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
Justice Department investigating Trump’s actions
Ukraine seeks to win back southern territory
It wasn’t all bad
Covid: The high cost of the ‘new normal’
Good week/bad week
Only in America
Abortion on the ballot
The horror of no Dijon
The next great blues guitarist • Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Hoover’s crushed dreams • Linda Hoover
How dyslexia became Branson’s ‘superpower’ • Richard Branson
In the news
Brexit after Boris
Puncturing Bannon’s impunity
The need for nuclear power
Did Biden cause a drop in gas prices?
Viewpoint
I read it in the tabloids • It must be true…
Shamed out of a deserved vacation
Don’t make the kids all dress alike
Heat wave: Europe’s future is sizzling
Myanmar: Shock over executions of activists
Women’s clothing is not the emergency
A decaying monument to Soviet dreams
Secret Service: The ‘lost’ Jan. 6 texts
The GOP: Dominated by MAGA extremists
Noted
Newsom: The sound of presidential ambition
Same-sex marriage: Will Republicans vote ‘no’?
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
The CHIPS Act: Urgent need or massive giveaway?
Innovation of the week
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Diet or exercise alone isn’t enough
Reassessing depression
When men lose the Y
Shark attack uptick
The woodpecker’s secret
The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays • Book of the week
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow • Novel of the week
Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional
Chosen by Meg Gardiner • Best books…
In family ties • Also of interest…
Rafael Agustin • Author of the week
Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern • Exhibit of the week
Gemini Rights • Steve Lacy
Entering Heaven Alive • Jack White
Emotional Creature • Beach Bunny
Nope
Vengeance
The Kite Runner
Streaming tips
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Reservation Dogs • Show of the week
Bold new avenues for French cooking • Critics’ choice
Pan bagnat • Recipe of the week
Tonic water: A taste test
Hiking from hut to hut in the Bavarian Alps • This week’s dream
The Saint James • Hotel of the week
A weekend in Vancouver • Getting the flavor of…
Homes in Santa Fe
Walmart: Profit warning bodes ill for retail
The Fed: Rates rise again to combat inflation
The bottom line
Meltdowns: Crypto firms face a run on the bank
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Primary care: Amazon’s health-care ambitions
Inflation fear trumps good news on jobs
You might soon miss globalization
The immigrant who popularized Mexican cuisine • Diana Kennedy, 1923–2022
The filmmaker who captured the counterculture • Bob Rafelson, 1933–2022
The political wife who whittled trees into art • Emilie Brzezinski, 1932–2022
Saving Methuselah
Bennifer movie • The Week Contest