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

Ukraine advances on two fronts

Ian’s death toll rises as recovery efforts begin

It wasn’t all bad

Supreme Court: Why there’s a crisis of legitimacy

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Searching for a killer

Blackout rage

Banks’ struggle with sexism • Elizabeth Banks

Curry’s edgy side • Stephen Curry

Why Dunham fled the limelight • Lena Dunham

In the news

Europe’s surging far right

When states intervene in kids’ lives

The GOP’s shameful silence

Changing the climate message

Viewpoint

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

Could Italy backslide on abortion?

The sweater as a message of virtue

Britain: A new prime minister’s calamitous start

Russia: Could Putin face a coup?

The West’s puppet is failing us

Why officials are taking to the bottle

Concussions: The NFL’s inescapable scourge

Masculinity: Why modern men are struggling

Noted

Student debt: Is Biden’s plan legal?

Midterms: Will the polls be wrong again?

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

I, Tesla: One small step for robot-kind

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Hope for a new Alzheimer’s drug

Invasion of the stink bugs

Aged by sadness and loneliness

A spider’s ant-slaying strategy

Frozen embryo complications

Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century • Book of the week

Lucy by the Sea • Novel of the week

Listen, World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman

Chosen by Gabriel Byrne • Best books…

Among friends • Also of interest…

Namwali Serpell • Author of the week

Cataclysm: The 1972 Diane Arbus Retrospective Revisited • Exhibit of the week

Fossora • Björk

Denim & Diamonds • Nikki Lane

Weather Alive • Beth Orton

Tár

Amsterdam

Theater of the Mind

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Watcher • Show of the week

Caribbean cuisine’s moment to shine • Critics’ choice

White bean dip • Recipe of the week

Scotch: The best mixers

The 2023 Honda CR-V • What the critics say

Halloween decor • The best of…

How to safely use a generator • Tip of the week…

For medication reminders • Best apps…

Homes built in the 1930s

Twitter: Musk asks to revive $44 billion deal

Oil: OPEC and Russia agree to production cuts

The bottom line

Real estate: A national case of buyer’s remorse

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Economy: Weak Apple projections hint at global slump

A slow ride with no one at the wheel

‘Freedom’ means free trade, too

The rap artist who sang of a ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ • Coolio, 1962–2022

The reporter who held presidents to account • Bill Plante, 1938–2022

The Native American activist who shocked Oscar-goers • Sacheen Littlefeather, 1946–2022

Riding south to freedom

Wedding no-show • The Week Contest