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

Jan. 6 panel urges Trump’s prosecution

Crisis at the border as pandemic measure may end

It wasn’t all bad

Note to readers

DeSantis: His ‘anti-vax’ strategy to beat Trump

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Severe quake

Global biodiversity pact

Why Luck walked away from football • Andrew Luck

Lebowitz’s permanent tech holiday • Fran Lebowitz

Theron’s thirst for surprises • Charlize Theron

In the news

The sounds of the season

Why JFK conspiracies endure

Our kinship with Ukraine

The myth of the single ‘town square’

Viewpoint

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

The quagmire of Roman traffic

Racist cops see Roma as the enemy

United Kingdom: Harry and Meghan burn their bridges

Japan: Rapid arms buildup alarms neighbors

Can the U.S. catch up to China?

The danger of Iran’s revolution

Trading cards: Trump’s new low

Sandy Hook: Ten years later, little has changed

Noted

World Cup: Qatar gets what it paid for

Tripledemic: To mask or not to mask?

Wit & Wisdom

The year in review

Here are 40 questions to test your knowledge of the year’s events

Pick of the week’s cartoons

The way we were in 2022

The best of the tabloids in 2022 • It must be true…

Nuclear fusion: A breakthrough after decades of work

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Some of the things they said were good for us and some of the things we were told to avoid

The big scientific breakthroughs of 2022 from nuclear fusion to a telescope in space

No limits: The arts enter the post-pandemic era

The year’s best novels • Critics’ choice

The year’s best albums • Critics’ choice

Singles of the year • The critics’ top three

The year’s top 10 movies • Critics’ choice

The year’s best TV • Critics’ choice

The transportation of tomorrow—and today!

The year in food trends

The best homes of the year

Banking: Another black eye for Wells Fargo

Bankman-Fried: FTX chief will face U.S. trial

The bottom line

Side hustles: Hosts grow disenchanted with Airbnb

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Musk: The unloved emperor of Twitter

In Ukraine, Palantir has the goods

It’s midlife crisis time for Amazon

Among those who died in 2022

‘Russian warship, go f--- yourself’

Gaming killjoy • The Week Contest