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

Trump’s ruthless pressure campaign

A Supreme Court win for religious schools

Texas GOP shapes an extreme agenda

Ginni Thomas: A Supreme connection to the Jan. 6 plot

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Yellowstone deluge

Plastics ban

Why Fernandez fled Moscow • Laura Fernandez

Carmichael’s televised coming-out • Jerrod Carmichael

Hanks’ commercial concessions • Tom Hanks

In the news

Welcome to the ‘Pandemicene’

Fomenting political violence

Long Covid’s hidden toll on millions

Arming teachers is folly

Viewpoint

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

Is it possible to make Wales attractive?

This war is devastating land and sea

France: Far left and far right take over legislature

Colombia: Longtime right-wing country picks a leftist

Our migrant problem isn’t boat people

Cricket rakes in the billions

Pence: The hero of Jan. 6?

Covid: Vaccines approved for young kids

Noted

Biden: Too old to run in 2024?

GOP: Trumpists get a boost—from Democrats

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Human consciousness: Still ahead of the machines

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

A detailed new map of the moon

Walking prevents knee pain

Check your Covid immunity

Worms that eat Styrofoam

What cats get from catnip

Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall • Book of the week

Jackie & Me • Novel of the week

Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle

Chosen by Chris Pavone • Best books…

In farms and fields • Also of interest…

Werner Herzog • Author of the week

The Cheech: Chicano art’s new hub

Pay-to-play: A new low

Honestly, Nevermind • Drake

Remember Your North Star • Yaya Bey

Farm to Table • Bartees Strange

Elvis

The Black Phone

The Bedwetter

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Only Murders in the Building • Show of the week

Three 2022 James Beard Award winners • Critics’ choice

Caribbean-style rice with pigeon peas • Recipe of the week

Gamay: A summer favorite

Petting whales in Baja California • This week’s dream

Stanly Ranch • Hotel of the week

Oklahoma’s new Bob Dylan museum • Getting the flavor of…

Homes in Minneapolis

Flying: Airlines struggle with renewed demand

Unions: First union win at an Apple store

The bottom line

Borrowing: Rates shoot up for mortgages, credit cards

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Energy: Oil prices wreak economic havoc worldwide

Making the poor pay for a carbon fix

A subprime bubble in Airbnb loans

The pundit who argued cordially for liberalism • Mark Shields, 1937–2022

The winemaker who gave us California pinot • Josh Jensen, 1944–2022

The Barbadian writer who chronicled a Caribbean awakening • George Lamming, 1927–2022

After abortion becomes a crime

Fire feet • The Week Contest