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
Biden promises vaccine doses for all by May
It wasn’t all bad
A growing crisis at the southern border
Cuomo refuses to resign as accusations multiply
One year on: How has the pandemic changed us?
Good week/bad week
Only in America
Chauvin trial
Naked protest
Pfeiffer’s Hollywood hiatus • Michelle Pfeiffer
The lawyer who became the ‘Pitching Ninja’ • Rob Friedman
New York’s Covid ‘patient zero’ • Lawrence Garbuz
In the news
America’s falling fertility rate
Daylight time is the least worst option
Judging Lincoln on race
Voter suppression can backfire
Viewpoint
I read it in the tabloids • It must be true…
Race still matters in translation
Biden is no more generous than Trump
United Kingdom: Are police and politicians failing women?
Mexico: Does legal marijuana bill go far enough?
Desperate Netanyahu lashes out
Where leaders keep on dropping dead
The rescue bill: A new era of much bigger government
Noted
The filibuster: A crossroads for Congress
After the shot: What can you safely do?
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
Big Tech: Finding few friends in Biden’s White House
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Innovation of the week
Obesity sharply raises Covid-19 risks
Super-rare space rock
No symptoms, then ‘long Covid’
More tests for lung cancer
The self-decapitating slug
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race • Book of the week
Foregone • Novel of the week
A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload
Chosen by Rufi Thorpe • Best books…
In long-view histories • Also of interest…
Sherry Turkle • Author of the week
Beeple: The digital artist who just broke the market
Duchess! Duchess! Duchess!
The 2021 Grammys: An awards show renewed by crisis
The Moon and Stars • Valerie June
Obviously • Lake Street Dive
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Streaming tips
Tina • Show of the week
Persian-style chicken: An excuse to break out the saffron
Cider: The wine disciples
Smell training: Rehab hope for Covid’s taste victims
The 2022 Acura MDX • What the critics say
Staying hydrated • The best of…
Caring for a wooden cutting board • Tip of the week…
Homes built in the 1950s
Stripe: Most valuable U.S. tech startup
Security: Microsoft investigates source of mega-hack
The bottom line
Business travel: Maybe we’ll all just keep Zooming
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Growth: U.S. could power a global recovery
How money learned to do stupid tricks
Goldman goes for the Gulfstream
The ‘marvelous’ boxer who dominated the ring • Marvelous Marvin Hagler, 1954–2021
The high-wire artist who flirted with death • Carla Wallenda, 1936–2021
The Dutch engineer who the changed the way we listen to music • Lou Ottens, 1926–2021
One year of isolation
Love vax • The Week contest