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

Biden issues dark warning on Jan. 6 anniversary

It wasn’t all bad

U.S. aims to prevent Gaza war from spreading

Spending deal leaves gaps on border, Ukraine aid

Supreme Court: Will the justices disqualify Trump?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Why Hendricks prefers corsets to girdles

Every train traveler’s nightmare

Cher’s May-December romance

In the news

Behemoths of the seas

Robbing women of personhood

A dangerous ‘swatting’ epidemic

The president who took foreign cash

Viewpoint

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

Let Parliament move into the palace

A wave of arson attacks on migrants

France: Why some still support accused rapist Depardieu

Israel: United in disgust for Netanyahu’s leadership

Cats make inmates into better men

Toxic politics is fueling violence

Higher ed: The culture war consuming academia

Noted

The GOP primaries: A lock for Trump?

Covid: Why it seems like everyone’s sick

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Copycat chat: The New York Times sues OpenAI

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

A protein that could help stave off aging

Apes remember their friends

New antibiotic to the rescue

How tears melt your heart

A look at Io’s volcanoes

Molly • Book of the week

Welcome Home, Stranger • Novel of the week

How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity

Best books…chosen by Alexis Soloski

Also of interest…in the final frontier

Christian Wiman • Author of the week

Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy • Exhibit of the week

Appropriate

Purple Rain now stage-bound

The Book of Clarence

All of Us Strangers

The 2024 Golden Globes: A shaky start to awards season

Streaming tips • Documentaries for paranoid times

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

True Detective: Night Country • Show of the week

Big Boss chicken: A powerful blend of humor and flavor • Recipe of the week

Dining out: The best of Joshua Tree

Wine: White bordeaux

This week’s dream: A Caribbean paradise with no crowds at all

Raffles London • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

This week: Homes built of stone

The bottom line

BYD: Chinese automaker takes EV sales crown

Markets: S&P 500 ends 2023 with 24 percent gain

Hot stock tips move into the home office

Post-pandemic: Bosses try to bring back hustle culture

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Midair blowout: Another black mark for Boeing

Recreational drugs for the billionaire set

Is the West giving up on progress?

The actress who inspired a Sondheim classic • Glynis Johns 1923–2024

The soldier who guided troops across the desert • Mike Sadler 1920–2024

The reluctant Hutch who used TV fame as a springboard • David Soul 1943–2024

The $250 million Maoist revolutionary

The Week Contest