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

Videos show savagery of Memphis police killing

Blinken calls for calm as violence spikes in Israel

It wasn't all bad

GOP House: McCarthy and the politics of payback

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Gender treatments banned

Doppelganger murder

Kendrick’s toxic relationship • Anna Kendrick

How Pugh endures frigid swims • Lewis Pugh

Why Sánchez fell for Bezos • Lauren Sánchez

In the news

The fentanyl scourge

How to end the war in Ukraine

The failure of single-payer health care

DeSantis’ biggest weakness

Viewpoint

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

Ukraine war tests our neutrality

Why we’ll limp back to the EU

Ireland: Are alcohol warning labels a buzzkill?

India: Modi tries to block a damning BBC documentary

How deep is complicity with cartels?

Refugee camps are rife with militancy

#DiedSuddenly: Anti-vaxxers’ fear campaign

Trans teens: Should schools notify parents?

Noted

Durham probe: How Barr weaponized the DOJ

Trump: Welcomed back onto Facebook

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Tech layoffs: First the boom, then the hangover

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Earth’s mysterious spinning core

Extra benefits of TB vaccine

Concussion? Go to school

The bacteria clearing oceans

Mushrooms that eat worms

The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America • Book of the week

This Other Eden • Novel of the week

And Finally: Matters of Life and Death

Chosen by Julia May Jonas • Best books…

Roommates and houseguests • Also of interest…

Hanif Kureishi • Author of the week

Frank Bowling’s Americas • Exhibit of the week

Gloria • Sam Smith

Honey • Samia

Long Way From Home • JD Clayton

80 for Brady

Close

After Love

Dead Space • Video games

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

You • Show of the week

Three new Mediterranean adventures • Critics’ choice

Cauliflower and chickpea salad with cilantro-mint dressing • Recipe of the week

Beer: The perfect pair

The 2023 Honda Pilot • What the critics say

Entry-level turntables • The best of…

How to clean winter coats • Tip of the week…

How to encrypt files and drives • Tech support…

Homes with great bedrooms

Bankruptcy: J&J can’t hide from lawsuits

Billionaires: Claims of fraud rattle Asia’s richest man

The bottom line

Sticker shock: A side effect of new drugs

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Finance: Goldman loses its edge

Putting the squeeze on franchises

A huge gray market for Russian oil

The Television frontman with the soul of a poet • Tom Verlaine, 1949–2023

The Tuskegee Airman who escaped a lynching • Harold Brown, 1924–2023

The sitcom actress who did slapstick as Shirley • Cindy Williams, 1947–2023

My pursuit of zero plastic

Anti-aging quest • The Week Contest