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

Ukraine aid bill hits GOP roadblock in House

It wasn’t all bad

Israel readies attack on Hamas in Rafah

House impeaches Homeland Security secretary over border

Biden: Will his age cost him the White House?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Huffman’s post-prison processing

Rachmaninoff’s last living student

Why Gosling can relate to Ken

In the news

The great moon race

The GOP’s complete capitulation

How leftists could help Trump win

Fringe beliefs are now mainstream

Viewpoint

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

Terrorists among the refugees

Selling off our architectural heritage

How they see us: Trump’s chilling NATO threat

Pakistan: Shock election result as Imran Khan wins from jail

A tradition of demonizing other Africans

Who wants to bomb us next?

Noted

School shootings: Prosecuting killers’ parents

Border: Can Biden slow the migrant surge?

Tucker Carlson: Promoting Putin’s propaganda

Supreme Court: Likely to keep Trump on ballot

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Tech jobs: The endless buffet starts to run out

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

AI deciphers ancient Roman scrolls

Phthalates and preemies

The autoimmune X factor

New hurricane category

The worms that live in ice

Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See • Book of the week

Cahokia Jazz • Novel of the week

Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?: Letters of Love and Lust From the White House

Best books…chosen by Hisham Matar

Also of interest…in life during wartime

Sheila Heti • Author of the week

Africa & Byzantium • Exhibit of the week

What Now • Brittany Howard

Coming Home • Usher

Prelude to Ecstasy • The Last Dinner Party

Bob Marley: One Love

Out of Darkness

How to Have Sex

Streaming tips • New sports documentaries

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Avatar: The Last Airbender • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Showy dining’s hits and misses

Swamp soup (green chicken soup) • Recipe of the week

Spirits: West Coast gins

The 2024 Lexus GX 550: What the critics say

The best of…all-season quilts

How to test-drive your next mattress • Tip of the week…

For alternatives to Mint • Best apps…

This week: Homes that are one of a kind

The bottom line

Economy: Inflation data rattles investors

Stocks: S&P index hits 5,000 in bull-market milestone

Build-A-Bear pushes into NSFW territory

College costs: Parents struggle with aid glitches

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Banking: A post-Covid real estate reckoning

An ‘invasion’ of workers and strivers

S.F. is still the capital of the future

The working man who ruled the country charts • Toby Keith 1961–2024

The maestro who conducted from memory • Seiji Ozawa 1935–2024

The gay nightclub impresario who launched superstars • Steve Ostrow 1932–2024

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