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

Blame game erupts over Trump assassination attempt

What next?

King Charles’ mission to charm Trump

It wasn’t all bad

Deadlock with Iran: Who will blink first?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

How Takei kept his faith in America

A Temptation’s tale

Theron’s legacy of trauma

In the news

Murder, Inc.

Why Carlson turned on Trump

Piker’s glib defense of theft, murder

Abortion bans are failing in every way

Viewpoint

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

Living large on the ‘gravy plane’

The U.S. is costing us at every turn

Mexico: Must we harden tourist sites against attack?

United Kingdom: No smoking ever for Gen Alpha

Becoming as extremist as the U.S.

Where those with jobs are the suckers

Noted

Ukraine: Fighting back, without the U.S.

Trump: Now a pro-drug president?

Right-wing extremism: Was it manufactured?

SCOTUS: The rise of the shadow docket

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

EdTech: The growing backlash to screens in schools

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

An mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer

Evolving into redheads with celiac

Black holes’ colossal firepower

Good news for rainforests

New signs of possible Martian life

The Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark • Book of the week

The Palm House • Novel of the week

Small Town Girls: A Writer’s Memoir

Best books…chosen by Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Also of interest…in modern problems

Rachel Goldberg-Polin • Author of the week

Marcel Duchamp • Exhibit of the week

Noah Kahan • The Great Divide

Kehlani • Kehlani

Foo Fighters • Your Favorite Toy

The Lost Boys

The Rocky Horror Show

Animal Farm

Streaming tips • New music profiles

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Remarkably Bright Creatures • Show of the week

Jerk chicken: Jamaica’s gift to the world • Recipe of the week

Portland, Maine: A thriving restaurant city

Wine: Sauvignon blanc

This week’s dream: Paris to New York in a VIP bubble

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Making astrology your travel agent

This week: Craftsman homes

The bottom line

OpenAI: Musk v. Altman trial begins

Fed: Powell to stay on after chairmanship ends

There can only be one bean club

Taxing the penthouse: New York’s plan for pieds-à-terre

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Stocks: Why investors aren’t fazed by the Iran war

A slippery grip on the financial cliff

What was the Powell probe all for?

The Traffic member who wrote ‘Feelin’ Alright?’ • Dave Mason 1946–2026

The diplomat who risked everything for refugees • Lionel Rosenblatt 1943–2026

The lawyer who made women’s rights more than a punch line • Sonia Pressman Fuentes 1928–2026

‘That wasn’t me’

The Week Contest