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
GOP House speaker fight begins fractious new era
Biden administration overhauls asylum process
It wasn’t all bad
George Santos: The congressman who made up everything
Good week/bad week
Only in America
Study in crime
Save the baguette
A Weinstein victim’s ordeal • Rowena Chiu
Leno’s trial by fire • Jay Leno
Why Craig wanted Bond dead • Daniel Craig
In the news
The flaw in New Year’s resolutions
The fallacy in predictions of doom
Trump’s unaudited tax returns
Populism’s policies are a sham
Viewpoint
I read it in the tabloids • It must be true…
When the Alps have no more snowpack
Don’t let Erdogan know who’s running
United Kingdom: NHS meltdown shocks the nation
Brazil: Bolsonaro supporters leave trail of destruction
Extra scrutiny for interfaith couples
Pelé put our country on the map
Prince Harry: Burning his royal bridges
Trump: A slide into irrelevance
Noted
NFL: A player’s near-death on the field
Covid: What the virus is telling us
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
Viral challenge: Containing TikTok
Innovation of the week
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Drinking water may help you live longer
Kids sickened by edibles
Social media changes teens
Mosquitoes are harder to kill
The disappearing frog
Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood • Book of the week
Age of Vice • Novel of the week
Roald Dahl: Teller of the Unexpected
Chosen by Allegra Goodman • Best books…
In coastal lives • Also of interest…
Art Spiegelman • Author of the week
Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice • Exhibit of the week
Every Loser • Iggy Pop
No Thank You • Little Simz
Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms… • King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
M3GAN
A Man Called Otto
Between Riverside and Crazy
Streaming tips
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
The Last of Us • Show of the week
Hasselback salmon: A ‘differently delicious’ weeknight special • Recipe of the week
Dining out: The best of beautiful Sedona
Wine: The Rhone clones
The biblical grandeur of hiking in Egypt • This week’s dream
San Domenico Palace • Hotel of the week
A week in the Arctic darkness • Getting the flavor of…
Homes in ski country
China: Jack Ma forced to cede Ant Group
Autos: A grim year for U.S. car sales
The bottom line
Office space: Remote work may hollow out downtowns
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Flying blind: Southwest’s epic meltdown
We might beat inflation after all
Henry Ford’s dark lessons for Musk
The anchor who transformed television interviewing • Barbara Walters, 1929–2022
The traditionalist pontiff who abdicated his papacy • Pope Benedict XVI, 1927–2022
Getting snipped
Royal memoir • The Week Contest