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The Week Magazine

May 20 2022
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

A defensive Putin hits somber note on Victory Day

Covid cases rise as U.S. passes 1 million deaths

It wasn’t all bad

Abortion: How will Roe’s fall affect the midterms?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Free speech tycoon

Yemenia survivor at trial

Miller’s tabloid revenge • Sienna Miller

Why Neeson is still shooting • Liam Neeson

Crow’s rocky road • Sheryl Crow

In the news

Plastics everywhere

Why the U.S. is so polarized

We’ve failed women in Afghanistan

The myth of painless adoption

Viewpoint

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

Newcomer Golob has his hands full

Fighting climate change in our gardens

How they see us: American women lose a human right

Philippines: The Marcos clan returns to power

Trigger-happy soldiers kill our students

The bottomless cringefest of our politics

Alito’s opinion: A sound rationale for overturning Roe?

Noted

Abortion: Can red-state bans be enforced?

Student debt: The steep cost of forgiveness

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Data: Satellite internet comes into its own

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

The sea reptile that could eat a giant squid

For sleep, seven is the number

Avian flu has arrived in the U.S.

Big success for obesity drug

Breeds don’t predict traits

The Premonitions Bureau: A True Account of Death Foretold • Book of the week

Trust • Novel of the week

The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet

chosen by Dan Chaon • Best books…

in the wide world of sports • Also of interest…

A.J. Jacobs • Author of the week

Afro-Atlantic Histories • Exhibit of the week

We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong • Sharon Van Etten

We • Arcade Fire

Come Home the Kids Miss You • Jack Harlow

Mr. Saturday Night

Macbeth

Video games: Nintendo Switch Sports, heir to the Wii craze

Two other new sports games

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

George Carlin’s American Dream • Show of the week

The flavors of Southeast Asia • Critics’ choice

Salt and pepper shrimp rolls • Recipe of the week

Agricole: Rum’s wild cousin

A road trip along Algeria’s Mediterranean coast • This week’s dream

Encore Boston Harbor • Hotel of the week

Kentucky’s unlikely cultural hot spot • Getting the flavor of…

Homes in Vermont

Markets: A stomach churning ride for stocks

Economy: Inflation still races ahead at 8.3 percent

The bottom line

Shareholder meetings: Politics takes center stage

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Abortion: Should corporations take a stand?

TikTok really is a threat to America

One tiny firm shuts down an industry

The artist who brought comic-book heroes to life • George Pérez, 1954–2022

The strategist who revved up liberal fundraising • Rob Stein, 1943–2022

The relationship guru who preached traditional gender roles • Kevin Samuels, 1965–2022

An uncivil war

Wedding airline • The Week Contest


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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 40 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: May 20 2022

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: May 13, 2022

Formats

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

A defensive Putin hits somber note on Victory Day

Covid cases rise as U.S. passes 1 million deaths

It wasn’t all bad

Abortion: How will Roe’s fall affect the midterms?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Free speech tycoon

Yemenia survivor at trial

Miller’s tabloid revenge • Sienna Miller

Why Neeson is still shooting • Liam Neeson

Crow’s rocky road • Sheryl Crow

In the news

Plastics everywhere

Why the U.S. is so polarized

We’ve failed women in Afghanistan

The myth of painless adoption

Viewpoint

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

Newcomer Golob has his hands full

Fighting climate change in our gardens

How they see us: American women lose a human right

Philippines: The Marcos clan returns to power

Trigger-happy soldiers kill our students

The bottomless cringefest of our politics

Alito’s opinion: A sound rationale for overturning Roe?

Noted

Abortion: Can red-state bans be enforced?

Student debt: The steep cost of forgiveness

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Data: Satellite internet comes into its own

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

The sea reptile that could eat a giant squid

For sleep, seven is the number

Avian flu has arrived in the U.S.

Big success for obesity drug

Breeds don’t predict traits

The Premonitions Bureau: A True Account of Death Foretold • Book of the week

Trust • Novel of the week

The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet

chosen by Dan Chaon • Best books…

in the wide world of sports • Also of interest…

A.J. Jacobs • Author of the week

Afro-Atlantic Histories • Exhibit of the week

We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong • Sharon Van Etten

We • Arcade Fire

Come Home the Kids Miss You • Jack Harlow

Mr. Saturday Night

Macbeth

Video games: Nintendo Switch Sports, heir to the Wii craze

Two other new sports games

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

George Carlin’s American Dream • Show of the week

The flavors of Southeast Asia • Critics’ choice

Salt and pepper shrimp rolls • Recipe of the week

Agricole: Rum’s wild cousin

A road trip along Algeria’s Mediterranean coast • This week’s dream

Encore Boston Harbor • Hotel of the week

Kentucky’s unlikely cultural hot spot • Getting the flavor of…

Homes in Vermont

Markets: A stomach churning ride for stocks

Economy: Inflation still races ahead at 8.3 percent

The bottom line

Shareholder meetings: Politics takes center stage

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Abortion: Should corporations take a stand?

TikTok really is a threat to America

One tiny firm shuts down an industry

The artist who brought comic-book heroes to life • George Pérez, 1954–2022

The strategist who revved up liberal fundraising • Rob Stein, 1943–2022

The relationship guru who preached traditional gender roles • Kevin Samuels, 1965–2022

An uncivil war

Wedding airline • The Week Contest


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