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

China’s escalating threats to Taiwan

It wasn’t all bad

Jan. 6 committee demands testimony from Trump allies

Economic crisis averted as Congress lifts debt ceiling

School boards: The culture war’s new front line

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Progressive victories

Andrew gets reprieve

Adele’s battle with anxiety • Adele

Grohl’s dreams of Cobain • Dave Grohl

An Olympian’s long road to recovery • Connor Fields

In the news

Out of stock

The real meaning of Columbus Day

Protecting Utah’s wilderness

The West’s complicity in thugocracies

Viewpoint

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

Elderly Nazis must still face trial

Why Granny should live on her own

Poland: The next country to leave the EU?

Energy crisis: Nations struggle to keep the lights on

Trudeau’s suspicious vacation

Honoring journalists under siege

Biden’s Build Back Better bill: Is it socialism?

Noted

The GOP: An anti-democracy party?

Boosters: Should you get one?

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

‘Hacktivists’: A data breach leaves Twitch exposed

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Innovation of the week

World’s first malaria vaccine gets go-ahead

A brain implant for depression

Covid getting more efficient

A low-carb, high-fat diet

‘Genius dogs’ with a big vocabulary

Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters • Book of the week

Cloud Cuckoo Land • Novel of the week

Speak, Silence: In Search of W.G. Sebald

Chosen by Elizabeth Strout • Best books…

In animal affairs • Also of interest…

Sarah Ruhl • Author of the week

Joan Mitchell • Exhibit of the week

Six: The Musical • Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City

The Last Duel

Video games: Sable and its consoling wisdom about identity

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Streaming tips

Insecure • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Three bold takes on familiar cuisines

Recipe of the week

Beer: Hazy IPAs

The 2022 Toyota Corolla Cross • What the critics say

Smokeless firepits • The best of…

Tip of the week… • Where to start with home solar

Homes in Massachusetts

Trade: Nations agree on global minimum tax

Economy: Prices rise at highest rate in decades

The bottom line

Hidden wealth: South Dakota’s secretive trusts

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Jobs: Workers slow to return as Delta threat lingers

A $69 billion mystery in crypto-world

The shadow inflation you sense is real

The researcher who chatted with chimps • R. Allen Gardner, 1930–2021

The baseball great who gave a bat to Babe • Eddie Robinson, 1920–2021

The federal investigator who brought Nazi war criminals to justice • Neal Sher, 1947–2021

‘Everyone hated the Americans’

Mob phone • The Week contest