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

U.S. moves troops as Ukraine tensions mount

Documents reveal Trump team plotting

Hospitals feel strain as Omicron passes peak

The pandemic: What would ‘endemic’ Covid mean?

Good week/bad week

Only in America

Party guards

Assange can appeal

Bullied by Beijing

A painter and Picasso muse at 100 • Françoise Gilot

Being Mitchell’s ‘Carey’ • Cary Raditz

Washington’s last act • Denzel Washington

In the news

The prison beyond the law

Boycott Beijing’s brutality

Last chance for climate legislation?

Ginni Thomas’ far-right activism

Viewpoint

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

Ghost fishing is trashing our oceans

Turning a diva into a political punching bag

Europe: EU dithers as Russia advances on Ukraine

Yemen: Bloody conflict spills over borders

What use are expired vaccines?

Welcoming a New Year in old clothes

Biden: A roller-coaster first year in office

Noted

Abortion: The final anniversary of Roe?

Covid: Mocking the unvaxxed dead

Wit & Wisdom

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Peloton: Workout tech now looks very tired

What’s new in tech • Bytes

Innovation of the week

A viral trigger for multiple sclerosis?

Sleep poorly, eat poorly

Fourth shot won’t beat Omicron

Less lightning in lockdown

Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945–1955 • Book of the week

Let’s Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World

The Maid • Novel of the week

chosen by Jessamine Chan • Best books…

in haunted houses • Also of interest…

Antoine Wilson • Author of the week

Seattle’s newest museum: A coup for NFT art?

Invisible stars: A symptom of music’s nostalgia problem

The Worst Person in the World

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy • Other new movies

The Hang

Sundance 2022: The home edition

Raising Dion • The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Streaming tips • Great Gen Z heroines…

2022 Winter Olympics • Show of the week

Caldo tlalpeño: A chicken soup with endless layers of flavor

NFT restaurants: A rush to dine out on cryptocurrency

Wine: Alto Adige’s whites

The 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5: What the critics say

refillable beauty products • The best of…

How to relax like a champ • Tip of the week…

And for those who have everything…

For working out at home • Best apps…

This week: Homes in Texas cities

Chip shortage: Supplies down to just five days

Federal Reserve: Rate hikes likely as early as March

The bottom line

Education: Colleges need money, borrowers need a break

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Markets: A stomach-churning ride for stocks

ID.me claims to know who you are

Yet another failed Bitcoin promise

The over-the-top singer who made operatic rock • Meat Loaf 1947–2022

The monk who became the ‘Father of Mindfulness’ • Thich Nhat Hanh 1926–2022

The rabbi who became a civil rights icon • Israel Dresner 1929–2022

Life in jail for the January ‘Sixers’

Going with the floe • The Week Contest