 Man Booker Prize for fiction. His new novel, Last Man in Tower, will be published by Knopf in September.
Ben Adler is a writer for Newsweek and The Daily Beast covering politics and policy. Ben joined Newsweek in 2009 as national affairs editor of Newsweek.com. He was previously a staff writer at Politico. His writing has also appeared in The Atlantic, Columbia Journalism Review, The Nation, The American Prospect, Next American City and The Washington Monthly and his work has been reprinted in books such as Clued in to Politics and The Contemporary Reader. You can follow Ben on Twitter.
Jerry Adler is a contributing editor at Newsweek, where he writes about medicine, science, and ideas. He is the author of High Rise: How 1,000 Men and Women Worked Around the Clock for Five Years and Lost $200 Million Building a Skyscraper.
Michael Adler, a longtime reporter for Agence France-Presse, is currently a scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center and is writing a book on Iran’s nuclear diplomacy, which he has covered for most of this decade.
Ben Affleck’s wrote and directed the films Gone Baby Gone and The Town, in which he also stars. Other acting credits include The Company Men, Hollywoodland, and Shakespeare in Love. In 1997, he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, with Matt Damon, for Good Will Hunting, in which he also starred.
Born in Iran and later immigrated to the US at the time of the Iranian revolution, Firouzeh was part of the United National Peacekeeping Mission in DR Congo where she lived for two years. Firouzeh holds an MBA from University of Southern California and a Master of International Service—focus on Conflict and Africa from the American University. She has traveled extensively in Africa, consulted for the World Bank and served on several election missions with the Carter Center in Nepal, DRC and Ivory Coast. She lives and writes in Los Angeles.
Dr. Arthur Agatston is a leading preventive cardiologist and creator and author of The South Beach Diet. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, Sari.
Shohreh Aghdashloo was born in Tehran, Iran, on May 11, 1952. In the 1970s at age 20, she achieved nationwide stardom in her homeland of Iran, starring in some prominent pictures such as Gozaresh (1977) (The Report) directed by the renowned Abbas Kiarostami, which won critics awards at the Moscow Film Festival. During the 1978 Islamic revolution, Aghdashloo left Iran for England, earned a B.A. degree in International Relations.
Prashant Agrawal is CEO of Indipepal.com, India's only social portal. He previously worked at Skadden Arps, McKinsey, and a hedge fund, and is a contributing editor to GQ India and the magazine’s business columnist.
Liaquat Ahamed is the author of Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, a book about the causes of the Great Depression. After working as an economist at the World Bank, he spent 25 years as a professional investment manager in London and New York.
Fasih Ahmed is the editor of Newsweek Pakistan. He won a New York Press Club award for Newsweek's coverage of Benazir Bhutto's assassination. Ahmed was also the inaugural Daniel Pearl fellow and worked at The Wall Street Journal's Washington, D.C., bureau in 2003. He graduated from Columbia University and lives in Lahore.
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