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

Delta variant drives surge among the unvaccinated

It wasn’t all bad

Turmoil in Haiti after president assassinated

Taliban advance as U.S. prepares Afghanistan withdrawal

Supreme Court: What did we learn about the new majority?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Teen vaccine

Soccer racism

Lil Nas X’s awakening • Lil Nas X

Carlisle’s wild years • Belinda Carlisle

A Chicago stalwart bids farewell • Mary Schmich

In the news

What we know about Jan. 6

The message of Babbitt’s martyrdom

A coming cultural backlash

Funding the tax police

Viewpoint

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

Americans will fight for a free press

London is where Putin is vulnerable

Netherlands: Narco-terrorism on the streets of Amsterdam

Cuba: Mass protests and a growing economic crisis

How Xi sounds just like Hitler

Even a president must submit to the courts

Billionaires in space: What are they achieving?

Cybercrime: Will Biden punish Putin?

Noted

Hunter Biden: Selling his art to secret buyers

J.D. Vance: A Senate hopeful’s Trump flip-flop

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Power play: China gives tech tycoons a short leash

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Innovation of the week

‘Dragon man’ skull prompts evolution rethink

Dying of a broken heart

Colon cancer and sugary drinks

A truly colossal comet

Dragonflies losing their ‘bling’

The Brilliant Abyss: Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat That Imperils It • Book of the week

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood • Novel of the week

Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship

Chosen by Bernd Heinrich • Best books…

In reinventions • Also of interest…

Francine Prose • Author of the week

Wangechi Mutu: I Am Speaking, Are You Listening? • Exhibit of the week

I Know I’m Funny Haha • Faye Webster

Vince Staples • Vince Staples

Mood Valiant • Hiatus Kaiyote

Roadrunner

New and notable podcasts

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Streaming tips • Olympic trials and triumphs…

Show of the week • Ted Lasso

Adana kebabs: A peppery grilled Turkish specialty

The new jerkies: Road snacks to elevate any journey

Wine: Savoie whites

The Tesla Model S Plaid • What the critics say

Heat relief • The best of…

Tip of the week… • Surprising uses for aluminum foil

Houses of glass

Inflation: Consumers see sharp rise in prices

JEDI: U.S. ends controversial defense contract

The bottom line

Biden’s rules: Will they encourage competition?

Trump’s tech lawsuits are just fake news

The price of 500,000 lives? $4.5 billion

Condos: The costs of persistent neglect

What the experts say

Charity of the week

The hawk who oversaw the U.S. invasion of Iraq • Donald Rumsfeld, 1932–2021

The director who brought Superman to the big screen • Richard Donner, 1930–2021

Learning that your family owned slaves

Space race • The Week contest