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

Democrats near compromise on social spending bill

Booster shots approved for millions more Americans

It wasn’t all bad

The Democrats: How can they avoid disaster?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Vaccination standoff

New variant

Nanjiani’s macho dilemma • Kumail Nanjiani

How Thunberg made friends • Greta Thunberg

Collins’ lust for life • Joan Collins

In the news

The controversy over trans teens

Abbott’s lethal partisanship

A third party to cleanse the GOP?

The abuse of ‘executive privilege’

Viewpoint

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

No longer a friend to the British people

The right to have kids if you want

United Kingdom: Stabbing shows all lawmakers at risk

Haiti: American missionaries latest victims of anarchy

Showing real struggle on screen

Egos and infighting are ruining soccer

The Great Resignation: Why are millions quitting their jobs?

Noted

Couric: Editing Ginsburg to ‘protect’ her

Trump: The GOP’s worst enemy?

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Tesla: Goodbye to the California dream

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Innovation of the week

Daily aspirin may do more harm than good

Diet soda may increase appetite

Phthalates linked to early death

Strange signals in the Milky Way

Penguins know that squawk

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres • Book of the week

The Lincoln Highway • Novel of the week

One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival

Chosen by Michael Koryta • Best books…

In music icons • Also of interest…

Author of the week • Abdulrazak Gurnah

First Americans Museum • Exhibit of the week

Dave Chappelle: Free-speech champion or transphobic troll?

Dune

The French Dispatch

Ron’s Gone Wrong

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Streaming tips

Show of the week • American Veteran

Crab cakes with Old Bay: How they do it in Charm City

Which apples? A guide for the home pie maker

Wine: Italy’s ciliegiolo

Full immersion in a storied English garden • This week’s dream

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Homes in downtown areas

Zillow: Business model in need of renovation

Computers: Apple phases out laptop Intel chips

The bottom line

Retirement: Inflation brings big Social Security boost

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Inflation: As prices rise, so do risks for Biden

A scapegoat for Boeing’s failures

Clean energy won’t come without costs

The soldier who became America’s top statesman • Colin Powell, 1937–2021

The young-adult author who told wild tales of survival • Gary Paulsen, 1939–2021

When local newspapers die

No gas • The Week Contest