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The Week Magazine

Sep 01 2023
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

U.S. hopes dim for Ukraine’s counteroffensive

It wasn’t all bad

Biden surveys Maui fire damage as local anger mounts

Trump warned on witness intimidation

Trump: Will prosecutions help or hurt his candidacy?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Murdered over a flag

Fires threaten cities

Why LaVette loathes Dylan • Bettye LaVette

A man and his dog, lost at sea • Tim Shaddock

Lang’s ‘radical’ friendship • k.d. lang

In the news

The history of third parties

The real World Cup winner

A vital alliance on China

‘Sex work’: A harmful euphemism

Viewpoint

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

Cracking down on draft dodgers

A lost generation flees abroad

Greece: Can soccer stamp out deadly hooliganism?

Guatemala: Anti-corruption crusader wins in a landslide

Blasphemy is no excuse for mob justice

A president who laughs at our pain

The Blind Side: A sad epilogue

Giuliani: The humiliation of ‘America’s mayor’

Noted

Hollywood: Is a fake nose ‘Jewface’?

Climate change: A landmark legal victory

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Vicious cycle: A rising tide of AI-written junk

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Is there a fifth force of nature?

Music from brain signals

Reducing harm from contrails

Pollution affects antibiotics

The two-headed snake

August Wilson: A Life • Book of the week

Family Lore • Novel of the week

Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles

Chosen by Peter Heller • Best books…

In Hollywood history • Also of interest…

Drew Gilpin Faust • Author of the week

Oliver Anthony: A divided America’s new folk hero

World Music Radio • Jon Batiste

You’re the One • Rhiannon Giddens

Unreal Unearth • Hozier

The Adults

Blue Beetle: A hollow new hero

New and notable podcasts

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

One Piece • Show of the week

Regional cooking from around the globe • Critics’ choice

Grated tomato pasta • Recipe of the week

Wine: Underrated Uruguay

The 2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre: • What the critics say

tailgating • The best of…

Four items to launder separately • Tip of the week…

For cataloging family keepsakes • Best apps…

Homes with spectacular pools

IPOs: Chip designer Arm plans public offering

Retail: Poor sales numbers for key store chains

The bottom line

Affirmative action: Suit targets a fund for Black women

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Real estate: A shortage of homes keeps prices high

A future hyped by government

Alexa raises questions for Amazon

The actor who beat addiction and won acclaim • Ron Cephas Jones, 1957–2023

The senator who saw money as speech • James Buckley, 1923–2023

The deaf linguist who helped write the ASL dictionary • Dorothy Casterline, 1928–2023

The cop who wasn’t a cop

Political self-sabotage • The Week Contest


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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 40 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: Sep 01 2023

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: August 25, 2023

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OverDrive Magazine

subjects

News & Politics

Languages

English

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

U.S. hopes dim for Ukraine’s counteroffensive

It wasn’t all bad

Biden surveys Maui fire damage as local anger mounts

Trump warned on witness intimidation

Trump: Will prosecutions help or hurt his candidacy?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Murdered over a flag

Fires threaten cities

Why LaVette loathes Dylan • Bettye LaVette

A man and his dog, lost at sea • Tim Shaddock

Lang’s ‘radical’ friendship • k.d. lang

In the news

The history of third parties

The real World Cup winner

A vital alliance on China

‘Sex work’: A harmful euphemism

Viewpoint

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

Cracking down on draft dodgers

A lost generation flees abroad

Greece: Can soccer stamp out deadly hooliganism?

Guatemala: Anti-corruption crusader wins in a landslide

Blasphemy is no excuse for mob justice

A president who laughs at our pain

The Blind Side: A sad epilogue

Giuliani: The humiliation of ‘America’s mayor’

Noted

Hollywood: Is a fake nose ‘Jewface’?

Climate change: A landmark legal victory

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Vicious cycle: A rising tide of AI-written junk

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Is there a fifth force of nature?

Music from brain signals

Reducing harm from contrails

Pollution affects antibiotics

The two-headed snake

August Wilson: A Life • Book of the week

Family Lore • Novel of the week

Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles

Chosen by Peter Heller • Best books…

In Hollywood history • Also of interest…

Drew Gilpin Faust • Author of the week

Oliver Anthony: A divided America’s new folk hero

World Music Radio • Jon Batiste

You’re the One • Rhiannon Giddens

Unreal Unearth • Hozier

The Adults

Blue Beetle: A hollow new hero

New and notable podcasts

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

One Piece • Show of the week

Regional cooking from around the globe • Critics’ choice

Grated tomato pasta • Recipe of the week

Wine: Underrated Uruguay

The 2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre: • What the critics say

tailgating • The best of…

Four items to launder separately • Tip of the week…

For cataloging family keepsakes • Best apps…

Homes with spectacular pools

IPOs: Chip designer Arm plans public offering

Retail: Poor sales numbers for key store chains

The bottom line

Affirmative action: Suit targets a fund for Black women

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Real estate: A shortage of homes keeps prices high

A future hyped by government

Alexa raises questions for Amazon

The actor who beat addiction and won acclaim • Ron Cephas Jones, 1957–2023

The senator who saw money as speech • James Buckley, 1923–2023

The deaf linguist who helped write the ASL dictionary • Dorothy Casterline, 1928–2023

The cop who wasn’t a cop

Political self-sabotage • The Week Contest


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