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

Anger and heartache after another school massacre

With victory elusive, Russia batters Donbas

Georgia GOP defies Trump on primary picks

Covid: Denial in the face of a sixth wave

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Sacrament denied

Milk shortages

Why Felton is still under Malfoy’s spell • Tom Felton

Meggett’s Gullah Geechee kitchen • Emily Meggett

Driver’s escape from Weinstein • Minnie Driver

In the news

Life after adoption

What drives mass shooters to kill

A nation of sleepless teenagers

The Thomas plan for a 2024 coup

Viewpoint

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

We won’t betray Kurds for NATO

Homophobia hurts straight guys, too

United Kingdom: Soccer wives at each other’s throats

Australia: Voters take a turn to the left

Bolsonaro will refuse to concede

Who will help save us from this heat?

Depp vs. Heard: The MeToo backlash

Disinformation Board: Doomed from the start

Noted

Fetterman: The Democrats’ hoodied hero

Regulations: Is enforcement illegal?

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Moguls: Elon Musk’s chaos vortex

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Covid linked to impotence

Hepatitis outbreak in kids

New clues on SIDS

Back pain meds can backfire

Planting in moon dirt

His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice • Book of the week

This Time Tomorrow • Novel of the week

Who Killed Jane Stanford? A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits, and the Birth of a University

chosen by Emily Giffin • Best books…

in new short fiction • Also of interest…

Ada Limón • Author of the week

In America: An Anthology of Fashion • Exhibit of the week

Harry’s House • Harry Styles

Dance Fever • Florence and the Machine

This Is a Photograph • Kevin Morby

Top Gun: Maverick

The Bob’s Burgers Movie

Exception to the Rule

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

P-Valley • Show of the week

The American diner—old, new, and reimagined • Critics’ choice

Gaspacho Moreliano • Recipe of the week

Wine: Everyday Bordeaux

Hiking, rain or shine, in southwest Ireland • This week’s dream

The Ryder Hotel • Hotel of the week

Louisiana’s serene swamplands • Getting the flavor of…

Homes in Hawaii

Housing: Rising rates may point to plunge

Apple: Seeking to shed dependence on China

The bottom line

Insurance: The climate-change premium

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Markets: No safe place to hide from the bear

Lehman is still not done dying

Cheap rides came with a high price

The bold composer who scored Chariots of Fire • Vangelis, 1943–2022

The baseball scribe who lifted the game to poetry • Roger Angell, 1920–2022

The pickle mogul who didn’t take business too seriously • Robert Vlasic, 1926–2022

In Australia, trust won

Oligarch auction • The Week Contest