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

U.S. ends the nation’s longest war

Hurricane Ida batters the Gulf Coast

It wasn’t all bad

Note to readers

The pandemic: Why gloom is setting in

Good week/bad week

Only in America

RFK killer

Migrant rescue

How Lorde kept her sanity • Lorde

Duchovny’s anger at Scientology • David Duchovny

The queen of the power ballad • Diane Warren

In the news

A big bet on Amtrak

Anti-vaxxers who die of Covid

Persons with tortured language

The court’s activist interventions

Viewpoint

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

Don’t be proud of your sham A grade

Opening our borders to fleeing Afghans

United Kingdom: The great Brexit labor shortage

How they see us: A retreat that emboldens Islamist radicals

Can Islamist terrorists really change?

Don’t ignore the Cuban uprising

Kabul bombing: Remembering the fallen soldiers

Ivermectin: The latest fake Covid ‘cure’

Noted

Afghan refugees: Will the U.S. welcome them?

ISIS-K: The Taliban’s internal enemy

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Microchips: The shortage caused by a shortage

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Innovation of the week

A worrying rainfall at the top of the world

Farming pesticide banned

Apes say ‘hi’ and ‘bye’

Obese moms and cancer in kids

Not such a gentle giant

The roaring twenties 2.0

The purring ‘20s?

Ride these four trends to profits

A decade of change for retirees

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois • Book of the week

Velvet Was the Night

Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

Chosen by Deborah Feldman • Best books…

In twists on the classics • Also of interest…

Kat Chow • Author of the week

Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech • Exhibit of the week

If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power • Halsey

Donda • Kanye West

Infinite Granite • Deafheaven

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Candyman

Mogul Mowgli

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Streaming tips

Impeachment: American Crime Story • Show of the week

Late-summer salads: A fennel slaw plus a tomato surprise

Frozen treats: A taste test

Wine and climate change: The industry’s shifting map

A Maine road trip beyond ‘Vacationland’ • This week’s dream

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Spanish Revival homes

Apple: Cracking open the App Store

Fed: Tapering could start this year

The bottom line

Licensing: An expensive barrier to getting a job?

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Covid: Should firms make vaccination mandatory?

The high price of a catchy ticker

Redstone’s mess of a mega-merger

The reluctant rock star who drove the Rolling Stones • Charlie Watts, 1941–2021

The outspoken actor who embraced activism • Ed Asner, 1929–2021

The case for UFO skepticism

Plot twist • The Week Contest