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. pushes Israel to scale down war in Gaza

It wasn’t all bad

Note to readers

Colorado court rules Trump ineligible for presidency

U.S.-led force to protect shipping from Houthi attacks

Election 2024: Will it be a referendum on abortion rights?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Von Fürstenberg’s survival instinct

Hollywood’s favorite fortune teller

How Swift learned to embrace superstardom

In the news

When Santa fought for the Union

Why Israel must be a Jewish state

Giuliani sold his soul to MAGA

Actually, crime is now falling

Viewpoint

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

Let’s skip the carp this Christmas

The bigoted legacy of Law and Justice

Ukraine: As U.S. aid dries up, Europe extends a hand

Russia: Putin embraces his status as wartime president

Plenty of Africans are not Black

Smile at a foe, prepare for the backlash

Noted

Impeachment: The GOP’s weak evidence

Climate: Will COP28 change anything?

Moms for Liberty: A co-founder’s sex scandal

Trump: Should he be immune to prosecution?

Wit &Wisdom

Poll watch

The year in review

The year in covers

Here are 40 questions to test your knowledge of the year’s events

Whose Wit & Wisdom?

Pick of the week’s cartoons

The way we were in 2023

It must be true… • The best of the tabloids in 2023

Smart glasses: Meta tries again with wearable tech

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Some of the things they said were good for us… …and some of the things we were told to avoid

The big scientific breakthroughs of 2023… …from a cure for diabetes to a fifth force of nature

Girls rule: A crowning moment for two icons

Critics’ choice: The year’s best novels…

…and the year’s best nonfiction

Critics’ choice: The best albums of 2023

Songs of the year: The critics’ top three

Critics’ choice: The year’s top 10 movies

Critics’ choice: The year’s best TV

The best of…2024 après-ski wear

2023 food trends: The push and pull of our appetites

This week: The best homes of the year

The bottom line

Takeover: Lawmakers question U.S. Steel deal

False promises: Nikola founder sentenced

Speculators feast on FTX’s carcass

Pharma: Biden ratchets up pressure on drug prices

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Holiday season: Fed optimism cheers investors

Kidnapping, torture, and online fraud

Europe’s AI rules come with a price

Among those who died in 2023…

How Mahbuba found her voice

The Week Contest