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

Biden launches re-election campaign

It wasn’t all bad

House passes budget plan in debt ceiling challenge

Abortion pill wins reprieve at Supreme Court

Tucker Carlson: Why was he fired?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Silenced

A bully or just a tough boss?

Bowie’s skeptical bandmate • Mick “Woody” Woodmansey

An Afghan reunites with the violin • Ali Esmahilzada

How Smith mastered the hot take • Stephen A. Smith

In the news

When hospitals go broke

The toxic debate on gender

America’s incredible economy

The war on birth control has begun

Viewpoint

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

A nation of sleaze and scandal

Former king embarrasses us all

Turkey: The man who could end Erdogan’s reign

India: Surpassing China, will it be the world’s workforce?

Melbourne is winning the urban crown

A residence fit for no prime minister

Guns: Why so many young people are being shot

Noted

Hunter Biden: A political liability?

DeSantis: Losing traction in the GOP

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

SpaceX Starship: Back to the drawing board

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

How to reverse diabetes, maybe for good

New ecosystem on plastic

A vaccine against melanoma

Baseball in a warming world

Did lightning help create life?

True West: Sam Shepard’s Life, Work, and Times • Book of the week

The Great Reclamation • Novel of the week

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

Chosen by Jena Friedman • Best books…

New works in translation • Also of interest…

Molly Ringwald • Author of the week

The Thanksgiving Play

Peter Pan Goes Wrong • On other stages…

New and notable podcasts

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant

Chevalier

Little Richard: I Am Everything

Somewhere in Queens

Other People’s Children

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story • Show of the week

Swanky new Italian spots in three cities • Critics’ choice

Avocado chocolate mousse • Recipe of the week

Beer: A nitro sampler

The 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 • What the critics say

Wall clocks • The best of…

How to remove a deer tick • Tip of the week…

For all your gardening needs • Best sites…

Homes built in the 1970s

Microsoft: U.K. rejects Activision deal

Bud Light: Executives take leave amid boycott

The bottom line

Airfares: Beating the rising cost of travel

What the experts say

Charity of the week

AI: Google seeks to regain lost ground

Toxic Musk is sabotaging Twitter

When Apple comes calling, beware

The Australian comic who created Dame Edna • Barry Humphries, 1934–2023

The investor who led L.A. through tumult • Richard Riordan, 1930–2023

The dance judge who charmed two countries • Len Goodman, 1944–2023

A lonely outpost in Tent City

Titanic house • The Week Contest