Newsweek - USA (2019-06-21)

JUNE 28, 2019

Rewind

“As Bill Clinton takes off on the first presidential trip to Beijing since

the Tiananmen massacre, the land awaiting him is busy reinvent-

ing itself,” Newsweek wrote. From Mao’s death to the handover of Hong Kong,

Newsweek’s coverage of China has earned many of journalism’s proudest awards.

As China turned the page into its next chapter—one of further industrialization

and rapid economic production—the pace of change has grown ever more diz-

zying. But today, the future of the American-Chinese relationship is uncertain

in the midst of President Donald Trump’s escalation of trade wars with China.

1966

The summer of ’66 brought sweeping un-

rest across the nation from riots in Watts

to Chicago’s Puerto Rican slums. The U.S.

Supreme Court’s landmark Miranda deci-

sion on suspect rights heated things up

“at a time when the nation was concerned

over a rising rate of crime—and when

police themselves felt lonelier and more

beleaguered than ever,” said Newsweek.

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The Archives

1978

As Newsweek put it bluntly: “California

taxpayers are mad as hell and aren’t

going to take it anymore.” The state’s

voters overwhelmingly backed

Proposition 13, a proposal that would

cut property taxes by $7 billion, sending

ripple effects across the nation.