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
Texans freeze as power grid fails
U.S. coronavirus deaths top 500,000
Garland warns of domestic terrorism threat
Rush Limbaugh: How he changed conservatism
Good week/bad week
Only in America
Tiger Woods hospitalized
Vaccine delays
Zhao’s road to the Dakotas • Chloé Zhao
When Lowe decided to get sober • Rob Lowe
Why Novak fled Hollywood • Kim Novak
In the news
The forgotten nuclear threat
When will we be back to normal?
Biden’s Afghanistan choices
Anti-Asian violence on the rise
Viewpoint
I read it in the tabloids • It must be true…
A Christian ritual that tortures babies
Showdown over academic freedom
France: Finally, an age of consent
Australia: Facebook unfriends, then refriends, a nation
Forgotten casualties of the pandemic
More reason to oppose U.S. base
Flyin’ Ted: A gaffe for the ages
Iran: Is a new deal possible?
Noted
Cuomo: His troubles are mounting
1/6 commission: A needed reckoning?
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
Media: Should Google, Facebook pay for news?
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Innovation of the week
Perseverance begins its search for life
Kids are half as susceptible…
…But MIS-C cases are rising
A drug to fight obesity
Was the dinosaur-destroyer a comet?
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need • Book of the week
No One Is Talking About This • Novel of the week
Calhoun: American Heretic
Chosen by Viet Thanh Nguyen • Best books…
In forbidden indulgences • Also of interest…
Rosa Brooks • Author of the week
Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America • Exhibit of the week
New and notable podcasts
The Father
Allen v. Farrow: The docuseries that could torch Woody Allen’s legacy
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Streaming tips
Coming 2 America • Show of the week
Birria de res: The Mexican stew that has Instagram abuzz
Hotel-room dining: The luxuriously safe new way to eat out
Wine: California zinfandel
Pandemic parenting: How to help a depressed teenager
Distancing season: Making the most of it
Homes off the mainland
Boeing: More trouble for an aerospace giant
PPP: A loan window for the smallest businesses
The bottom line
Education: Americans lose confidence in college
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Travel: Few hints of spring for a battered industry
A surprising, inspiring hatchet job
Oracle wants to work with China’s cops
The Sicilian sculptor who put a bull on Wall Street • Arturo Di Modica, 1941–2021
The nun who became an anti-torture campaigner • Dianna Ortiz, 1958–2021
The godfather of salsa who got the world dancing to a Latin beat • Johnny Pacheco, 1935–2021
Half a million Americans are gone
Meat print • The Week contest