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 readies an eastern assault

Mounting Covid cases raise concerns

It wasn’t all bad

Jackson: A partisan confirmation in a polarized era

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Impeached

Can Boris survive?

The basketball player who overcame MS • Chris Wright

The savant who speaks 37 languages • Vaughn Smith

Raitt’s climb from rock bottom • Bonnie Raitt

In the news

Putting more guns on the street

Kushner gets his payoff

What schools should teach about race

The GOP’s glass house on sex crimes

Viewpoint

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

How long will we keep torturing pigs?

U.N. is hostage to a Russia that scorns it

France: Could far-right Le Pen dethrone Macron?

Pakistan: Khan’s ‘Trumpian’ attempt to keep power fails

Can students be warned off boozing?

The return of the ‘ugly Singaporean’

Whitmer plot: Why defendants were acquitted

Putin: Could he be tried for war crimes?

Noted

Climate change: Don’t look up

Student loan forgiveness: Still necessary?

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

r/Place: An eclectic experiment in online collaboration

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Full human genome finally mapped

The most distant star

Fires, then floods

Rural kids don’t get lost

A robot made of slime

The Candy House • Book of the week

Out There

Riverman: An American Odyssey

Chosen by Mai Al-Nakib • Best books…

In lives of the poets • Also of interest…

Ocean Vuong • Author of the week

Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It’s Kept • Exhibit of the week

Wet Leg • Wet Leg

Chloë and the Next 20th Century • Father John Misty

Crooked Tree • Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway

Father Stu

Cow

Suffs

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Better Call Saul • Show of the week

Three novel approaches to pizza • Critics’ choice

Rye: The cocktail’s friend

Butter-basted lamb chops • Recipe of the week

Exploring Ecuador, a country that has it all • This week’s dream

AutoCamp Joshua Tree • Hotel of the week

A new high for roller coasters • Getting the flavor of…

Homes for families with kids

Economy: Inflation accelerates to 8.5 percent

Twitter: Elon Musk keeps his options open

The bottom line

9 to 5: Is this the end of the fixed workday?

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Corporations: Crying all the way to the bank?

Headed to Bitcoin-land? Bring dollars

A star turn for hucksters and liars

The teen singer who set young hearts aflame • Bobby Rydell, 1942–2022

The Jewish secretary who typed Schindler’s list • Mimi Reinhard, 1915–2022

The liberal critic who railed against bias in the press • Eric Boehlert, 1965–2022

A city preparing for an apocalypse

Word trademark • The Week Contest