Inhoudsopgave van November 28, 2016 - TIME Magazine

PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP "It is time to recognize that a very significant number of people in the heartland have spoken, and are thoroughly disgusted with the status quo." That was how Dick Roy of Lawrenceville, Ga.--who felt the media had missed important campaign stories because of a liberal bias--reacted to TIME's Nov. 21 cover package about the results of the presidential election. Meanwhile, responding to Zeke J. Miller's piece on how Donald Trump won, Don Marine of Sun City West, Ariz., saw a different side of the equation. "While Miller and most others credit the 'Joe the plumber' crowd for electing Trump, the professional elites up and down my street unearth their Trump signs--hundreds of them--and head for the golf course," he wrote. Many others, rather than looking back at how…

On Nov. 8, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unexpectedly scrapped banknotes accounting for 86% of all money in circulation. His targets: tax evaders with stockpiles of illicit cash and currency counterfeiters, who would be forced either to reveal themselves by exchanging their dirty cash for newly issued notes or to destroy their ill-gotten wealth. But in a country where only about 10% are estimated to have ever made a noncash payment, the move has sparked chaos. NEW MONEY The policy replaces the old 500- and 1,000-rupee notes (worth about $7.50 and $15) with a refreshed 500- and a new 2,000-rupee bill. Modi said people could exchange their old money at banks and post offices. CASH CRUNCH The switch is easier said than done, however. Hours-long queues are forming daily outside…

If pop music had a Forrest Gump, it was Leon Russell. The Oklahoma-born piano prodigy, who died on Nov. 13 at 74, generated an infectious groove that was heard on hundreds of recording sessions for artists as varied as Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson and Joe Cocker. He wrote hits for the Carpenters ("Superstar") and George Benson ("This Masquerade") while dozens more covered his signature "A Song for You." Wearing sunglasses and a voluminous beard, Russell called his solo-artist billing the Master of Space and Time, scoring hits with a sound steeped in gospel and Southern boogie. In 2010, he collaborated on a final, soulful smash with Elton John, who considered him a mentor and inspiration. "Thank God we caught up with each other and made…

People tend to externalize when they encounter problems--to look beyond themselves and find fault with others when things go wrong. Society's mantra is "There's plenty of blame to go around!" You can hear it echo in the reactions to the election. But when we choose to hold ourselves accountable, we're more likely to be happier and successful in work and in our relationships. Life is filled with traps that let people avoid personal accountability. It's easy to make excuses, play the victim, feel a sense of entitlement or procrastinate. Taking ownership for your actions and reactions lets you avoid anger, cynicism, envy and frustration and instead focus on positive emotions and healthy living. Our daily energy is finite, so why waste one iota on negative thinking that leads to unproductive…

Trump has pledged to appoint antiabortion Justices to the Supreme Court and suggested that those jurists would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, thus allowing states to again criminalize abortion. He also supports a federal legislative ban on late-term abortions and has pledged to make the Hyde Amendment--an annually renewed statute that bans almost all taxpayer funding for abortions--into permanent law. Repealing or amending the Affordable Care Act, which forces health insurers to cover contraceptives, could make it harder for some women to get birth control. The GOP Congress has long sought to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood, a major provider of family planning for the poor. Trump defended Planned Parenthood in the primaries but announced in September that he supports federal defunding of the group if it continues…

One of the cornerstones of the President-elect's campaign was a promise to crack down on Washington special interests. While Trump has arguably violated the spirit of this pledge already--by naming a transition team studded with corporate lobbyists--his push for ethics-reform legislation presents a rare chance for bipartisan agreement with congressional Democrats. "The things that he said about 'draining the swamp' and about lobbyists," said Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, "are things that we would tend to support." Some steps can be done immediately by executive order, but legislation will be required to make them permanent. Here are three areas Trump has identified as priorities for ethics reform: 1 EXECUTIVE-BRANCH LOBBYING Trump wants to impose a five-year ban on former executive-branch officials registering as lobbyists. President Obama also imposed a ban…

Disney knows nostalgia is a potent force, especially when it comes to the Force. Last year's Star Wars: The Force Awakens became the third highest-grossing film of all time and kicked off a run of six new Star Wars movies that will hit theaters before 2020. This year's entry, Rogue One (out Dec. 16), turns back the clock to just before the 1977 original, A New Hope. The new film tells the story of the ordinary Rebel spies who endeavor to steal the plans to the Death Star--the same plans that (39-year-old spoiler alert) eventually help Luke Skywalker destroy the ultimate weapon in a galaxy far, far away. But in Star Wars' case, nostalgia is a tricky thing: in order to rewind, Disney is finding that it also has to…

