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

Russia’s atrocities in Bucha

Job growth surges—but so do prices

It wasn’t all bad

Disney: At war with DeSantis, Fox, and the GOP

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Back in the game

Sticky fingers

Klitschko’s brave stand in Kyiv • Vitali Klitschko

The countess with a hole in her head • Amanda Feilding

Why Wallace abandoned Fox • Chris Wallace

In the news

The global food shortage

Politicians in black robes

The radical attempt to erase gender

Cawthorn finally crosses GOP’s line

Viewpoint

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

Venice fights an invasion of seagulls

Celebrating liberation or occupation?

Hungary: Orbán’s resounding, depressing re-election

Putin: Isolated, paranoid, and possibly unwell

Purity tests for instant noodles

Leading the world in pollution

The border: When mass expulsion ends

Covid Should you get a second booster?

Noted

Prosecuting Trump: Is there enough evidence?

Teens: An epidemic of hopelessness

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Public squares: Musk buys a stake in Twitter

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Microplastics found in human blood

Ice volcanoes on Pluto

Allergy-free cats are coming

Drink coffee, live longer

How boa constrictors breathe

Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand • Book of the week

Vagabonds! • Novel of the week

Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation

chosen by Mary Laura Philpott • Best books…

in literary love stories • Also of interest…

Erika Krouse • Author of the week

The Grammys: A feel-good concert plus a few awards

Unlimited Love • Red Hot Chili Peppers

Warm Chris • Aldous Harding

Electricity • Ibibio Sound Machine

Memoria

Plaza Suite

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The First Lady • Show of the week

Lasagna soup: A delicious twist on a classic • Recipe of the week

Dining out: Baltimore’s makeover

Wine: Languedoc reds

The 2022 Maserati MC20: • What the critics say

bathroom accents • The best of…

How to find a therapist • Tip of the week…

For buying and selling watches • Best apps…

Cutting corporate carbon • There’s a big difference between advertising emissions goals and making them really matter

Homes on the Oregon Coast

Starbucks: Schultz promises to fix morale

Airlines: JetBlue swoops in with offer for Spirit

The bottom line

IPOs: Market closes for new stock issues

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Labor: Amazon gets its first defeat from fledgling union

Turns out juries don’t hate business

The supply chain is still broken

The actress who gave Seinfeld its shrill mom • Estelle Harris, 1928-2022

The photographer with an eye for personality • Patrick Demarchelier, 1943-2022

The adman who became the bard of long-haul truckers • Bill Fries, 1928-2022

Death in the boxing ring

Boring date • The Week Contest