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

Race tightens as Harris gains momentum

What next?

Hamas and Hezbollah leaders assassinated

It wasn’t all bad

Vance: The furor over ‘childless cat ladies’

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Jones’ ‘traumatic’ animal encounter

Casting a spell on celebrity

Haliburton’s grudge-powered game

In the news

When LBJ stood down

Was Harris really Biden’s ‘border czar’?

Biden’s farewell was forced

A campaign focused on gender roles

Viewpoint

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

Venezuela: Declaring victory, Maduro won’t go

Dump Trudeau like Democrats dumped Biden

Why is Israel still competing?

Rooting out Iran’s malign influence

A pariah on the beach volleyball court

France: A defiant, divisive Olympic opening ceremony

Noted

Memes: Harris’ viral ‘brat’ summer

Policing: Why was Sonya Massey killed?

Harris: Who should be her running mate?

Vance: A blood-and-soil definition of America

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Google vs. OpenAI: Will we all lose the search wars?

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

‘Dark oxygen’ deep in the ocean

Komodo dragons’ iron teeth

A breakthrough for longevity

Chimp conversations

Mercury’s mantle of diamonds

The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Hidden History of Math’s Unsung Trailblazers • Book of the week

Catalina • Novel of the week

The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA

Best books…chosen by Lev Grossman

Also of interest…in seeking connections

Jasmin Graham • Author of the week

Mary Cassatt at Work • Exhibit of the week

New and notable podcasts

Deadpool & Wolverine: Triumph of an aging fan base

Kneecap • Directed by Rich Peppiatt (R)

Arranger: A new high mark for sliding-block puzzles

Streaming tips • The Olympics at the movies

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Instigators • Show of the week

Tomato season: Two ways to exalt your summer treasures

Road trip: Great dining in the Berkshires

Wine: French ‘vins de soif’

This week’s dream: The lavender fields of Brihuega, Spain

Rosewood Schloss Fuschl • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Paris travel etiquette

This week: Homes in modern farmhouse style

The bottom line

Fast food: The great price-hike rebellion

Economy: Fed signals rate cuts in September

CrowdStrike tries to say it’s really sorry

Housing: Biden pushes for national rent control

What the experts say

Charity of the week

The donor class: A Silicon Valley cage match

Fighting over Murdoch’s empire

Please don’t save us from our jobs

The novelist who plumbed women’s inner lives • Edna O’Brien 1930–2024

The editor who skewered America’s status quo • Lewis H. Lapham 1935–2024

The extreme skier who conquered the world’s impossible mountains • Sylvain Saudan 1936-2024

The accidental drug lord

The Week Contest