21 Books to Read This Spring 02.26-03.05.2021 plus: nikki haley eyes a 2024 run POWER A record number of GOP women in Congress, among the most conservative ever, are shaking up Washington PLAYERS FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 05, 2021 _ VOL.176 _ NO.07 FEATURES THAT WAS THEN Former Ambassador to the United Nations 22 34 Nikki Haley (above, at the 2020 Republican National Convention), a possible contender for the *23 nomination in 202, Zas once on the Ready to Rumble Nikki Haley’s 7rump team but has critici]ed him recently Open Field < A record number of GOP women 7 7 ( COVER CREDIT are in Congress this year. 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Ơ JULIO AGUILAR Ơ PRAKASH SINGH Ơ STR 8 NEWSWEEK.COM MARCH 05, 2021 < 7 7 E * ʔ P F A ʔ R 7 S ; < 7 7 E * ʔ P F A ʔ H * N I S H S A K A R P ; < 7 7 E * ʔ R A L I U * A O I L U J 7 F E L M O R F E S I W K C O L C NEWSWEEK.COM 9 10 NEWSWEEK.COM MARCH 05, 2021 “And now what? What does citizenship mean now?” » P.16 POLITICS The Exhausted Americans A growing number of citizens are fed up and want an end to “toxic polarization,” says crisis negotiator Peter Coleman. They may be sufɿciently motivated to change the status Tuo. if president joe biden wants to heal the was overrun and five people were killed,” Coleman divisions in U.S. politics, he needs to stop all says.