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

Arizona audit fails to vindicate Trump’s fraud claims

Debt ceiling standoff raises specter of U.S. default

It wasn’t all bad

The Eastman memo: Blueprint for a coup?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Rail disaster

Gas crisis

Gandolfini fills his father’s shoes • Michael Gandolfini

Hilton’s gossip repentance • Perez Hilton

America’s oldest park ranger • Betty Reid Soskin

In the news

A transformed workplace

The U.S. has a murder problem

Censors take charge at the ACLU

Staying alive to own the libs

Viewpoint

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

We gain nothing by angering China

Does your dance partner have Covid?

Germany: Who will take over from Merkel?

Australia: Anger rises over continuous lockdowns

Don’t let hostage taking pay off

One-man rule must be temporary

Biden: Can he recover his lost popularity?

Haitians: The unwanted refugees

Noted

Gabby Petito: Why the media can’t look away

Police reform: Bipartisan effort hits dead end

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Apple: Winning awards for shows, not for phones

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Innovation of the week

Baby poop is loaded with microplastics

How humans lost their tails

Marijuana’s nauseous side effect

More dairy, lower heart risk

Invasion of the armyworms

The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century • Book of the week

The Magician • Novel of the week

The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power

Chosen by Susanna Clarke • Best books…

In stargazing • Also of interest…

Ruth Ozeki • Author of the week

Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror • Exhibit of the week

Video games: Deathloop’s simple, state-of-the-art pleasures

The Many Saints of Newark

The 2021 Tonys: Broadway is back!—at least for a night

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Streaming tips

Among the Stars • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Fresh frontiers in vegan cooking

Wine: Lovable liters

Recipe of the week

The 2022 Jeep Wagoneer • What the critics say

Pet tech • The best of…

Tip of the week… • What to do with dead leaves

Homes in Illinois

Hollywood: A merger of mega-agents

Ford: Spending $11 billion for new EV plants

The bottom line

Remote work: A tough time to be the boss

What the experts say

Charity of the week

China: Turning away from Western-style capitalism

‘Woke capital’ takes a pass on abortion

The tax rule the ultra-rich love most

The Black director who blazed his own trail • Melvin Van Peebles, 1932–2021

The jazz lover who remade the music festival • George Wein, 1925–2021

The publicist who boosted big stars and the Big Apple • Bobby Zarem, 1936–2021

Can vaccine mandates save Las Vegas?

Fish surgery • The Week contest