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
Democrats’ victory on climate, health-care bill
FBI seizes records at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home
China menaces Taiwan with live-fire drills
Abortion: What the Kansas referendum reveals
Good week/bad week
Only in America
Abortion surveillance
Ukraine strikes back
Bakalova’s accidental comedy career • Maria Bakalova
Norman Lear at 100 • Norman Lear
Byrne’s battle with shame • Gabriel Byrne
In the news
The search for more effective vaccines
Anti-vaccine nonsense is spreading
Trump’s many gifts to Democrats
When cops lie to protect themselves
Viewpoint
I read it in the tabloids • It must be true…
Where online threats go unpunished
It’s hardly neutral to host oligarchs
Kosovo: The next European flashpoint?
How they see us: China’s furious response to Pelosi
Two years later, we’re finally open
The extremists sent to fight in Ukraine
Jones: A conspiracy peddler’s reckoning
GOP primaries: Democrats aid election deniers
Noted
Climate change: Is it already 2050?
CPAC: Embracing Orbán as a role model
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
Social media: Abortion, the new free-speech battleground
Innovation of the week
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Why red meat is bad for you
All known proteins mapped
Vitamin D doesn’t help bones
Keeping organs alive
Mystery holes on ocean floor
Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy • Book of the week
Delphi • Novel of the week
Mothercare: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence
Chosen by Megan Giddings • Best books…
In Hollywood stories • Also of interest…
Mohsin Hamid • Author of the week
Florist • Florist
Hold On Baby • King Princess
Not Tight • Domi & JD Beck
Video games: As Dusk Falls and other narrative triumphs
Emily the Criminal
A Love Song
The Butcher Boy
Streaming tips
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
House of the Dragon • Show of the week
Rediscovering the big flavors of the Levant • Critics’ choice
Zucchini-cucumber salad with pine nuts and mint • Recipe of the week
Beer: The gluten-free gang
Riding horses in coastal Mozambique • This week’s dream
Ocean House • Hotel of the week
A town immersed in lavender • Getting the flavor of…
Homes in Detroit
Prices: Inflation rate eases to 8.5 percent
Credit: Goldman faces questions on Apple Card
The bottom line
Price spiral: Is the Boss gouging his fans?
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Economy: U.S. adds jobs despite recession fears
An antitrust shot at the wrong target
Blatant hypocrisy on housing
The dulcet-voiced crooner who starred in Grease • Olivia Newton-John, 1948–2022
The beloved longtime voice of the Dodgers • Vin Scully, 1927–2022
The abused prisoner who became an activist and speaker • Albert Woodfox, 1947–2022
Training teachers to shoot back
Body window • The Week Contest