This December, Matthew McConaughey has two movies coming out within four days, and both pivot on a conniving salesman who, as he puts it, "wills his way into pulling off what he pulls off." But where his character in the R-rated Gold is a money-hungry gold prospector, the other hustler is a smidge more innocuous: an animated koala with a crisp red bow tie. "I don't think they'll compete with each other," he jokes. In Sing, an animated musical due Dec. 21 from the studio responsible for the Minions empire, McConaughey's Buster Moon is a businessman who makes a last-ditch effort to save his sinking theater by putting on an amateur singing competition. Opposable thumbs or not, the menagerie of competitors has problems that mirror our own: Ash, the punk-rock…

'It is so big. It's so enormous. It's so amazing.' Donald Trump, U.S. President-elect, reflecting on the significance of his victory, in a 60 Minutes interview that aired Nov. 13 'It was Han and Leia during the week, and Carrie and Harrison during the weekend.' Carrie Fisher, actor, confirming to People magazine the longtime rumors that she'd had an affair with actor Harrison Ford while filming the original Star Wars movie (1977), when she was 19 and he was 33, married and a father of two 'The railway was way out over the sea.' Richie Mccaw, describing the scene after New Zealand's South Island was hit on Nov. 14 by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake, killing at least two people and stranding more than 1,000; McCaw, a two-time Rugby World Cup winner…

No foreign policy question loomed larger during the bitter presidential campaign than U.S. relations with Russia. Hillary Clinton painted Russian President Vladimir Putin as an aggressive autocrat who threatens U.S. national security, while Donald Trump treated him as a strong and decisive leader with whom Washington could do business. Putin, a Soviet man from head to toe, has always chafed at what he sees as U.S. post--Cold War triumphalism. He has never welcomed claims by Americans that the U.S. is an indispensable and exceptional nation with a responsibility to promote Western values everywhere, including across Russia's neighborhood and inside Russia itself. Putin likes Trump in part because he believes that the new President has no interest in asserting that privilege. He's right. Trump isn't going to criticize Putin for building…

Americans may have come around to the importance of rest in our frenzied, workaholic society. But what if that's a philosophical problem? In his new book, Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang makes the case for rest, not as an antidote to work but as an aid. The greatest thinkers in history, like Charles Darwin, Ingmar Bergman and Alice Munro, all realized that maximum productivity requires only about four hours a day of focused work. To get the most out of this window, the remainder of the day must be spent doing restful activities, like taking long walks and short naps. It's during these times that we draw the inspiration for our greatest achievements. Pang focuses on creative types with flexible days, but…

Conflict in families is inevitable, especially during the holidays--and probably never more so than after this election. Here are some steps to keep opposing views from turning the festivities into a disaster: 1 AVOID PERSONAL ATTACKS Don't follow the candidates' leads by personally insulting people who disagree with you. Focus your comments on the substance of what they're saying. 2 TIME YOUR TALKS If you're tired or hungry, you're more cranky and less likely to have a reasoned and respectful discussion. 3 DON'T CONDEMN Many people have valid reasons for their political views; you don't have to agree with them, but you should listen and try to respect them. 4 REMEMBER: THIS TOO SHALL PASS We elect a President every four years; airing and discussing different views is the way…

Donald Trump and congressional Republicans agree on this much: they want to change the U.S. tax code. Both Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan have proposed streamlining the number of tax brackets, scaling back individual deductions and nixing the estate tax. But Ryan wants to reform social-spending programs like Medicare, while Trump's plan doesn't touch entitlements and could add up to $9.5 trillion to the national debt by 2026. Both plans would deliver windfalls to the wealthiest Americans. [The following text appears within a chart. Please see hardcopy or PDF for actual chart.] Income level Married, filing jointly CURRENT PLAN PAUL RYAN'S PLAN TRUMP'S PLAN $466,950+ $413,350 $231,450 $151,900 $75,300 $18,550 $0 Corporate tax rate 35% 20% 15% 39.6% 35% 33% 28% 25% 15% 10% Marginal tax rate $231,450+…

Donald Trump will soon face the consequences of a familiar admonition: be careful what you wish for. The President-elect is poised to help the new Republican Congress finally repeal the Affordable Care Act. Most health care experts expect Obamacare to be expunged from the books by February. But Trump's next steps are trickier. How does his Administration replace a law that remade the health care market, providing 21 million Americans with access to insurance? It won't be easy. Trump's health care plan, which borrows heavily from the House Republicans' proposal, offers a grab bag of small-bore regulatory tweaks. It calls for making individual health care premiums tax-deductible, expanding families' access to private, tax-free health savings accounts and allowing for the sale of health insurance across state lines. Trump's plan, like…

