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
The showdown over new voting restrictions
Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal
It wasn’t all bad
Republicans: Why they blocked the Jan. 6 commission
Good week/bad week
Only in America
‘I can’t breathe’
Mass grave
Knoxville’s painful career • Johnny Knoxville
Williams’ outsider attitude • Wendy Williams
A drummer’s brush with death • Travis Barker
In the news
How the pandemic ends
Alarming talk of a coup—in the U.S.
Why guns are flying off shelves
Sorry: UFOs are probably not aliens
Viewpoint
It must be true… I read it in the tabloids
Independence from the EU is a myth
America is erasing our contributions
United Kingdom: Johnson rebounds with secret wedding
India: Counting the dead as second Covid wave subsides
The U.S. won’t save us from autocracy
Helping Gaza or helping themselves?
DeSantis: The new Trump?
Noted
Tulsa Massacre: Facing an ugly stain
Tokyo Olympics: Why Japan is going ahead
Kids and Covid: What is safe?
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
Streaming: Amazon gives prime billing to video
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Innovation of the week
No ‘safe’ level of drinking
Restoring vision in the blind
Few ‘breakthrough’ infections
Zombie wildfires
How wolves help drivers
The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice • Book of the week
The Atmospherians • Novel of the week
Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
Chosen by Chris Offutt • Best books…
In strong emotions • Also of interest…
Zakiya Dalila Harris • Author of the week
The Spotify revolt: Music streaming at a crossroads
Exodus • DMX
Doomin’ Sun • Bachelor
Always Smilin’ • Oliver Wood
Cruella
Paddington’s fall from grace
Each/Other: Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger • Exhibit of the week
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Streaming tips
Loki • Show of the week
Carolina fried chicken: When it has to be done right
Dining’s resurgence: In spots, the Roaring ’20s have arrived
Wine: Txakolina
Starting over: How to preserve the lockdown’s slower pace
Transition season: Snapshots from America’s reopening
Homes for less than $1 million
AMC: A popcorn movie at the stock market
Arbitration: Amazon says you can go ahead and sue
The bottom line
House hunters: A high-stakes game of musical chairs
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Oil: Activists get a seat at Exxon’s boardroom table
A tool kit for the extortion professional
Who does the DEI industry really help?
The illustrator who hatched a hungry caterpillar • Eric Carle, 1929–2021
The GOP senator who had an independent streak • John Warner, 1927–2021
The Mary Tyler Moore actor who captained The Love Boat • Gavin MacLeod, 1931–2021
A year without rent
Love bug • The Week Contest