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

Bannon charged with contempt over Jan. 6 defiance

Climate summit ends with no firm pledges

It wasn’t all bad

Inflation: A return to the economy of the 1970s?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Not one of us

Relentless rain

Parker’s acceptance of aging • Sarah Jessica Parker

Dornan’s dislike of the modeling life • Jamie Dornan

A teacher’s Bollywood dreams • Richard Klein

In the news

Who pays America’s taxes

What Europe’s Covid wave tells us

NYC’s new law-and-order mayor

Christie’s belated awakening

Viewpoint

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

Why we ignore our leaders

New uses for our famous phone booths

Belarus: Cynically funneling migrants toward the EU

Ethiopia: A civil war that could destabilize East Africa

Letting a swindler walk free

De Klerk protected white interests

Hawley: Why men are struggling

University of Austin: Game changer or stunt?

Noted

GOP: An alarming rise in violent rhetoric

Woke: The meaning of a tarnished label

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Commerce: The evolution of the shopping show

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Innovation of the week

The ideal bedtime for a healthy heart

Stardust in your teeth

Concussions and hearing

When Antarctica was on fire

Whales’ jumbo appetites

The Loneliest Americans • Book of the week

The Sentence • Novel of the week

Oscar Wilde: A Life

Chosen by Neal Stephenson • Best books…

In public figures’ private sides • Also of interest…

Damon Galgut • Author of the week

Holbein: Capturing Character in the Renaissance • Exhibit of the week

An Evening With Silk Sonic • Silk Sonic

Still Over It • Summer Walker

Valentine • Snail Mail

The Power of the Dog

King Richard

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Movies on TV

The Beatles: Get Back • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Chefs who are cooking with wit and whimsy

Recipe of the week

Beer: English tributes

Following Dante’s footsteps through Italy • This week’s dream

Getting the flavor of…

Hotel of the week

Homes for food lovers

Labor: Americans seek higher pay, new perks

Pharma: Pfizer will license Covid treatment

The bottom line

Consumer credit: Back to the borrowing habit

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Corporations: The end of the conglomerate—again

A rift between big business and the GOP

How to spin riches from tax subsidies

The fierce linebacker who became an NFL icon • Sam Huff, 1934–2021

The reluctant actor who shone in cult movies • Dean Stockwell, 1936–2021

The Soviet news anchor who told comforting lies • Igor Kirillov, 1932–2021

My father, the hitman

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