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Editor’s letter
Senate Republicans block Democrats’ voting bill
It wasn’t all bad
Hard-liner wins Iran’s rigged presidential election
The Supreme Court deals a dramatic blow to the NCAA
Critical race theory: Manufactured outrage or real threat?
Good week/bad week
Only in America
Staying together
Churches torched
Hart’s fight against cancel culture • Kevin Hart
Malala, just another undergrad • Malala Yousafzai
A long-overdue high school honor • Tom Ammiano
In the news
The West’s megadrought
How not to celebrate Juneteenth
The court’s victory for pluralism
Police reform doesn’t mean high crime
Viewpoint
It must be true… I read it in the tabloids
Purging Nazis from the military
Held hostage by immigrant crime families
France: A teenager becomes a free-speech martyr
How they see us: A failed drug war turns 50
We’ll protest, but we won’t vote
We can take whatever China throws at us
Catholicism: The bishops go after Biden
Obamacare: Here to stay
Noted
Jan. 6: The GOP’s revisionism
Delta variant: A new threat to the unvaccinated
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
Circle of distrust: Amazon’s fake-review problem
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Innovation of the week
New problems for Covid long-haulers
Earth’s fifth ocean
Covid in U.S. earlier than thought
Toxic chemicals in makeup
‘Crazy worm’ invasion
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World • Book of the week
The Great Mistake • Novel of the week
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Chosen by Adam Serwer • Best books…
In America’s identity crisis • Also of interest…
Lionel Shriver • Author of the week
F9
Back of My Mind • H.E.R.
Wary + Strange • Amythyst Kiah
Blue Weekend • Wolf Alice
Bo Burnham’s Inside: The definitive portrait of a traumatic year?
New and notable podcasts
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Movies on TV
Summer of Soul • Show of the week
Bagel-and-egg hand pies: An easy breakfast for the road
Road food: America’s gas station gourmets
Wine: Lovable goofballs
The 2022 Hyundai Tucson • What the critics say
Next-level get-togethers • The best of…
Tip of the week… • How to get more from Amazon Prime
This week: Homes from the 1800s
Travel: Swift rebound overwhelms airlines
Real estate: Home prices rise at fastest rate ever
The bottom line
Debt: College costs swallow retirement nest eggs
What the experts say
Charity of the week
The Fed: Keeping steady or moving too slow?
These days Google isn’t feeling lucky
Big investors snag the best home deals
The Zambian leader who battled colonialism • Kenneth Kaunda, 1924–2021
The journalist who took aim at her own profession • Janet Malcolm, 1934–2021
The psychologist who joyfully measured happiness • Edward Diener, 1946–2021
A ticket to the insurrection
Seafood high • The Week contest