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
The new special counsel for Trump cases
It wasn’t all bad
Massacre at a gay club in Colorado Springs
Musk’s deepening chaos at Twitter
Congress: What to expect from a GOP House
Good week/bad week
Only in America
Still unsolved
No heat, no light
Barker’s brush with death • Travis Barker
A disability eased by magic mushrooms • Jim Harris
Lopez’s guarded romanticism • Jennifer Lopez
In the news
The shadow over the World Cup
A better way to reduce abortions
What caring about Covid now means
Chappelle’s hierarchy of oppression
Viewpoint
I read it in the tabloids • It must be true…
When the food isn’t politically palatable
Where bombs just keep raining down
United Kingdom: Hard times ahead as recession bites
Russia: The proof that it downed a civilian plane
Venezuelans deserve better than this
Okinawa suffers to protect Taiwan
Pelosi: A progressive pragmatist who knew how to lead
Noted
Population: Is 8 billion people too many?
Student debt: Biden’s plan in big trouble
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
Autonomous cars: Death of a dream?
Innovation of the week
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Bivalent Covid booster raises immunity
Light pollution and diabetes
Did early cavemen cook?
Masking in schools does work
Friendship among the apes
Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon • Book of the week
Flight • Novel of the week
The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family
Chosen by Charmaine Wilkerson • Best books…
Behind the music • Also of interest…
Rob Delaney • Author of the week
Alex Katz: Gathering • Exhibit of the week
Ticketmaster: Swift’s army takes on a music colossus
Bones and All
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
& Juliet
Streaming tips
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Lady Chatterley’s Lover • Show of the week
Char siu: Cantonese roast pork made easy • Recipe of the week
Dining out: The many pleasures of Burlington, Vt.
Spirits: Unique holiday gifts
Yellowstone under a blanket of snow • This week’s dream
Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa • Hotel of the week
Michoacán’s rose-colored capital • Getting the flavor of…
Homes in Queens, N.Y.
Disney: Iger returns to his throne
Sentenced: Holmes gets 11 years in Theranos fraud
The bottom line
Junk fees: Fighting the steady drip of surcharges
What the experts say
Charity of the week
FTX: Silicon Valley’s favorite whiz kid unravels
A big bet on lobbying pays off
You can’t shrink down to greatness
The speechwriter who shaped Bush’s message • Michael Gerson, 1964–2022
The art director who shook up Madison Avenue • George Lois, 1931–2022
The activist who invented the term ‘sex work ’ • Carol Leigh, 1951–2022
Lost on the Hill of Death
Lustful ghost • The Week Contest