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

Republicans buoyed by Youngkin’s victory

Few concrete commitments at climate summit

It wasn’t all bad

The pandemic: Should kids be vaccinated?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Fund the police

Family feud

Why Wolownick scaled El Cap • Dierdre Wolownick

McCartney’s second act • Paul McCartney

A piano maestro’s miracle gloves • João Carlos Martins

In the news

The trouble with polling

The ‘green’ case for more nuclear power

Threatening election officials

A culture-war lie about a sex assault

Viewpoint

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

Don’t treat soldiers as free labor

How Facebook fueled the extreme right

Europe: At Russia’s mercy as winter nears

Climate conference: Big polluters don’t step up

Why must gay athletes still stay silent?

Burning up our lands and legacy

Florida: DeSantis’ claim of Covid success

Manchin: Did he torpedo Biden’s agenda?

Noted

Abortion: Texas law faces Supreme skepticism

Trump 2024: Yes, he may run again

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Advertising: Apple brings down the hammer

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Innovation of the week

A universal coronavirus vaccine?

Elephants evolving to lose tusks

First exoplanet outside Milky Way

The dangers of ambulance sirens

The lemurs with rhythm

The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

Fight Night • Novel of the week

The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery

Chosen by Emily Ratajkowski • Best books…

In screen lives • Also of interest…

Jocelyn Nicole • Author of the week

I Don’t Live Here Anymore • The War on Drugs

= • Ed Sheeran

Far In • Helado Negro

New and notable podcasts

Spencer

Eternals

Laurie Anderson: The Weather • Exhibit of the week

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Streaming tips

The Shrink Next Door • Show of the week

Mediterranean lamb: A tender roast with dates and almonds

Holiday watch: The most expensive Thanksgiving ever?

Spirits: Japanese rum

This week’s dream: The pan-Adriatic appeal of Croatia’s Istria Peninsula

Getting the flavor of…

Hotel of the week

Homes near colleges

Books: U.S. sues to stop publishing merger

Pharma: Opioid makers win California ruling

The bottom line

Energy: As gas prices rise, EVs look more affordable

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Meta: Teleporting away from Facebook’s problems

America’s eye of the needle: Long Beach

Everything comes true, eventually

The gadfly who revolutionized stand-up comedy • Mort Sahl, 1927–2021

The psychologist who studied the art of ‘flow’ • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, 1934–2021

The journalist who wrote of baseball heroics • Arnold Hano, 1922–2021

Trapped in Trailer 83

Viking travel • The Week Contest