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

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