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If you're fascinated by how beauty affects society, go bookmark Newsweek's special report on the subject. The series of articles examines the politics of beauty — because, whether it's fair or not, our culture is overwhelmingly lookist. The stories are all worth reading, particularly these poll results about beauty in the workplace. (Depressingly, hiring managers admitted that on average, they Read more

A family may eat, sleep, and exercise, but that doesn't mean they have a handle on their health! It's what mom and dad are serving up at the table, the length of their slumber, and the amount of exercise the parents and kiddos get that matters. Newsweek's Healthy Living For Every Age is an easy-to-navigate guide with sections on everything from the truth about infant vaccines to fighting Read more

"One decides to veil, the other decides to flaunt. But both have internalized the idea of being sex objects as central to their identity." —Stanford educated Shiite Amal Ghandour tells Newsweek that Muslim women like the new Miss USA don't differ that much from those who decide to wear the veil. She reasons that many women who wear the full-covering veil see themselves as prizes for the men Read more

After a Newsweek article said gay actors can't act straight, Glee creator calls for boycott — Entertainment Weekly College friends say Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is not gay — Politico Comedy Central cancels Sarah Silverman Program — Huffington Post Did the Daily Show ask Aasif Mandvi to stop talking about Muslims? — Gawker Facebook pushing for Betty White to host the Oscars . . . Read more

For Generation X feminism was an eye roll-inducing word, but for Gen Y it's just a word. It's not worthy of anger or praise; it's a word for a war that's over. Newsweek, though, has set out to prove a generation wrong, and it's using itself as the example. In 1970, 46 women employees of Newsweek filed a gender-discrimination case because women were not allowed to write. Producer, director, and Read more

I just stumbled upon this gem of a Newsweek article from 1995. I love browsing through vintage finds, from old magazine ads to television commercials of yore. And coming across something tech-related is even funnier, given the pace at which development and innovation comes to the industry. This article is particularly great. Not only is it written in a bit of a curmudgeonly voice, but it's Read more

Believe it or not, we're about to start a new decade in less than two months. That means we can all get ready for the barrage of recaps about the last 10 years, which have truly seen a lot of strange and sad events. This has been a decade dominated by terrorism, wars, Terri Schiavo, Hurricane Katrina, and gay marriage bans. But we've also witnessed the rise of YouTube, the Rick Roll, the iPod, Read more