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

Xi tightens his Mao-like control of China

It wasn’t all bad

In crisis, the U.K. selects yet another prime minister

Russia issues new threats in Ukraine

The midterms: What will Republicans do if they win?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Failed defenses

Pardons for lockdown flouters

Why Gates traces roots • Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Phillips’ bittersweet memories • Michelle Phillips

How Jenner turned family into fortune • Kris Jenner

In the news

Rebuilding after climate disasters

Florida’s shameful voter trap

Celebrating the 8 billionth human being

The last democratic election?

Viewpoint

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

How far will this neofascist government go?

Giving China leverage over our economy

United Kingdom: A prime minister breaking barriers

China: Rivals trampled, Xi is now effectively dictator

How tiny parties control our fate

Why Khan is being kept out of power

Anti-Semitism: A growing contagion

Durham probe: What it revealed

Noted

Democracy: A low priority for voters?

Arkansas: Trans teen treatment on trial

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Social media: Why fake news is now everywhere

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

The biggest space explosion ever seen

Cancer from hair straighteners

Mosquitoes like certain smells

Female dogs are judging you

A human–computer chip hybrid

American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis • Book of the week

The Passenger • Novel of the week

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

Chosen by Zosia Mamet • Best books…

In getting inside our heads • Also of interest…

Alan Moore • Author of the week

Taylor Swift’s Midnights: A marketable inward turn

Van Gogh in America • Exhibit of the week

The Banshees of Inisherin

Till

Death of a Salesman

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Causeway • Show of the week

Autumnal sides: Two dishes ripe for holiday season • Recipes of the week

Dining out: Telluride’s culinary treasures

Wine: Loire reds

Day-hiking through Greater Paris • This week’s dream

Aman New York • Hotel of the week

Hawaii’s ongoing eruption • Getting the flavor of…

Homes with beautiful fall foliage

Earnings: Google slowdown causes tech jitters

Twitter: Musk plans major cuts after takeover

The bottom line

Swipe wars: New rules could hit credit card rewards

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Employment: Cracking down on the freelance economy

Biden’s China strategy is working

… but his U.S. economic policy is not

The humorist who spun tales of the heartland • Roger Welsch, 1936–2022

The doctor who diagnosed fetuses in the womb • Beryl Benacerraf, 1949–2022

The civil rights activist whose father was enslaved • Daniel Smith, 1932–2022

The enchantment machine

Soup vandalism • The Week Contest