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

Democrats press their incitement case against Trump

New stimulus plan proposes child benefit of up to $3,600

A mutating threat from Covid-19

Elections: Should it be easier or harder to vote?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Recall threat

Crackdown on far-right

Guerrero’s Monday Night ordeal • Lisa Guerrero

Treating Covid patients instead of blocking • Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

The Cassandra of the ‘attention economy’ • Michael Goldhaber

In the news

After the BLM protests

The damage to working mothers

Cuomo’s lies about Covid deaths

To improve mail service, dump DeJoy

Viewpoint

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

Why do we always blame ourselves?

Consultants are running the show

United Kingdom: New troubles in Northern Ireland?

Myanmar: Why the military seized power

Vindicated in vaccine development

How we nearly lost our democracy

Schools: Is it time to bring the students back to class?

Noted

Biden’s foreign policy: Pivoting from Trump

Greene and Cheney: The GOP’s internal rift

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Amazon: A new chief cast in the Bezos mold

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Innovation of the week

Vaccines may cut Covid transmission

A busy month for Mars

One dose for Covid survivors?

A writing test for Alzheimer’s

Microbe-laden wildfire smoke

The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto • Book of the week

The Push • Novel of the week

This Is the Voice

Chosen by Chang-rae Lee • Best books…

In complicated relationships • Also of interest…

Russell Shorto • Author of the week

Morgan Wallen: The fall of country music’s new star

Another side of Nashville: Music City’s ambitious new museum

Judas and the Black Messiah

Video games: Three throwbacks to the arcade age

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Streaming tips

It’s a Sin • Show of the week

Chaat: The key to unlocking the true range of Indian cuisine

Spirits: French whisky

Instagram pop-ups: Every takeout meal an adventure

After the jab: Vaccinated Americans wonder, ‘What now?’

Distancing season: Making the most of it

Homes in Northern California

Bitcoin: Tesla’s big digital currency wager

Jobs: $15 wage could raise unemployment, deficit

The bottom line

Markets: The GameStop hangover

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Energy: Oil recovers as fossil fuel reckoning near

Is the U.S. talking down the dollar?

Don’t ignore privacy in vaccine rules

The Shakespearean actor who starred in The Sound of Music • Christopher Plummer, 1929–2021

The steady diplomat who helped end the Cold War • George Shultz, 1920–2021

A world without Down syndrome?

Rebel stock • The Week contest