Newsweek Rewind
Newsweek Rewind: The Ebola Outbreak of 1995
Our magazine did little to calm the fears of the virus killing people in Africa
Newsweek Rewind: When the Sky Fell
On this day 35 years ago, America's first space station burned up over Australia
Newsweek Rewind: When Amelia Earhart Disappeared
On this day in 1937, Amelia Mary Earhart went missing. Now a woman with the same name is attempting to recreate the journey
Newsweek Rewind: 'Tear Down This Wall'
Reagan's famous directive to Gorbachev, spoken on this day in 1987, foretold the end of the Cold War
Newsweek Rewind: 60 Years Since Brown v. Board of Ed Desegregated U.S. Schools
The Supreme Court's unanimous decision changed the country and was a major win for the civil rights movement
Newsweek Rewind: V-E Day, When the War in Europe Ended
For the 69th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, we decided to revisit Newsweek's coverage of the end of World War II
Newsweek Rewind: Inside Seal Team 6
Osama bin Laden was killed in a covert nighttime raid in Pakistan three years ago Thursday
Newsweek Rewind: 30 Years Ago, Scientists Discovered the Cause of AIDS
In the early 1980s, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, surged into public awareness, seemingly out of nowhere
Newsweek Rewind: 15 Years After Columbine, a Nation Still Asks 'Why?'
Columbine was not the first school shooting, nor was it the last, but it was nonetheless an event of extreme national trauma.
Newsweek Rewind: The Genocide in Rwanda
To cover the brutal mass murder, Newsweek interviewed a survivor who lost nearly everything—except for one of his daughters
Newsweek Rewind: Remembering Kurt Cobain
How we covered Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain's death back in 1994
Newsweek Rewind: Remembering the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Its 25th Anniversary
One of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, Exxon Valdez released over 10.8 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound
Newsweek Rewind: The War in Iraq, 11 Years Later
Two Newsweek reporters look back at the mistakes and trauma of the first days of the Iraq War
Newsweek Rewind: Our First Article About the Web, Which Just Turned 25
On March 12, 1989, Sir Tim Berners-Lee proposed an "information management" system that became the Internet. We wrote about it in 1994.
Newsweek Rewind: How We Covered the Internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII
In the midst of racial fears, 120,000 U.S. citizens lost their property and their freedom
When Newsweek Reported on Shirley Temple
We gave the child star quite a bit of ink in the 1930s, less when she became an ambassador in later life