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 charged with violating the Espionage Act

Notching slim gains, Ukrainians aim to break Russia’s line

It wasn’t all bad

2024: How should Trump’s rivals handle his indictment?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Climate trial

Sturgeon arrested

Why Cranston is eying retirement • Bryan Cranston

Colicchio’s kitchen war stories • Tom Colicchio

Barrymore’s rock bottom • Drew Barrymore

In the news

AI: The worst-case scenario

When public schools teach dogma

Democrats’ electoral pact invites chaos

UFO ‘secrets’ that always lack evidence

Viewpoint

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

Why not toot our horn for once?

Paying dictators to do our dirty work

Italy: Farewell to Europe’s first populist

Russia: Counting on Austria as a friend in the EU

Using AI in military psyops

Why Messi is going to America

Climate change: The growing danger of wildfire smoke

Noted

Trump defense: What about Clinton and Biden?

Gerrymandering: A Supreme Court surprise

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Range anxiety: Tesla is winning the charger wars

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Did ancient hominins bury their dead?

The ‘holy grail’ of geology

Ice-free Arctic in the 2030s

The lung cancer pill

A crocodile’s virgin birth

Pageboy: A Memoir • Book of the week

Kairos • Novel of the week

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

Chosen by Melanie Hamrick • Best books…

In flower power • Also of interest…

Rebecca May Johnson • Author of the week

Sarah Sze: Timelapse • Exhibit of the week

The Age of Pleasure • Janelle Monáe

Weathervanes • Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

But Here We Are • Foo Fighters

The 2023 Tony Awards: No writers, no problem

The Flash

Elemental

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Bear • Show of the week

Ciambotta: An Italian vegetable stew that’s made for summer • Recipe of the week

Road trip: Sampling seafood on Oregon’s coast

Spirits: Flavoring included

Five of the most underrated U.S. national parks • This week’s dream

Homes in Wyoming

Inflation: Fed pauses rate hikes as prices ebb

JPMorgan: New settlement with Epstein victims

The bottom line

The S&P 500: A few giants dominate the index

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Sports-washing: Golf gets a Saudi makeover

CNN has no CEO—and no plan

Remember the hype about 5G?

The televangelist who politicized the Christian right • Pat Robertson, 1930–2023

The domestic terrorist known as the Unabomber • Ted Kaczynski, 1942–2023

When the tsunami comes

Secondhand quitter • The Week Contest