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The Week Magazine

May 07 2021
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

Biden’s big pitch for his own New Deal

India ravaged by devastating Covid-19 surge

It wasn’t all bad

Biden’s climate plan: Is it realistic?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

DOJ steps in

Jihadist attack

Teigen’s shared grief • Chrissy Teigen

Faithfull’s brushes with death • Marianne Faithfull

A bystander’s trauma • Feidin Santana

In the news

Police traffic stops and racism

Embracing apocalyptic nihilism

Portland’s painful lesson

Kavanaugh’s most ironic ruling

Viewpoint

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

Sinn Fein will never apologize

Where it’s illegal to ask your race

Europe: Fighting the Americanization of soccer

India: Bodies pile up as Covid explodes

Poster child for what not to do

Nothing will spur us to the streets

Police reform: What must change?

Reparations: How would they work?

Noted

Armenian genocide: Finally, recognition

The pandemic: Dreading a return to normal

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Artificial intelligence: Europe tries to cage the monster

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Innovation of the week

An ingenious helicopter flies on Mars

Less sleep, higher dementia risk

Tyrannosaur gangs

The benefits of a cocoa diet

The bean that could save coffee

The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War • Book of the week

The Man Who Lived Underground • Novel of the week

Blake Bailey: The fall of a celebrated biographer

Chosen by Abbi Jacobson • Best books…

In ordinary people, extraordinary times • Also of interest…

Elizabeth McCracken • Author of the week

Superblue Miami • Exhibit of the week

Heart & Soul • Eric Church

Uneasy • Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, and Tyshawn Sorey

They’re Calling Me Home • Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi

The 2021 Oscars: A quiet night for making movie history

Together Together

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Streaming tips

Mythic Quest • Show of the week

Salmon en papillote: Mediterranean airs on every plate

Spirits: ‘Green’ whiskey

Kitchen tips: Beating the paper towel and plastic wrap habits

The 2022 Kia Carnival • What the critics say

Mother’s Day gifts • The best of…

Tip of the week… • Caring for your vaccine card

Homes for outdoor entertaining

Big Tech: A post-lockdown digital ad surge

Tesla: Bitcoin profits add to record sales

The bottom line

ESG funds: ‘Sustainable investing’ at a hefty price

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Trends: Welcome to the euphoria economy

Cheap shots at hardworking Americans

Tech gives, but it also takes away

The liberal standard-bearer who redefined the vice presidency • Walter Mondale, 1928–2021

The queen of burlesque who dazzled for eight decades • Tempest Storm, 1928–2021

The kneeling girl

Gnome shortage • The Week Contest


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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 44 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: May 07 2021

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  • Release date: April 30, 2021

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subjects

News & Politics

Languages

English

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

Biden’s big pitch for his own New Deal

India ravaged by devastating Covid-19 surge

It wasn’t all bad

Biden’s climate plan: Is it realistic?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

DOJ steps in

Jihadist attack

Teigen’s shared grief • Chrissy Teigen

Faithfull’s brushes with death • Marianne Faithfull

A bystander’s trauma • Feidin Santana

In the news

Police traffic stops and racism

Embracing apocalyptic nihilism

Portland’s painful lesson

Kavanaugh’s most ironic ruling

Viewpoint

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

Sinn Fein will never apologize

Where it’s illegal to ask your race

Europe: Fighting the Americanization of soccer

India: Bodies pile up as Covid explodes

Poster child for what not to do

Nothing will spur us to the streets

Police reform: What must change?

Reparations: How would they work?

Noted

Armenian genocide: Finally, recognition

The pandemic: Dreading a return to normal

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Artificial intelligence: Europe tries to cage the monster

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Innovation of the week

An ingenious helicopter flies on Mars

Less sleep, higher dementia risk

Tyrannosaur gangs

The benefits of a cocoa diet

The bean that could save coffee

The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War • Book of the week

The Man Who Lived Underground • Novel of the week

Blake Bailey: The fall of a celebrated biographer

Chosen by Abbi Jacobson • Best books…

In ordinary people, extraordinary times • Also of interest…

Elizabeth McCracken • Author of the week

Superblue Miami • Exhibit of the week

Heart & Soul • Eric Church

Uneasy • Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, and Tyshawn Sorey

They’re Calling Me Home • Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi

The 2021 Oscars: A quiet night for making movie history

Together Together

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Streaming tips

Mythic Quest • Show of the week

Salmon en papillote: Mediterranean airs on every plate

Spirits: ‘Green’ whiskey

Kitchen tips: Beating the paper towel and plastic wrap habits

The 2022 Kia Carnival • What the critics say

Mother’s Day gifts • The best of…

Tip of the week… • Caring for your vaccine card

Homes for outdoor entertaining

Big Tech: A post-lockdown digital ad surge

Tesla: Bitcoin profits add to record sales

The bottom line

ESG funds: ‘Sustainable investing’ at a hefty price

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Trends: Welcome to the euphoria economy

Cheap shots at hardworking Americans

Tech gives, but it also takes away

The liberal standard-bearer who redefined the vice presidency • Walter Mondale, 1928–2021

The queen of burlesque who dazzled for eight decades • Tempest Storm, 1928–2021

The kneeling girl

Gnome shortage • The Week Contest


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