Newsweek International - 13.03.2020

MARCH 13, 2020

Rewind

“After declining for nearly a century, a disease once ranked as the

nation’s leading cause of death is back,” wroteNewsweek,calling the

resurgence of tuberculosis in 17 states “a tragic social failure.” TB made its

comeback in the U.S. because of “poverty, homelessness and AIDS—combined

with a crumbling public-health system.” Today, the infectious bacterial disease is

at historic lows in the U.S., but globally it killed an estimated 1.5 million people

in 2018. People living below the poverty line and those suffering from AIDS are

still the most vulnerable to tuberculosis.

1961

Chet Huntley and David Brinkley shaped

a “revolution in TV newscasting,” wrote

Newsweek. The duo gained popularity

with their informal style and the “almost

unparalleled appeal of their show-

business chemistry.”The Huntley-

Brinkley Reportnightly news show was an

American staple from 1956 to 1970.

1992

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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: MELCHIOR DIGIACOMO; WALTER BOMAR; RICHARD NOBLE

The Archives

1973

Newsweek reported, “In the permissive

1970s, American families are breaking up

in record numbers.” While noting concern

over this “disturbing trend,” it also saw a

bright side: women pursuing careers,

co-parenting and “bachelor fatherhood.”

Since its height of 5.4 per thousand in the

late ’70s, the U.S. divorce rate has been

steadily declining—to 2.9 in 2018.