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

Pentagon funding caught in culture-war fight

It wasn’t all bad

Dangerous heat bakes much of U.S.

Jan. 6 indictment looms for Trump

‘Bidenomics’: Can the president persuade voters it’s a success?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Fake electors

No plans for federal firefighting

Oates’ surprising Twitter habit • Joyce Carol Oates

Growing up with Cary Grant • Cary Grant

Downey’s comic book fatigue • Robert Downey Jr.

In the news

Going to extremes

No Labels’ only real agenda

Covid now an ordinary illness

Why Trump is crushing DeSantis

Viewpoint

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

Giving sexual predators a license to grope

Deadly SUVs don’t belong in our cities

NATO: A stronger alliance takes shape in Lithuania

China: Where education isn’t a ticket to the middle class

Apartheid’s legacy in our parks

Don’t force Catholics to abet suicide

Diet soda: An increased risk of cancer?

American men: Why so many are struggling

Noted

Serial killer: An arrest in a long-cold case

Birth control: An over-the-counter pill

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Originality: Is AI ripping off human authors?

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Have we entered the Anthropocene?

The star nursery next door

Underground climate change

Black men and melanoma

Fighting cancer with see-through mice

The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet • Book of the week

Crook Manifesto • Novel of the week

Self-Made: Creating Our Identities From da Vinci to the Kardashians

Chosen by CJ Hauser • Best books…

In bookish types • Also of interest…

Keri Blakinger • Author of the week

New and notable podcasts

Video games: Two offbeat fishing adventures

Brooklyn’s Jay-Z exhibit

‘Barbenheimer’: A double feature that might save the movies

Pepón Osorio: My Beating Heart/Mi Corazón Latiente • Exhibit of the week

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Dark Winds • Show of the week

Mushbuss rubyan: Middle Eastern spiced shrimp and rice • Recipe of the week

Dining out: The best of Hilton Head

IPAs: Singular hazies

Malta, the all-in-one summer escape • This week’s dream

1 Hotel Hanalei Bay • Hotel of the week

New Mexico’s ‘Atomic City’ • Getting the flavor of…

Homes for lovers of Virginia

Disney: The CEO who wouldn’t leave

Crypto: Ripple wins battle with regulators

The bottom line

Wasted time: The endless loop of remote meetings

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Entertainment: Striking actors shut down Hollywood

How Google squandered its AI lead

Betting $100 billion on a city’s revival

The Czech novelist who satirized Communist rule • Milan Kundera, 1929–2023

The British actress who became a French icon • Jane Birkin, 1946–2023

The piano virtuoso who fulfilled his teenage promise • André Watts, 1946–2023

Blaming the addicts

Meeting creep • The Week Contest