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