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

Debt deal heading for passage

Texas impeaches its Trump-allied attorney general

It wasn’t all bad

Trump: Could democracy survive a second term?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

In ruins

Green canal

Rivera’s bamboo breakthrough • Chita Rivera

Why Singer is ‘flexibly vegan’ • Peter Singer

Simon’s sounds of silence • Paul Simon

In the news

How Trump’s wall is working

Real men don’t act like jerks

Kissinger’s bloodstained legacy

Why new Covid shots are coming

Viewpoint

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

The bomb sitting under all our homes

Playing politics while Ukraine is burning

Spain: Racist soccer fans force a national reckoning

Turkey: What another term of Erdogan means for the West

Another victim of the war: the arts

College grads see no jobs, no future

Sports Illustrated: Putting Martha in a swimsuit

Clean Water Act: Supreme Court rewrites a law

Noted

Target: A backlash over gay pride displays

DeSantis: What he’s offering America

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Social media: A sharp warning of risks to teens

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

The city network of the ancient Maya

How blackouts could kill

Plastic recycling’s downside

Paralyzed man walks again

Killer whales fight back

The World: A Family History of Humanity • Book of the week

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece • Novel of the week

The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic

Chosen by Janika Oza • Best books…

In friendships made and broken • Also of interest…

Emily Henry • Author of the week

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map • Exhibit of the week

My Soft Machine • Arlo Parks

Brandy Clark • Brandy Clark

Now • Graham Nash

Succession’s farewell: The Dallas of 2023?

Cannes: Scorsese’s big splash

New and notable podcasts

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Crowded Room • Show of the week

Carne asada: An inimitable Mexican grilling tradition • Recipe of the week

Dining out: Why L.A. is America’s sushi capital

Wine: 2022’s Bordeaux

A festive pilgrimage through Andalusia • This week’s dream

The Georgian • Hotel of the week

Florida’s watery national park • Getting the flavor of…

Homes in Brooklyn

Global trade: U.S. CEOs seek closer China ties

Climate: State Farm stops selling California policies

The bottom line

Inflation math: Higher prices, higher profits

What the experts say

Charity of the week

AI gold rush: Nvidia joins the trillion-dollar club

AI will help you work even harder

The return of the dirigible?

The explosive singer of soul and grit • Tina Turner, 1939–2023

The academic who protected campus free speech • Robert Zimmer, 1947–2023

The Jewish singer who played Native Americans • Ed Ames, 1927–2023

Prolonging the suffering

Cheap wine • The Week Contest