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

Deadline looms on debt ceiling as positions harden

Ukraine may finally get F-16 fighter jets

It wasn’t all bad

DeSantis: Can he woo Republicans away from Trump?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Water deal

EU fines Meta

Matthews’ hopeful dad rock • Dave Matthews

Foster’s creative burst • Norman Foster

Why Wilson is no Matilda • Mara Wilson

In the news

Censoring ideas and rewriting history

Covering up Feinstein’s dementia

The wildfire toxins in your lungs

Young voters may weaken the GOP

Viewpoint

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

The alarming rise of private policing

We Irish were migrants once, too

Italy: Epic floods are the new normal

How they see us: Biden ditches his allies

U.S. Christians are driving anti-gay laws

Why we Arabs love to diss our own

Trump and Russia: It was no ‘hoax’

Noted

Daniel Penny: Hero or criminal?

No Labels: Why Democrats are sweating

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

AI: Looking for the soul of the machine

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

A genome for all humans

Skin patch for peanut allergy

Good diet is as good as exercise

Why some get long Lyme

Saturn’s extra moons

Red Memory: The Afterlives of China’s Cultural Revolution • Book of the week

Chain-Gang All-Stars • Novel of the week

The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption

Chosen by Jamie Loftus • Best books…

In coming of age • Also of interest…

R.F. Kuang • Author of the week

Judging Warhol: A Supreme Court slap for art’s borrowers

Seven Psalms • Paul Simon

Gag Order • Kesha

I Hope You Can Forgive Me • Madison McFerrin

You Hurt My Feelings

The Little Mermaid

Fast X • Video games

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Idol • Show of the week

Old-school haunts with enduring charm • Critics’ choice

Green goddess grain bowl • Recipe of the week

Wine: Underrated picpoul

The 2023 Dodge Hornet • What the critics say

Denim beyond jeans • The best of…

Why an iPhone? Why Android? • Tip of the week…

For weightlifters at every level • Best apps…

Homes with great views

Retail: A theft epidemic hits the bottom line

Space race: Blue Origin gets lunar-lander contract

The bottom line

New grads: Looking for work—or just ‘funemployment’

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Culture wars: Disney hits back against DeSantis

In Miami, partying like it’s still 2022

Japan’s long malaise may be ending

The NFL legend and actor with a complex legacy • Jim Brown, 1936–2023

The acclaimed novelist who ruffled feathers • Martin Amis, 1949–2023

The chronicler of a life with three failing hearts • Amy Silverstein, 1963–2023

When choice is gone

Dog accomplice • The Week Contest