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
DeSantis facing legal blowback over migrant flight
Putin calls up troops and threatens to use nukes
Trump in rising jeopardy over classified documents
Abortion: Why did Graham propose a national 15-week ban?
Good week/bad week
Only in America
Defrauding our future
A nation in mourning
Cave’s return from the abyss • Nick Cave
Wainwright’s tangled family ties • Loudon Wainwright III
How Wilde deals with the trolls • Olivia Wilde
In the news
Prosecuting the insurrectionists
Durham ends with a whimper
What weed has wrought in California
The real value of college
Viewpoint
I read it in the tabloids • It must be true…
Let us keep our royal pageantry
Reopening the debate on euthanasia
Sweden: How the far right shot to second place
Central Asia: Ukraine war strains Putin-Xi partnership
The corrupt buy their way out of prison
Why we don’t really need King Charles
Starr: The Clinton inquisitor’s legacy
Covid booster: Will people get it?
Noted
Trump: Using QAnon to threaten violence
The midterms: What happened to debates?
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
BeReal: A new app gets its social media moment
Innovation of the week
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Climate disasters all but inevitable
Making oxygen on Mars
New malaria vaccine
Just walk faster
Elk return to Virginia
Solito: A Memoir • Book of the week
If I Survive You • Novel of the week
Animal Joy: A Book of Laughter and Resuscitation
Chosen by Andrew Sean Greer • Best books…
In flights of fantasy • Also of interest…
Kate Beaton • Author of the week
Wolfgang Tillmans: To Look Without Fear • Exhibit of the week
Natural Brown Prom Queen • Sudan Archives
Expert in a Dying Field • The Beths
Asphalt Meadows • Death Cab for Cutie
Don’t Worry Darling
God’s Country
Meghan’s podcast: A public battle on pause
Serial subject freed
Streaming tips
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Blonde • Show of the week
Not your typical bar food • Critics’ choice
Suya-spiced roasted potatoes with tomato-chile relish • Recipe of the week
Wine: Today’s Beaujolais
The 2023 Genesis G90 • What the critics say
Gifts for a host or hostess • The best of…
How to talk to a dismissive doctor • Tip of the week’
For making co-parenting easier • Best apps…
Homes in Ohio
FedEx: Warning of a global slowdown
The Fed: Another sharp rate increase to fight inflation
The bottom line
Investing: Is ideology driving ESG funds?
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Outlook: As Fed fights inflation, recession fears grow
Saving the planet, 100% tax-free
Finding cash in the sewer system
The auteur in the vanguard of New Wave film • Jean-Luc Godard, 1930-2022
The wine maverick behind ‘Two-Buck Chuck’ • Fred Franzia, 1943–2022
The feminist cartoonist who drew DiDi Glitz • Diane Noomin, 1947–2022
Democracy in peril
Sailing pumpkin • The Week Contest