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

Pro-choice voters defeat ballot initiative in Ohio

It wasn’t all bad

Trump battles prosecutors over Jan. 6 evidence

New Covid variant fuels another wave

Trump: How strong is Smith’s Jan. 6 indictment?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Thomas’ RV

Migrants housed on boat

Dench’s battle with blindness • Judi Dench

The artist who bears witness to tragedy • Roberto Marquez

Weaver’s dramatic persistence • Sigourney Weaver

In the news

Artificial intelligence in the schools

Republicans who saved the country

Trump’s lifetime of racism

Democrats dust off Harris

Viewpoint

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

Utter anarchy as thieves loot our stores

Let the elderly keep their paper receipts

Eastern Europe: Russia menaces NATO’s eastern flank

South Africa: Is ‘Kill the Boer’ really a call to genocide?

Forgotten prisoner of the Duterte regime

Can farmers survive the hot new normal?

Migrants: NYC reaches ‘breaking point’

MAGA: Are elites to blame for populism?

Noted

Music: Why are fans pelting performers?

Drugs: Oregon’s decriminalization experiment

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Black box: Growing pains for ChatGPT

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

How the Voyager 2 mission was saved

Brain-eating bacteria are active

Women were hunters, too

A cancer kill switch

A ‘stupendous’ whale fossil

A Most Tolerant Little Town: The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation • Book of the week

Somebody’s Fool • Novel of the week

Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit

Chosen by Tom Rachman • Best books…

In pregnancy stories • Also of interest…

Silvia Moreno-Garcia • Author of the week

Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth • Exhibit of the week

Austin • Post Malone

City of Gold • Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway

Classical’s push toward streaming

The Meg 2: The Trench

Shortcomings

Back to the Future: The Musical

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Killing It • Show of the week

Three distinct approaches to Italian • Critics’ choice

Havuc tarator (Turkish-style carrot salad with yogurt) • Recipe of the week

Vermouth: Beyond mixers

The 2024 Ford Mustang GT • What the critics say

Late-summer camping • The best of…

Three TV picture settings to turn off • Tip of the week…

For home improvement projects • Best apps…

Homes in the woods

WeFailed: WeWork warns of likely insolvency

Boardrooms: Surprise exit for Tesla’s CFO

The bottom line

#LazyGirlJob: The latest workplace rebellion

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Amazon: Slashing its way to higher profits

Big profits from small spaces

A weak try at trolling the market

The legal scholar who championed social justice • Charles Ogletree, 1952–2023

The director who made horror prestigious • William Friedkin, 1935–2023

The fashion rebel who dressed the Beatles and the Stones • Edward Sexton, 1942–2023

Fifty years of supernatural chutzpah

Lazy job • The Week Contest