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

U.S. analyzing China’s downed spy balloon

Upbeat Biden touts victories, booming economy

It wasn’t all bad

African-American studies: A major victory for DeSantis?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Badger State lie

Surprise visit

The Judd family dysfunction • Wynonna Judd

Braff’s lifelong melancholy • Zach Braff

Fonda’s enduring strength • Jane Fonda

In the news

Drinking water from the sea

Gun laws from the age of muskets

Harris’ failure should not be a surprise

A real risk of another pandemic

Viewpoint

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

Our annoying habit of false modesty

Don’t water down the rape law

How they see us: A legacy of racist policing

How they see us: U.S. beefs up bases around China

Lighten up, conservatives, it’s Carnival

Party ties with Moonies run deep

Ukraine: A turning point is coming

GOP primary: Trump’s many challengers

Noted

Tipping: The annoying new norm

Covid: Is the emergency really over?

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Litigation: Is AI just stealing ideas?

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

How being obese is bad for your brain

Return of the dodo

Deer have old Covid variants

Booster is still working

Quolls die for love

Victory City: A Novel • Book of the week

After Sappho

Love, Pamela

Chosen by Heinz Insu Fenkl • Best books…

In diaries and letters • Also of interest…

Ann-Helén Laestadius • Author of the week

The 2023 Grammys: A celebration that fizzled

New and notable podcasts

Knock at the Cabin

One Fine Morning

Hogwarts Legacy: A new game reignites a Harry Potter controversy

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Sharper • Show of the week

Flies’ head: An instantly addictive Taiwanese stir fry • Recipe of the week

Dining out: Après-ski options in Aspen

Wine: Three sparklers

Oslo, reimagined and reenergized • This week’s dream

Hotel Xcaret Arte • Hotel of the week

Pittsburgh’s unexpected charms • Getting the flavor of…

Homes in and around Milwaukee

Tesla: Musk prevails in lawsuit over tweets

AI: Google and Microsoft rethink internet search

The bottom line

Employment: A jobs boom despite recession fears

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Clashes: Modi’s favored billionaire fights fraud claims

Meta cheers markets with a reality check

A bookstore’s hot product? Books

The Pakistani strongman who sided with the U.S. • Pervezm Musharraf, 1943–2023

The designer who fashioned the future • Paco Rabanne, 1934–2023

The Holocaust survivor who hid among the Hitler Youth • Solomon Perel, 1925–2023

A war against love

Messy mom • The Week Contest