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

Trump facing hush-money indictment

China’s Xi gets a hero’s welcome in Russia

It wasn’t all bad

Iraq: Two decades later, a reckoning

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Fort Hood harassment

Fighter jets for Ukraine

Why Schwarzenegger still craves relevance • Arnold Schwarzenegger

A Ukrainian pacifist’s decision to fight • Vlad Beliavsky

Goldstein’s late goal • Brett Goldstein

In the news

Targeting the press

What we’ve learned in the pandemic

Alternatives to angry populists

Stripping blue cities of power

Viewpoint

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

Drought is spreading across Europe

Why we all sympathize with farmers

France: Protests erupt as Macron bypasses lawmakers

Russia: International justice is coming for Putin

Counterfeits take over the economy

Michelle Yeoh deserves to be celebrated

Stanford law students: Silencing a federal judge

Ukraine: The growing GOP rift

Noted

Covid: New evidence for market origin

Climate change: Blowing past the red lights

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

TikTok: New pressure for a U.S. ban

Innovation of the week

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Leave your prostate cancer alone

A tale of two Africas

Seaweed blob approaches

EPA standards for water

Killer brown widows

Poverty, by America • Book of the week

Birnam Wood • Novel of the week

Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time’s Journey Through Rock & Roll History

Chosen by Catherine Lacey • Best books…

In the lives of athletes • Also of interest…

Jenny Jackson • Author of the week

Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence • Exhibit of the week

Praise a Lord Who Chews but… • Yves Tumor

Songs of Surrender • U2

Prime • Christian McBride’s New Jawn

John Wick: Chapter 4

The Harder They Come

Parade

Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Big Door Prize • Show of the week

Butternut coconut curry: A marriage of two seasons • Recipe of the week

Healdsburg: Where to dine in wine country

Sauternes: Bordeaux’s honey

Jamaica beyond the beach resorts • This week’s dream

Pendry Washington DC— The Wharf • Hotel of the week

Colorado’s lift-free ski destination • Getting the flavor of…

Homes with great kitchens

The Fed: Raising rates despite bank woes

Google: Bard chatbot will compete with OpenAI

The bottom line

Banking: A push to insure all deposits

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Finance: Europe, U.S. move to contain bank crisis

Building a better bailout

The law that killed U.S. shipping

The prolific actor who radiated authority • Lance Reddick, 1962–2023

The author who made historical fiction fun • John Jakes, 1932–2023

The Olympic diver who never stopped achieving • Pat McCormick, 1930–2023

A perfect Aryan child

Seaweed invasion • The Week Contest