The Week makes sense of the news by curating the best of the U.S. and international media into a succinct, lively digest.
Editor’s letter
Trump acquitted as seven Republicans break ranks
Biden pledges vaccines for all by August
It wasn’t all bad
The GOP: Is there life after Trumpism?
Good week/bad week
Only in America
Deadly polar vortex
Joke trial
Graham’s outsize ambitions • Ashley Graham
Bon Jovi’s beef with Trump • Jon Bon Jovi
Where Duvall went when she quit • Shelley Duvall
In the news
The boom in ‘green’ energy
Carlson has lost his marbles
The new Hollywood blacklist
The tyranny of a rabid minority
Viewpoint
I read it in the tabloids • It must be true…
Learning to demand integrity
Can our meritocracy be revived?
Poland: Slowly strangling the free press
Haiti: Dueling presidents and a democratic crisis
When Covid escapes from quarantine
A brilliant athlete in despair
The border: Biden’s immigration dilemma
New York Times: Now run by a ‘woke mob’?
Noted
California: A failed liberal experiment?
Lincoln Project: A dark cloud of scandal
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
Microchips: A worldwide crunch starts to bite
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Innovation of the week
Missing: One flu season
Two masks much better than one
More warming, more pollen
Black coffee for the heart
The world’s teensiest reptile?
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race • Book of the week
We Run the Tides • Novel of the week
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
Chosen by Elizabeth Kolbert • Best books…
In excavations of the past • Also of interest…
Vanessa Springora • Author of the week
All the Devils Are Here
Flowers for Vases/Descansos • Hayley Williams
Ignorance • The Weather Station
I Told You So • Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
Minari
Sia’s autism movie: The skunk at the Golden Globes party
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Streaming tips • About the artist…
The United States vs. Billie Holiday • Show of the week
Bang bang chicken: An everyday take on a Sichuan classic
Wine: Pink prosecco
Project Takeout: Order a burrito, save a restaurant
The 2021 Genesis GV80 • What the critics say
Winter adventure • The best of…
Tip of the week… • How to get through a power outage
Homes with make-believe features
Citigroup: Plenty of problems for new CEO to fix
Newspapers: Hedge fund to buy Tribune
The bottom line
Inflation: How much stimulus is too much?
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Bitcoin: Bubble or breakthrough?
The fall of the house of McKinsey
The bots are winning the shopping war
The ‘smut peddler’ who relished free-speech fights • Larry Flynt, 1942–2021
The virtuoso pianist who pioneered jazz fusion • Chick Corea, 1941–2021
The soul singer who was the linchpin of the Supremes • Mary Wilson, 1944–2021
What the Know Nothings didn’t know
Gorilla case • The Week contest