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

Defying U.S., Israel edges closer to Rafah invasion

Stormy Daniels details sexual encounter with Trump

It wasn’t all bad

Campus protests: A threat to Biden’s re-election bid?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Seinfeld’s comedy complaints

An NFL star’s battle with temptation

Griner’s prison scars

In the news

America’s organ failure

Divestment is possible, but symbolic

The power of appearing dominant

A major obstacle to selling EVs

Viewpoint

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

Tolerating Islamists who want a coup

Sick or not, Sunak wants you at work

Portugal: A long-delayed reckoning over reparations

Sudan: Fears of famine and genocide in ‘forgotten war’

Why should we pay back our enslavers?

Wellness guru can’t cure what ails us

Noted

Florida: The new abortion battleground

Antisemitism bill: A threat to free speech?

Trump 2.0: A preview of what to expect

Weed: A major change in federal policy

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Discharged: Supercharger turmoil at Tesla

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Mammograms should start at age 40

Plato’s final criticism

Bird flu killing cats

New way to spot asteroids

A mole that swims through sand

A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria • Book of the week

Real Americans • Novel of the week

My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-Wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me

Best books…chosen by Cynthia Carr

Also of interest…where life meets performance

Adam Moss • Author of the week

Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962 • Exhibit of the week

Dua Lipa • Radical Optimism

Kamasi Washington • Fearless Moment

Jessica Pratt • Here in the Pitch

I Saw the TV Glow

Evil Does Not Exist

Moms on Broadway: Two Tony-nominated plays rewrite the role

Streaming tips • Recent music documentaries

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Bridgerton • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Fun experiments in Japanese cuisine

Recipe of the week

Shochu: Japan’s true love

The 2024 Porsche Macan EV: What the critics say

The best of…linen season

Tip of the week… • How to choose dog food

And for those who have everything…

Tech support… • The best VPN services

This week: Homes with an A-frame design

The bottom line

Disney: Streaming finally turns profitable

Employment: Hiring slowdown calms overheating fears

Work from home? No, work from Disney

Home prices: Are corporate investors to blame?

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Apple: Falling iPhone sales don’t stop a buyback binge

‘Taxifornia’ may get its revenge

The deficit? Why should we worry?

The artist who never stopped innovating • Frank Stella 1936–2024

The writer who explored chance and destiny • Paul Auster1947–2024

The guitarist who invented the twangy sound of rock ’n’ roll • Duane Eddy 1938–2024

A spiral of rage

The Week Contest