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

Manchin’s stance threatens Biden agenda

It wasn’t all bad

Is Netanyahu’s long rule in Israel finally over?

Vaccination rates stall as Covid deaths decline

The ‘lab leak’ hypothesis: What does the evidence suggest?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Backdoor pass

Anti-Muslim murders

Winslet’s body honesty • Kate Winslet

O’Connor’s new outlook • Sinéad O’Connor

The comedian who outlasted his dying wish • Quincy Jones

In the news

The Tulsa Race Massacre

Trump’s dangerous fantasies

Spying on investigative reporters

The ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of mass death

Viewpoint

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

Why we go easy on mobsters

How China got leverage over NATO

Europe: Threatened by Covid conspiracy theorists

Israel: Why so many hate the likely new prime minister

The tedium of endless weed stores

How can you vote while bullets fly?

Fauci: The uproar over his emails

Facebook: Trump’s two-year time-out

Noted

Osaka: A tennis star’s struggle with anxiety

Harris: Being set up to fail?

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Flying: Big promises for a new supersonic plane

What’s new in tech • Bytes:

Innovation of the week

Covid-19 immunity may last for years

Evening exercise is better

Ancient star discovered

Another tick-borne disease

The elephant’s exceptionally useful trunk

Instant escapes into other people’s dramas • Summer fiction

Chosen by Raven Leilani • Best books…

In elusive maladies • Also of interest…

Nghi Vo • Author of the week

Bisa Butler: Portraits • Exhibit of the week

Soberish • Liz Phair

Jubilee • Japanese Breakfast

Pray for Haiti • Mach-Hommy

In the Heights

New and notable podcasts

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Streaming tips

Kevin Can F--- Himself • Show of the week

International noodles: Two crave-worthy weeknight dishes

Cocktails: Rosé sangria

Asian groceries: Where to find them online

Subaru’s Outback Wilderness • What the critics say

Playtime for Dad • The best of…

Tip of the week… • How to stretch a tank of gas

Getting back to business

Homes for artists

Wealth: Leak shows ultra-rich paid little tax

Pharma: Alzheimer’s drug approved despite doubts

The bottom line

Ransomware: An epidemic of digital extortion

Got a home? These guys want to buy it

Let business creators into the U.S.

Workplace: Not headed back to the same old job

What the experts say

Charity of the week

The celebrity attorney who defended the infamous • F. Lee Bailey, 1933–2021

The psychologist who popularized the ‘time-out’ • Arthur Staats, 1924–2021

The pioneering comedian who delighted in breaking sexual taboos • Rusty Warren, 1930–2021

Living on a volcano

Unseen art • The Week Contest