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

Congress passes long-delayed Ukraine, Israel aid

What next?

Prosecutors tie Trump hush money to 2016 election

It wasn’t all bad

Colleges: Cracking down on antisemitism or on free speech?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Imperioli’s first big shot

How Bon Jovi lost his voice

Rhimes’ search for security

In the news

Project 2025’s radical agenda

The media’s failure on trans issues

A curious way to save democracy

Turning schools into fortresses

Viewpoint

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

Don’t joke about Catholic dogma

Taking comfort in petty corruption

Britain: A damning report on treatment for trans youth

Israel: A mild response to Iran’s shock-and-awe barrage

The rise of Arab manfluencers

Too many elite runners, too few races

Noted

2024: Will Biden and Trump debate?

NPR: An insider’s claim of liberal bias

Homelessness: Should it be illegal?

Trump trial: Why the jurors are nervous

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Streaming: At 270 million, Netflix stops counting

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Hot oceans are killing corals worldwide

Why tardigrades are so tough

Evening exercise is best

Kids’ noses fight Covid

Giant kangaroos of yore

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder • Book of the week

The Familiar • Novel of the week

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Best books…chosen by Daniel Wallace

Also of interest…in wedding plots

Alua Arthur • Author of the week

Taylor Swift’s latest: Does pop’s empress need an editor?

New and notable podcasts

Stereophonic

Broadway: The April crush

Challengers

Streaming tips • Dispatches from the art world

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Veil • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: New burgers of note in three cities

Armenian-style rice pilaf • Recipe of the week

Wine: Earthy Beaujolais

The 2024 Ford Ranger: What the critics say

The best of…Mother’s Day gifts

Five fixes for aging hair • Tip of the week…

For spring-cleaning motivation • Best apps…

This week: Homes in Arizona

The bottom line

Tech: U.S. passes law to force TikTok sale

Reversals: Tesla profits drop amid steep sales decline

Tune in, turn on, get on Zoom

Workplace: The right to be left alone

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Union battles: A big Southern victory for the UAW

The GE way ends in a fire sale

Amazon’s black ops department

The journalist who spent six years in captivity • Terry Anderson 1947–2024

The guitarist who was born a ‘Ramblin’ Man’ • Dickey Betts 1943–2024

The ‘New South’leader who fought racism and the IRS • David Pryor 1934–2024

Abortion goes back to the shadows

The Week Contest