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

A race against the clock in Kabul

Pfizer gets full FDA approval as Delta cases climb

It wasn’t all bad

Afghanistan: Will Biden suffer lasting political damage?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Street warriors

The world at a glance …

Harington’s private battles • Kit Harington

Patel’s escape from typecasting • Dev Patel

A country titan, 54 albums in • Connie Smith

In the news

The new Taliban government

Yet another troubled school year

Cuomo’s self-pitying farewell

The real tragedy of Haiti

Viewpoint

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

Silence in the face of anti-Semitism

How not to promote vaccinations

Europe: Powerless in Afghanistan

How they see us: Will U.S. abandon Taiwan too?

Hold firm against China’s hostage taking

Iranian oil is not a solution

Afghan refugees: Will America step up?

Newsom: Democratic panic in California

Noted

Afghanistan: Trump’s pivotal role

DeSantis: Why is he promoting Regeneron?

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Social media: Should the Taliban be on Twitter?

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Innovation of the week

Shattering myths about metabolism

A step closer to nuclear fusion

The other breast cancer gene

Antibody treatment for malaria

Animals get PTSD, too

WASPs: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy • Book of the week

Afterparties

All In: An Autobiography

Chosen by Grady Hendrix • Best books…

In incredible technologies • Also of interest…

James Tate Hill • Author of the week

The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse • Exhibit of the week

Solar Power • Lorde

Martyr’s Reward • Ka A

The Ballad of Dood & Juanita • Sturgill Simpson

Reminiscence

The Protégé

Pass Over

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Movies on TV

Only Murders in the Building • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: The timeless comforts of nostalgia

Recipe of the week

Wine: Three summer picks

The 2022 Volkswagen Taos • What the critics say

Fishing gear • The best of…

Tip of the week… • Five items that need to be broken in

Homes in small towns

Labor: California judge strikes down Prop 22

App stores: Apple, Google see threat in Korea

The bottom line

Workplace: The year of Covid burnout

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Retail: Amazon sets up shop in the mall

A blockbuster decade for Tim Cook

Insurance that makes you pay more for care

The portraitist who painted pixelated giants • Chuck Close, 1940–2021

The singer who soared in brotherly harmony • Don Everly, 1937–2021

The award-winning author who lifted up Black children • Eloise Greenfield, 1929–2021

Terror, anguish, and regret

The Week Contest