Trump's stated solution to the U.S. military's woes is more money. Aides say he wants to boost the annual Pentagon budget by about 10% and reinvigorate the Department of Veterans Affairs. That would pay for more troops, new bombers and submarines to deliver nuclear weapons, as well as a "state-of-the-art missile defense system." But cash alone probably won't cut it. President Obama spent more on defense than his predecessor and hiked the Department of Veterans Affairs budget by 77%. Trump also wants to hire more mental-health professionals and trim wait times for veterans, who could be offered free health care at private medical facilities. Fulfilling those proposals would require Congress to lift budget limits that aren't set to expire until 2021. Capitol Hill's deficit hawks are committed to keeping those…

The wall may be a fence in some places. And the ultimate fate of all of America's undocumented immigrants is still not clear. But here are three Trump plans to look for in the first 100 days: 1 Deport millions Trump has scaled back his mass-deportation target and now pledges to start by focusing on 2 million to 3 million with criminal records. Experts estimate that the real number of undocumented immigrants with records is lower. Meeting that target would require more enforcement agents, detention beds and immigration judges. "It is impossible to [remove] 2 million" during Trump's first term without more resources, says John Sandweg, the former Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 2 Reverse DACA The President-elect could reverse Obama's 2012 Executive Order that gave legal…

BY ELIZA BERMAN, ELIANA DOCKTERMAN, LISA EADICICCO, ALEX FITZPATRICK, JEFFREY KLUGER, BELINDA LUSCOMBE, DAN MACSAI, SIOBHAN O'CONNOR, KATE SAMUELSON, ALEXANDRA SIFFERLIN, JUSTIN WORLAND AND JULIA ZORTHIAN FOR THE future THE BEST INVENTIONS EMBRACING NEXT-GEN TECHNOLOGY THE HEADSET LEADING A VIRTUAL REVOLUTION PLAYSTATION VR / $400 In order to access the most cutting-edge virtual reality, people typically have to shell out thousands of dollars--not just for a headset (like the $800 HTC Vive), but for a computer that's powerful enough to support it. Sony's PlayStation VR, by contrast, is designed to work with a console that millions of people already own: the PlayStation 4. That's a boon for gamers in search of what Sony engineer Richard Marks calls "the most intense, most extreme" action, as well as casual consumers, who now…

In Kenneth Lonergan's new film, Manchester by the Sea, there's one moment that's so powerful, it's almost unwatchable. Lee (Casey Affleck), who fled his New England hometown in the wake of a family tragedy but has returned to care for his orphaned nephew, runs into his estranged wife Randi (Michelle Williams) on the street. The former lovers had once built a life together and suffered great loss, yet with the passage of time they had become strangers. Over lunch at a vegan restaurant in West Hollywood, Affleck says the hard part of shooting the scene wasn't letting the emotion out but reining it in. "The challenge," he says, "was to have all of those feelings and hold it without weeping and wailing and gnashing your teeth. To be there, and…

Boxing movies work because they're so literal: the boxer gets knocked down, he gets back up again, he knocks the other guy down. Everyone doubted him--now they love him. Of course, the best boxing films aren't really about boxing. The newest addition to the genre, Bleed for This (Nov. 18), follows Vinny Pazienza's return to the ring 13 months after a 1991 car wreck that broke his neck and made even walking again a doubtful prospect. But it's also the story of a community: his mother who prays, her back to the television, every time he fights; his father, who pushed him into a violent profession; and his trainer, who needs a comeback just as badly as the athlete himself. Stepping into the role of Pazienza, Miles Teller notes that…

Jackie returns repeatedly to the image of the First Lady, in shock, holding her dying husband John F. Kennedy. What was it like to film such a traumatic moment? It was the toughest thing to shoot. The actual assassination we've seen so many times on tape, but unfortunately for her--and luckily for the rest of the world--she's the only one who knows how that feels. It was the thing I was most concerned about. It's so extreme that you never know if you've gone far enough. Do you feel an added level of responsibility when it comes to playing a real person? There's a higher emotional truth you can achieve by playing with fiction. The Arthur Schlesinger interviews were so helpful to me. They had transcripts, and she edited them,…

U.S. A woman in Tulsa, Okla., felt something brush her shoulder while on a walk in 1997. It was a part of the Delta II rocket, launched in 1996. The woman was unhurt and is thought to be the only person ever hit by re-entering debris. CANADA The Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, which sported a tiny nuclear reactor, crashed into the Canadian Arctic in 1978, scattering radioactive waste across thousands of square miles. Only 0.1% of the debris was ever recovered. AUSTRALIA When a titanium sphere was found in western Australia in 1965, it was initially thought to be a UFO phenomenon and labeled the "Merkanooka ball." The sphere was later found to be a water tank from the Gemini 5 spacecraft.…

