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
The Democrats’ mammoth Covid stimulus bill
Battle over voting restrictions arrives at Congress
It wasn’t all bad
Covid: Are red states reopening too quickly?
Good week/bad week
Only in America
George Floyd trial
Morgan out
Judge Judy’s hard truths • Judge Judy
Way on dating while disabled • Steve Way
The housewife taking on a dictator • Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
In the news
The Covid vaccine pipeline
How politics affects views on the royals
Persuading the vaccine hesitant
The GOP’s hypocrisy on Chao
Viewpoint
I read it in the tabloids • It must be true…
Show some respect for our carbonara
Why we refuse to speak Irish
United Kingdom: Harry and Meghan vs. ‘the Firm’
Japan: Can it move past Fukushima’s toxic legacy?
A leader out of touch with reality
Hezbollah’s explosive cover-up
Dr. Seuss: Scrubbing his canon of racist stereotypes
Noted
The border: A surge in unaccompanied kids
Biden: Choosing not to meet the press
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
Deepfakes: So you think you can tell?
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Innovation of the week
Scientists ‘talk’ with lucid dreamers
Fears over weakening Gulf Stream
Reinfections from Brazil variant
A microdosing placebo
Why video meetings are so exhausting
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life • Book of the week
Infinite Country • Novel of the week
The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
Chosen by Simon Doonan • Best books…
In the life of the mind • Also of interest…
Tod Goldberg • Author of the week
Exhibit of the week Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And
Hunter and the Dog Star • Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Flock • Jane Weaver
These 13 • Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird
Raya and the Last Dragon
New and notable podcasts
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Streaming tips
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier • Show of the week
Salt-baked trout: The rewards of patience and a lotus leaf
Wine: Greek reds
Online recipes: Why those long intros are here to stay
The vaccine chase: How to nab an appointment
Distancing season: Making the most of it
Self-sufficient homes
Jobs: Hiring hints at an economic upswing
Hackers: Microsoft targeted in server attack
The bottom line
Markets: Tech’s true believer
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Markets: Investors look for profits in the here and now
Poor tenants get squeezed for more
Print money and the ink will run dry
The activist who became a D.C. power broker • Vernon Jordan, 1935–2021
The beach bum who invented the dune buggy • Bruce Meyers, 1926–2021
The kosher caterer who turned tofu into ice cream • David Mintz, 1931–2021
The broken families of QAnon
Rock injury • The Week contest