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 bipartisan battle over ‘unity’
Biden aims to boost vaccine supply
It wasn’t all bad
Impeachment: GOP circles the wagons around Trump
Good week/bad week
Only in America
Coordinated attack
Jumping the line
Lipa’s life as a refugee • Dua Lipa
Kaplan’s dream of deposing Trump • Roberta Kaplan
Bigelow’s metaphysical explorations • Robert Bigelow
In the news
The reality of Brexit
The real divide in politics
How to fix social media
Why we must support foreign dissidents
Viewpoint
I read it in the tabloids • It must be true…
Does Le Pen know what she stands for?
The ugliness of creeping Anglicization
Germany: Will Biden kill Russian gas pipeline?
Russia: Navalny leads from behind bars
What if we paid housewives?
Help the elderly navigate this cash-free world
QAnon: The big letdown
LGBTQ rights: Did Biden go too far?
Noted
The filibuster: A tool of restraint or obstruction?
Immigration: What Biden’s plan would do
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
Intel inside: A pathbreaker in need of a turnaround
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Innovation of the week
A potential vaccine for multiple sclerosis
Cutting Covid risk in cars
New Covid variant in California
Vitamins C and E for Parkinson’s?
Thieving, deal-making monkeys
Work: A Deep History, From the Stone Age to the Age of Robots • Book of the week
Detransition, Baby • Novel of the week
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
Chosen by Lisa Gardner • Best books…
In bodies in motion • Also of interest…
Amanda Gorman • Author of the week
Salman Toor: How Will I Know • Exhibit of the week
Heaux Tales • Jazmine Sullivan
Two Saviors • Buck Meek
Home • Rhye
Saint Maud
Soldier Songs: A new road opens for opera
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Streaming tips
Malcolm & Marie • Show of the week
Egg foo yung: How to make the restaurant classic at home
Wine: Red Sancerre
Michelin goes vegan: A first-ever star for plant-based cuisine
Travel in 2021: What to know before booking a vacation
Distancing season: Making the most of it
Homes in Florida
Bubbles: Day traders rattle the stock market
Epstein: Apollo CEO resigns over ties to sex offender
The bottom line
Taxes: Capital gains, business levies could see increase
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Virtual Davos: No quick reset for U.S.-China conflict
Miami’s GOP starts a tech bromance
Reddit now rules the markets
The home run king who bested Babe Ruth • Hank Aaron, 1934–2021
The talk show host who interviewed presidents and psychics • Larry King, 1933–2021
Covid’s long reach
Break up • The Week contest