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 new push for gun laws as Uvalde mourns
Russia recovers momentum in the Donbas
It wasn’t all bad
Jan. 6: Here come the televised hearings
Good week/bad week
Only in America
Burns backfire
No new handguns
How Macfadyen approaches acting • Matthew Macfadyen
A refugee’s extraordinary trek across Ukraine • Igor Pedin
Thompson’s decision to bare all • Emma Thompson
In the news
Afghanistan’s misery
Has Trump’s movement moved on?
Questioning the redefining of gender
Durham’s laughable investigation
Viewpoint
I read it in the tabloids • It must be true…
China could be spying on the British
Let Muslim women wear their burkinis
Ukraine: Will Russia or the West pay to rebuild?
How they see us: America allows the massacre of children
That macho symbol on an upper lip
An Arab character who isn’t the villain
Uvalde: As children were massacred, the police did nothing
Noted
Monkeypox: No cause for panic—yet
Southern Baptists: A sexual abuse cover-up
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
Social media: A Texas battle over online censorship
Innovation of the week
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Dying rover records giant Marsquake
Dolphins’ skin-care regime
Even mild Covid can linger
Cut TV to help your heart
Birds that climb with their faces
Either/Or • Book of the week
City of Orange
Anna: The Biography
Chosen by Therese Anne Fowler • Best books…
where land meets sea • Also of interest…
The Book List • Author of the week
Anna Weyant: The rising star of a white-hot art market
Cruel Country • Wilco
Hypnos • Ravyn Lenae
Carry Me Home • Mavis Staples & Levon Helm
Crimes of the Future
Fat Ham
Streaming tips
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Peaky Blinders • Show of the week
Salmon with a citrus slaw: Cool, delicious, ready for anything • Recipe of the week
Dining out: The best of old-school Vegas
Burgundy: Revisiting Mâcon
The 2023 Genesis GV60 • What the critics say
tents for car camping • The best of…
How to survive the infant formula shortage • Tip of the week…
Free tools that turn speech to text • Tech support…
Homes beside lakes
Energy: Europe unites on Russian oil embargo
Antitrust: Regulators reinvigorate Amazon probe
The bottom line
Credit: The end of the savings boom
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Gunmakers: An industry sheds rules and norms
Hypocrisy is a bad investment
Space is too big to leave to SpaceX
The Goodfellas star who radiated danger • Ray Liotta, 1954–2022
The engineer who designed the Death Star • Colin Cantwell, 1932–2022
The gay Holocaust survivor who spoke of love in the camps • Margot Heuman, 1928–2022
Why more is never enough
Democratic birds • The Week Contest