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

Bipartisan Senate group seeks gun agreement

It wasn’t all bad

Ukraine falters in the east

California voters turn tough on crime

Depp vs. Heard: What the verdict revealed

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Revenge killing

Boris survives, for now

An Olympic hero’s return to obscurity • Erin Jackson

Why Selma Blair craved oblivion • Selma Blair

How Fieri won over the snobs • Guy Fieri

In the news

Mass shooters’ favorite gun

When guns are objects of idolatry

Humanity is not doomed

Hollywood’s breakup with China

Viewpoint

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

Stop selling weapons to the U.S.

Yes, Swedes really are so unhospitable

U.K.: Celebrating 70 years of Elizabeth on the throne

India: Muslim world in uproar over insult to the Prophet

The coming civil unrest over water

Why sanctions don’t bother most of us

Biden: Can he pull his presidency out of a tailspin?

Noted

2024: The GOP plan to nullify election results

Mass shootings: Should there be photos?

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Guns: Can technology help prevent shootings?

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

La Niña’s bizarre staying power

Timing your workout

Dinosaurs ran both hot and cold

Slow gait could mean dementia

The world’s largest plant

Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington • Book of the week

Tracy Flick Can’t Win • Novel of the week

Everybody Thought We Were Crazy: Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, and 1960s Los Angeles

chosen by Sloane Crosley • Best books…

in the life of the mind • Also of interest…

David Sedaris • Author of the week

Cezanne • Exhibit of the week

Big Time • Angel Olsen

White Jesus Black Problems • Fantastic Negrito

Versions of Modern Performance • Horsegirl

The Phantom of the Open

New and notable podcasts

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande • Show of the week

Redefining what a drinking establishment can be • Critics’ choice

Watermelon salad with fried shallots and fish sauce • Recipe of the week

Bitters: The new standards

Touring Maui and Lanai by e-bike • This week’s dream

Fairmont Taghazout Bay • Hotel of the week

America’s Great Plains • Getting the flavor of…

Homes in California wine country

Forecasts: Warnings of a global slowdown

Twitter: Musk renews threats to abandon deal

The bottom line

SPACs: Wall Street leaves investors holding the bag

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Leaning out: The most powerful woman in tech moves on

What if all of crypto is a scam?

Trump’s worst trade mistake

The woman who gave Gerber its baby face • Ann Turner Cook, 1926–2022

The songwriter who struck gold with ‘Itsy Bitsy’ • Paul Vance, 1929–2022

The Freud grandchild who became his severe critic • Sophie Freud, 1924–2022

The testosterone question

Delivery scroungers • The Week Contest