The Week Magazine

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 reconnects with allies at G7 summit

It wasn’t all bad

U.S.-Russia summit stays civil despite clear differences

Trump DOJ spied on Democratic lawmakers

Crime: Why is the homicide rate surging?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

No flow

Freedom Day delayed

Navratilova’s tireless defiance • Martina Navratilova

Porter’s hidden HIV diagnosis • Billy Porter

Littlefeather’s Oscar moment

In the news

The future of drone warfare

Why Trump must be prosecuted

Why China will block Covid probe

Garland’s institutional cop-out

Viewpoint

I read it in the tabloids • It must be true…

Why the Brits eat better than the French

Israel: Angry Netanyahu plots his comeback

Risking everything for K-pop

Don’t worry, this isn’t Venezuela

Democracy: Why it’s in peril

Inflation: Is Bidenomics to blame?

Noted

Vaccination: Employers’ fraught decision

Alzheimer’s drug: An expensive experiment?

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Antitrust: New bills would limit Big Tech’s power

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Innovation of the week

An animal awakes after 24,000 years on ice

CO2 levels hit record high

NASA heading to Venus

Fresh fruit and diabetes

Puppies born ready for us

The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid • Book of the week

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch • Novel of the week

Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power

Chosen by Alex Michaelides • Best books…

In empty hookups and true romance • Also of interest…

Annette Gordon-Reed • Author of the week

A Thousand Ways: An Encounter

A Pulitzer for The Hot Wing King

Film: The Sparks Brothers

Path of Wellness • Sleater-Kinney

Wizard Butterfly 3000 • King Gizzard & the Lizard

Kardashians Inc.: The end of a show and the end of an era

Video games: A dazzling upgrade for a space cat and his sidekick

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Streaming tips

David Makes Man • Show of the week

Herb-stuffed chicken: Sumac, pistachio, and a handsome look

Back to life: How to host a post-vax dinner party

Wine: Summer’s go-to red

This week’s dream: The great American boat trip

Getting the flavor of…

Hotel of the week

Homes in New England

Work: Americans quit jobs in record numbers

Fed: Central bank likely to raise rates in 2023

The bottom line

Millennials: The generation that can’t catch up

What the experts say

Charity of the week

The mega-rich: Should the U.S. start taxing wealth?

California’s economic miracle

A Michigan implosion, born in D.C.

The actor whose calling card was versatility • Ned Beatty, 1937–2021

The publisher who created a kids’ book giant • Richard Robinson, 1937–2021

The house cleaner who sparked a civil rights protest • Martha White, 1922–2021

The lives a shot could have saved

Booze rescue • The Week Contest