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 fumes as Harris campaign picks up speed

What next?

Ukraine grabs Russian land in surprise offensive

It wasn’t all bad

Walz: Will his folksy appeal help Harris in the Midwest?

Only in America

Good week for:

In other news

The U.S. at a glance…

The world at a glance…

Hale’s anti-anxiety strategy

An author’s lesson in tolerance

Why Midler’s sexual revolution ended

In the news

The school choice wars

The anti-Israel left isn’t going away

A gold medal for Title IX’s impact

Why RFK Jr. might now hurt Trump

Viewpoint

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

Separatist brazenly taunts Spanish state

Blaming crime on foreigners

Austria: Swifties rally after ISIS plot cancels concerts

Israel: Nationalists defend soldiers accused of rape

What a Kiwi man can get away with

Locals are kidnapping the kidnappers

Noted

Walz: ‘Stolen valor’ or smear campaign?

Big Lie: The threat to election certification

Watergate: When the guardrails held

Harris: Why no interviews?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

NASA and Boeing: Lost in space

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

New evidence of our ancient ‘hobbit’ cousins

Men show off for Siri

Apple juice beats Gatorade

How fish save energy

Sea lion oceanographers

The Movement: How Women’s Liberation Transformed America 1963–1973 • Book of the week

Someone Like Us • Novel of the week

All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud, and Fine Art

Best books…chosen by Helen Phillips

Also of interest…revisiting the classics

Casey McQuiston • Author of the week

Chappell Roan: Pop’s self-made star of the summer

The Queen of Versailles

It Ends With Us

Good One

New and notable podcasts

Streaming tips • Putting on a play—in film

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Pachinko • Show of the week

Lobster and seaweed: Made for each other • Recipe of the week

Door County, Wisconsin: Home of the flaming fish boil

Spirits: Top canned cocktails

This week’s dream: Feasting on Mexico City, a bite at a time

The Emory • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

This week: Homes in Michigan

The bottom line

Order to go: Starbucks grabs Chipotle’s CEO

Economy: Inflation rate falls below 3 percent

Neighbors rage at honking Waymos

Fear and greed: Navigating turbulent markets

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Political football: Trump asks for a more pliant Fed

Price fixing? There’s an algo for that

It’s too late to break up Google

The dapper golfer who danced on the course • Chi Chi Rodriguez 1935–2024

The tech exec who made Google an ad behemoth • Susan Wojcicki 1968–2024

The doctor who discovered that bacteria cause ulcers • J. Robin Warren 1937–2024

The story of a Colt

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