Gwen Ifill, who died of cancer on Nov. 14 at 61, was not only one of the best journalists of her generation but also a model for reporters of all colors in a business that is still largely white and male. Certain of her calling from the age of 9, Ifill worked at the Baltimore Evening Sun, the Washington Post and the New York Times before jumping to broadcast news (first at NBC and then PBS) and becoming the first black woman to host a political-affairs talk show. The daughter of an AME pastor, she brought an uncommon human feel to covering the lives of politicians and personalities and yet a steely determination to hold to account those same figures. "I always appreciated Gwen's reporting," said President Obama, "even when…

Twenty-five years ago, at the beginning of the era that has just ended, I watched Bill Clinton give a pretty good speech in Chicago. Afterward, we talked about it--I was his traveling press corps that evening, and George Stephanopoulos was his entire staff. I had a strange itch of an idea: "Why don't you ever congratulate the American people for winning the Cold War? Why don't you thank them for their patience and sacrifice--the taxes paid, the money spent defending the free world against an existential threat?" Or something like that. Clinton didn't answer directly, but he did begin to mention the Cold War victory in his speech. Then he stopped. I'm not sure why. Perhaps it wasn't as compelling as the need to address the first stirrings of populist…

For months before Election Day, Wall Street analysts suggested a Trump victory would send stocks into a swoon. Some even predicted a global recession. Instead, in the wake of the President-elect's unexpected victory, investment in certain sectors has soared. Here's why: INDUSTRIALS Trump campaigned on massive new infrastructure investments and increased defense spending. The values of aerospace companies, defense contractors and construction firms all rose on his victory. [The following text appears within a chart. Please see hardcopy or PDF for actual chart.] 12% 8 4 0 11/8 11/15 +6% PHARMACEUTICALS With a Republican House and Senate, investors are betting that President Trump won't try to impose new rules to lower drug prices and that global drug firms will be able to bring home foreign profits at a reduced…

In his victory speech, Trump repeated a campaign pledge to fix the nation's crumbling roads, buckling bridges and dilapidated airports. The President-elect has proposed $150 billion in tax credits, which could spur a new construction boom he says will create "millions" of jobs. He has not identified a way to pay for the projects, beyond arguing that increased economic activity could boost tax receipts. Democrats also favor spending projects, and they're receptive to an infrastructure bill that could help create jobs, even if they disagree on the details. Hillary Clinton campaigned to deliver some $500 billion in infrastructure spending, while Senator Bernie Sanders proposed twice that in federal funds. The party's leaders would prefer direct government investments paid for through tax reform, including a onetime tax on overseas profits…

Twelve of the 26 negatives Philippe Halsman took to create Dalí Atomicus We began this project with what seemed like a straightforward idea: assemble a list of the 100 most influential photographs ever taken. If a picture led to something important, it would be considered for inclusion. From that simple concept flowed countless decisions. Although photography is a much younger medium than painting--the first photo is widely considered to date from 1826--the astonishing technological advances since its beginning mean that there are now far more pictures taken on any given day than there are canvases in all the world's galleries and museums. In 2016 alone, hundreds of billions of images were made. How do you narrow a pool that large? You start by calling in the experts. We reached out…

It's the kind of tale that would be unbelievable if it weren't true: a young boy gets lost on the streets of Kolkata and lands in an orphanage, where he is adopted by an Australian family. Nearly two decades later, he tracks down his birth family in a remote Indian village by using Google Earth. Yet it happened to Saroo Brierley, who told the story in his 2013 memoir A Long Way Home, which inspired the new film Lion, out Nov. 25. The British actor Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) says he responded instantly to the way themes of family and identity were explored in the script. "It took me 10 years to land a role like this," he says. Patel spent months prepping for the film, traveling to India to…

Eddie Redmayne may be the star of the Harry Potter prequel film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but his literary tastes are not confined to J.K. Rowling's wizarding world. The actor tells TIME his list of favorites includes a historical accounting of the building of Venice, a kids' book based on a classic card game and a collection of drawings done by a 19th century French post-Impressionist. Not that he doesn't have a soft spot for the Potterverse. "It's that amazing thing: even though in theory they're children's stories, whatever age you read them at, there's something for you," says Redmayne. 'This is kind of a weird one, but it's just a book I always look at, even though it's a book of drawings. So it's really the…