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

Fox pays $787 million to settle suit over election lies

It wasn’t all bad

One dead, three injured in wrong-address shootings

New revelations spur calls to investigate Thomas

Intelligence leak: How could this happen?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Beijing’s long arm

Getting the gang back together

How Burnett got her show • Carol Burnett

Facing death with LSD’s help • Dr. Roland Griffiths

Fox’s Parkinson’s breakthrough • Michael J. Fox

In the news

The plague of shoplifting gangs

Why gun sales keep soaring

Demagoguing entitlement reform

Trump changed everything

Viewpoint

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

A Russian oligarch’s easy escape

Why Meghan is skipping the coronation

How they see us: Intel leak shows U.S. to be unreliable

Brazil: Is Lula trying to alienate the U.S.?

How joy gave way to anarchy

Eritrea is undermining the truce

Bud Light: Caught in the culture war

Immigration: Florida’s draconian bill

Noted

Abbott: Justifying the murder of a protester

Feinstein: Should she resign?

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Media: Substack sees an opening as Twitter stumbles

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Rapid sea-level rise threatens the South

New squishy robots

A Bronze Age high

Superbugs found in L.A.

Chimera ants

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them • Book of the week

Romantic Comedy • Novel of the week

Losing Music: A Memoir

Chosen by Kim Sherwood • Best books…

In sibling stories • Also of interest…

Maggie Smith • Author of the week

Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter • Exhibit of the week

Multitudes • Feist

72 Seasons • Metallica

Never Enough • Daniel Caesar

Beau Is Afraid

Suzume

Camelot

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Sweet Tooth • Show of the week

Shaking salmon: A playful main-course salad from Vietnam • Recipe of the week

Dining out: North Carolina’s ‘Gate City’

Wine: A sleeper region

Exploring the epicenter of Africa’s art scene • This week’s dream

The Carlton Cannes • Hotel of the week

Wisconsin’s House on the Rock • Getting the flavor of…

Homes for house-proud dog owners

Finance: Big banks weather turbulence

Media: Netflix finally ends DVDs amid slow growth

The bottom line

Credit: Not a good time to get a loan

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Autos: Fast-tracking the electric future

Millennials are doing just fine…

…and so is the U.S. economy

The ingenious cartoonist who helped define Mad • Al Jaffee, 1921–2023

The crime writer with a crime in her past • Anne Perry, 1938–2023

The designer who made miniskirts a mod staple • Mary Quant, 1930–2023

Virtual boyfriends

Cave tourism • The Week Contest