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Why We Should Expand-Not Cut-Social Security

Social Security is a big piece of most Americans’ retirement. The program, however, is running out of money and conservative politicians, including those in the new Republican-majority House of Representatives, want to cut it. In this essay, adapted from his new book RETIREMENT REBOOT: COMMONSENSE FINANCIAL STRATEGIES FOR GETTING BACK ON TRACK Agate Publishing, January), veteran financial journalist Mark Miller argues that fixing and beefing up Social Security is affordable, practical and necessary.

Aiming for Moral Authority

Senator Elizabeth Warren weighs in on the importance of a values-driven military and her efforts to reduce defense spending

James Cromwell Is Happy to Be Offensive

The veteran actor and activist talks about being People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ 2022 Person of the Year and why Hollywood brass don’t like him

CHINA'S BID FOR THE SOUTH PACIFIC

BEIJING is aggressively expanding its reach throughout the region, saying its interests are purely diplomatic and commercial. The real long term goal is STRATEGIC

THE MOTHER OF ALL BLACKOUTS

Domestic terrorists pose an existential threat' to the nation's electrical grid. The attacks have already started

Ten Predictions About New Cars and Trucks for 2023

Industry analysts think supply chain problems will get better, consumer demand will ease and the electric future will arrive—eventually

'Paul Whelan Is My Brother, Russia Is Torturing Him in Prison'

Following Brittney Griner’s release, the twin of the American still being held by Moscow speaks out

Allison Williams

When it comes to dolls, you either love them, think they're creepy or are indifferent. Fortunately for Allison Williams, she falls into the latter category. "I don't have a deep-seated doll aversion." Which makes her the perfect person to star in a film like M3GAN (January 6), about a realistic robot doll that is supposed to be a child's best friend, but turns out to be everybody's worst enemy.

A TV Marriage More Than 30 Years in the Making

Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford are back together again onscreenin the Yellowstone prequel 1923

What Makes Us Human

Tantalizing new findings suggest that neanderthals, our human cousins, are a lot like us. How, then, did we manage to win the evolutionary competition?

New Hopes and Fears for Alzheimer's Patients

A new drug offers modest slowing of the disease in its early stages. But are the benefits worth the risks?

23 Things to Look Forward to in 2023

The events, innovations, products and developments that will inform, inspire and delight us in the new year

HUNGER IS A RUSSIAN WEAPON

FREED UKRAINIAN POWS TALK OF THEIR TREATMENT IN CAPTIVITY WHILE FAMILIES OF PRISONERS FIGHT FOR MORE RELEASES

Taking on Title X

Does a ruling by a Trump-nominated judge signal a new assault on the right to contraception?

PARTING SHOT Naomi Ackie

SOME PEOPLE ARE SO BIG, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO THINK OF ANY actor portraying them. But when they do, and do it right, like Naomi Ackie has as Whitney Houston in I Wanna Dance with Somebody (December 23), it's magic.

MY TURN 'I Could Never Host The Ricki Lake Show Now'

The star of the original Hairspray says the world is too divisive for the kind of content her talk show used to tackle

Flying Private on the Public's Dime

Three senators accounted for most of the $1 million lawmakers spent on chartered planes last year

America's Favorite Restaurant Chains 2023

From Pizza to Steak to Sushi, The Best Places for Dining Out

Mallori Johnson

AS A SOCIETY, THE HORRORS OF SLAVERY CAN STILL BE FELT AND ONE OF the ways we process these vitally important stories from history is through projects like FX's Kindred (December 13).

Small-Town Getaways

HIGH, LOW + EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

Xi's Police State—in the U.S.

TO CHOKE DISSENT, CHINA IS RAMPING UP SURVEILLANCE AND HARASSMENT ON AMERICAN SOIL, A NEWSWEEK INVESTIGATION REVEALS

What CEOs Can Learn from the World Cup

It is not enough to have the best people. They have to be in the right jobs. Figuring that out requires putting conventional wisdom aside and looking at the data

Canaries in a Coal Mine

The experiences of COVID long haulers may hold the key to explaining other post-viral illnesses...and vice versa

Kathy Griffin – 'I Was Planning to Quit Twitter Before Elon Musk Banned Me'

Comedian Kathy Griffin weighs in on beating cancer, becoming a social media outcast and that infamous Trump photo

California Dreaming

THE STATE'S PLAN TO PHASE-OUT SALES OF NEW GAS GUZZLERS BY 2035 IN FAVOR OF ELECTRIC CARS IS BOLD, VISIONARY, IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY RISKY

Legal Weed May Cut Opioid Use for Cancer Pain

A new study says prescriptions are down in states where medical marijuana is available

A Crisis of Faith

In the wake of the Club Q killings, the Mormon Church confronts its record on LGBTQ rights

Micheal Ward

IMAGINE BEING A YOUNG ACTOR AND GETTING CAST IN A FILM DIRECTED by Sam Mendes. Oh, and your co-stars are going to be Olivia Colman and Colin Firth....all of whom have earned Oscars. Most would be intimidated, but not Micheal Ward, who plays Stephen in Empire of Light (December 9).

Alex Morgan – 'What It Takes to Win a World Cup Isn't What People Expect'

Two-time U.S. Women's Team champion Alex Morgan on the focus and mental stamina needed for victory

Yunus Musah – 'The U.S. Men's Team is Fearless'

Rising star Yunus Musah is eager to show the world what the young U.S. Team is made of-then top it in 2026