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

Chinese rise up over Covid restrictions

It wasn’t all bad

High voter enthusiasm in Georgia runoff

Lake contests her loss in Arizona

Gun violence: Would new laws matter?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Catfish killer

Fired for being no fun

Thompson’s lesson in love • Emma Thompson

Why Weir rejects adoration • Bob Weir

The doomed mission Cameron missed • James Cameron

In the news

If China invades Taiwan

The GOP’s lost generation

Post-Roe horrors at hospitals

Why Trump’s tax returns still matter

Viewpoint

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

Why we need to hire local talent

Reminding Orbán what century it is

Poland: ‘No thanks’ to help from Germany

Ethiopia: The glaring flaw in the peace deal

An armed land, thanks to Bolsonaro

Where kids take on adult responsibility

Supreme Court: Cozy ties to religious activists

Twitter: Musk’s clear political agenda

Noted

McCarthy: Is his speakership bid doomed?

Trump: The anti-Semites who came to dinner

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Gaming: Virtual reality’s only killer app

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Artemis 1’s high orbit around the moon

Dangers of repeat Covid

Anxiety and high blood pressure

No drinking during pregnancy

Turtles talk, just not much

G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century • Book of the week

Now Is Not the Time to Panic • Novel of the week

Suzuki: The Man and His Dream to Teach the Children of the World

Chosen by Stephanie McCarter • Best books…

In major new memoirs • Also of interest…

Bonnie Garmus • Author of the week

Downstate

Cazimi • Caitlin Rose

King’s Disease III • Nas

And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow • Weyes Blood

Video games: Pentiment and other historical adventures

New and notable podcasts

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Emancipation • Show of the week

New destinations in three pizza capitals • Critics’ choice

Ginger-scallion skillet shrimp with napa cabbage • Recipe of the week

Spirits: Nonalcoholic rum

Holiday gift guide: The year’s best toys

Homes built in the 1940s

Retail: Deep discounts bring shoppers back

Feuds: Twitter-Apple standoff over App Store fees

The bottom line

Boomerang bosses: Tough lessons from Disney

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Troubled union: Apple’s China problem

Empty words on Russian oil and gas

How crypto burned Black investors

The singer whose Fame burned out early • Irene Cara, 1959–2022

The computer programmer with a sense of humor • Fred Brooks, 1931–2022

The activist wife who protected Thurgood Marshall • Cissy Marshall, 1928–2022

Work, transformed

Walker robber • The Week Contest