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 vow retaliation after Trump conviction

What next?

U.S. launches southern border crackdown

Drugs at center of Hunter Biden gun trial

Election 2024: Will Trump’s guilty verdict matter to voters?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

How Corgan wrestled with depression

The loving insights of Ghost’s writer

McLachlan’s retreat from the spotlight

In the news

Here come the cicadas

Europe’s terror of Trump

Protecting the NRA’s speech rights

A cynical calculation by billionaires

Viewpoint

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

Mexico: Will new president be a puppet of AMLO?

Don’t invite the whites into a coalition

Treat divorce as a human rights issue

Forcing people to choose death

Blind to our casual xenophobia

How they see us: Running a felon for president

Trump trial: Why he lost and what comes next

Noted

Baseball: Seeking to rectify its record books

Ukraine: Biden’s costly indecision

Wit &Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Right shift: Musk opens tech’s door to Trump

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Giving babies peanuts cuts allergy risk

Crows count out loud

Pregnancy’s energy drain

HPV vaccine good for men

Robot speedster

Summer reading: Twisty stories of love and murder

Best books…chosen by Ivy Pochoda

Also of interest…in the great outdoors

Mary Claire Haver • Author of the week

Christina Ramberg: A Retrospective • Exhibit of the week

The Banksy Museum

Dark Times • Vince Staples

Night Reign • Arooj Aftab

News of the Universe • La Luz

Young Woman and the Sea

In a Violent Nature

New and notable podcasts

Streaming tips • Tales of immigrant strivers

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Presumed Innocent • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: New and classic seafood standouts

Grilled flank steak • Recipe of the week

Canned wine: Summer’s best

The 2025 Subaru Forester: What the critics say

The best of…e-bikes for commuters

How to consume fewer pesticides • Tip of the week…

For sending faxes • Best apps…

This week: Homes built of brick

The bottom line

Trading: Clamping down on meme stocks

xAI: Musk shifts Tesla AI chips from Tesla to new firm

The shady business of coaching coaches

Office life: An epidemic of loneliness

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Health care: Wall Street’s bad prescription

Brands find the value of neutrality

Elon Musk’s space-launch monopoly

The basketball giant who beat pain and a stutter • Bill Walton 1952–2024

The producer who made The Godfather • Albert S. Ruddy 1930–2024

The former teacher who revolutionized American parenting • Adele Faber 1928–2024

A too-perfect stone

The Week Contest