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
China’s escalating threats to Taiwan
It wasn’t all bad
Jan. 6 committee demands testimony from Trump allies
Economic crisis averted as Congress lifts debt ceiling
School boards: The culture war’s new front line
Good week/bad week
Only in America
Progressive victories
Andrew gets reprieve
Adele’s battle with anxiety • Adele
Grohl’s dreams of Cobain • Dave Grohl
An Olympian’s long road to recovery • Connor Fields
In the news
Out of stock
The real meaning of Columbus Day
Protecting Utah’s wilderness
The West’s complicity in thugocracies
Viewpoint
I read it in the tabloids • It must be true…
Elderly Nazis must still face trial
Why Granny should live on her own
Poland: The next country to leave the EU?
Energy crisis: Nations struggle to keep the lights on
Trudeau’s suspicious vacation
Honoring journalists under siege
Biden’s Build Back Better bill: Is it socialism?
Noted
The GOP: An anti-democracy party?
Boosters: Should you get one?
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
‘Hacktivists’: A data breach leaves Twitch exposed
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Innovation of the week
World’s first malaria vaccine gets go-ahead
A brain implant for depression
Covid getting more efficient
A low-carb, high-fat diet
‘Genius dogs’ with a big vocabulary
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters • Book of the week
Cloud Cuckoo Land • Novel of the week
Speak, Silence: In Search of W.G. Sebald
Chosen by Elizabeth Strout • Best books…
In animal affairs • Also of interest…
Sarah Ruhl • Author of the week
Joan Mitchell • Exhibit of the week
Six: The Musical • Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City
The Last Duel
Video games: Sable and its consoling wisdom about identity
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Streaming tips
Insecure • Show of the week
Critics’ choice: Three bold takes on familiar cuisines
Recipe of the week
Beer: Hazy IPAs
The 2022 Toyota Corolla Cross • What the critics say
Smokeless firepits • The best of…
Tip of the week… • Where to start with home solar
Homes in Massachusetts
Trade: Nations agree on global minimum tax
Economy: Prices rise at highest rate in decades
The bottom line
Hidden wealth: South Dakota’s secretive trusts
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Jobs: Workers slow to return as Delta threat lingers
A $69 billion mystery in crypto-world
The shadow inflation you sense is real
The researcher who chatted with chimps • R. Allen Gardner, 1930–2021
The baseball great who gave a bat to Babe • Eddie Robinson, 1920–2021
The federal investigator who brought Nazi war criminals to justice • Neal Sher, 1947–2021
‘Everyone hated the Americans’
Mob phone • The Week contest