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

Vaccines ramping up rapidly

Covid relief package nears finish line

It wasn’t all bad

CPAC: Is there a GOP without Trumpism?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Six Seuss books shelved

Butter scandal

Lynch’s key to creativity • David Lynch

Cox’s struggle with self-loathing • Laverne Cox

A Capitol officer on the front line • Harry Dunn

In the news

Covid’s assault on Native Americans

When every white person is a racist

The GOP’s campaign to restrict voting

Postmaster DeJoy must go

Viewpoint

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

Cancel culture comes for Lord Nelson

When will the South get its due?

European Union: Shunning AstraZeneca’s vaccine

South America: VIPs jump the vaccine line

Why land resettlement isn’t working

Amnesty does the Kremlin’s bidding

Cuomo: A serial sexual harasser?

Khashoggi murder: Biden’s Saudi dilemma

Noted

Potato Head: Now gender-nonconforming

Vaccine envy: The new national epidemic

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Twitter: Would you pay to be a Super Follower?

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Innovation of the week

Worries over new U.S. Covid variants

A magnetic catastrophe

Airport noise and heart problems

Sickle-cell trial halted

Endangered species cloned

Klara and the Sun • Book of the week

Milk Blood Heat

True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee

Chosen by Imbolo Mbue • Best books…

In treacherous locales • Also of interest…

Isabel Allende • Author of the week

Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart • Exhibit of the week

Little Oblivions • Julien Baker

An Overview of Phenomenal Nature • Cassandra Jenkins

Pink Planet • Pink Sweat$

The Golden Globes: An awkward launch into awards season

Video games: Valheim and the appeal of its kinder, gentler Viking world

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Streaming tips

Cherry • Show of the week

Showtime cauliflower: A vegetarian main with flavor to spare

Beer: The healthy choices

Food TikTok: The thrills and chills of our new way to cook

The 2021 Buick Envision • What the critics say

Doing the dishes • The best of…

Tip of the week… • How to be heard as a customer

Homes with great kitchens

Coinbase: An IPO for Bitcoin’s true believers

Economy: Fed worried about bond market

The bottom line

Housing: Prices spike despite pandemic

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Amazon: A union takes on the retail Goliath

The press has invaded the Clubhouse

An overdue warning for buyout kings

The poet who became a counterculture icon • Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1919–2021

The cardiologist who campaigned against nukes • Bernard Lown, 1921–2021

Farewell

Now type in your bank password…

Score shots • The Week contest