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

Israel vows to ‘destroy’ Hamas after massacres

Americans among the hostages in Gaza

House Republicans nominate Scalise as speaker

Iran: Was it involved in Hamas’ attack on Israel?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

How Richards stays sane

Growing up Sinatra

Washington’s missing puzzle piece

In the news

A century of Disney

The world without a policeman

An ‘Unfit to Serve’ tour

Celebrating activists’ deaths

Viewpoint

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

Israel: Grief and anger, and a search for answers

Whitewashing the horrors of our past

Our untapped resource: cockroaches

Immune to right-wing extremism

We’ve lost that Scandinavian orderliness

European Union: Will migration deal make a difference?

Noted

Biden: Why he’s building the wall

The Right: Hoping for a ‘Red Caesar’?

RFK Jr.: Will he play spoiler in the 2024 race?

Ukraine aid: GOP opposition grows

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

AI writing: Revolt of the author class

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Stem-cell cure for diabetes shows promise

The planets that shouldn’t be

A morning-after pill for STIs

Zoom backgrounds to impress

The crocodile that moos

Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon • Book of the week

The Wren, the Wren • Novel of the week

Monica

Best books…chosen by C Pam Zhang

Also of interest… in media power brokers

Jonathan Lethem • Author of the week

Remedios Varo: Science Fictions • Exhibit of the week

For All the Dogs • Drake

Heaven • Cleo Sol

Bluegrass • Willie Nelson

Swift on screen: Can a pop star (or two) save the movies?

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

Video games: Assassin’s Creed dives into 9th-century Baghdad

Streaming tips • Horror movies for the season

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Pigeon Tunnel • Show of the week

Mapo tofu: The secrets of a Sichuan classic • Recipe of the week

Dining out: Three landmark restaurants in Vermont

Spirits: New World whiskeys

The 2024 BMW i5: What the critics say

The best of…spring blooms to plant now

How to prep a fireplace for winter • Tip of the week…

To showcase a portfolio of work • Best sites…

This week: Homes in the Tudor style

The bottom line

Energy: Oil prices rise on Mideast conflict

Drilling: Exxon agrees to buy largest shale firm

That Apple watch? Not an heirloom

Airline points: A longer trek for rewards

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Jobs: An economy that beats the predictions?

Women’s work gets its Nobel Prize

Finding the kingpins of retail theft

The fierce linebacker who was the ultimate Bear • Dick Butkus 1942–2023

The actor who went from U.N.C.L.E. to NCIS • David McCallum 1933–2023

The funk drummer who gave New Orleans its throbbing heartbeat • Russell Batiste Jr. 1965–2023

‘They didn’t see us as human beings’

The Week Contest