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

Trump weighs putting boots on the ground in Iran

What next?

Israel bombs Beirut in battle against Hezbollah

Senate debates GOP voter ID bill

Iran: Is the U.S. ready for a new wave of terrorism?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Lillard’s hard lessons in fame

An assistant to ‘the devil’ looks back

How Styles hit his stride

In the news

The weed-killer wars

Putin’s big windfall from the Iran war

Our economy depends on immigrants

Paying taxes is for little people

Viewpoint

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

Ramadan in the age of excess

Don’t just rally around the flag

Persian Gulf: When you build in a bad neighborhood

Britain: Dukes and earls booted from House of Lords

Dragged into war by the U.K.

Hollywood preens as the world burns

Noted

Media: The war over war reporting

Republicans: Embracing Islamophobia?

Trump: When footwear becomes fealty

Antisemitism: Blaming all Jews for Israel

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Data centers: The new casualties of war

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Why sea level rise is suddenly worse

The fascinating multiplicity of ants

How stressful people age you

Meth, coke use linked to stroke

Music in the sun

Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity • Book of the week

Repetition • Novel of the week

Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!

Best books…chosen by M.L. Stedman

Also of interest…in our global neighbors

Tom Junod • Author of the week

Carol Bove • Exhibit of the week

Jack Harlow • Monica

The Black Crowes • A Pound of Feathers

Kim Gordon • Play Me

Oscars 2026: Spreading the love around

Project Hail Mary

Every Brilliant Thing

Streaming tips • On crimes of war

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

For All Mankind • Show of the week

Pork chops with nam pla prik: Everyday Thai

Happy transitions: Classic restaurants with new chefs

Garnacha: Spain’s other red

This week’s dream: Keeping cool on the Côte

Park Hyatt Tokyo • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Flying in a global crisis

This week: Hygge homes

The bottom line

Nvidia: Chip giant makes a $1 trillion forecast

Fed: Holding rates steady for another month

The malls are packed with teens again

Private credit: Start of a new financial meltdown?

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Autos: Bad timing for the war on EVs

A big-box retailer you can root for

So much for reining in ticket prices

The philosopher who argued for public debate • Jürgen Habermas 1929–2026

The Green Beret who inflated his own myth • Bo Gritz 1939–2026

The biologist who sounded the alarm on overpopulation • Paul Ehrlich 1932–2026

California’s deadliest avalanche

The Week Contest