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, Harris sprint through swing states

It wasn’t all bad

Note to readers

Israel strikes at Hezbollah and West Bank militants

New indictment filed against Trump in Jan. 6 case

Harris: Will her patriotic pitch win over the center?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Growing up Zappa

McKellen’s saving grace

Short’s calming comedy

In the news

Agriculture feels the heat

America’s anti-child party

The duty of Trump’s former aides

The predators in women’s prisons

Viewpoint

It must be true…

Compassion for yachters, not migrants

Destroying our fisheries and our good name

Britain: Is deporting asylum seekers the only answer?

Sudan: Why it’s easier to get weapons than food

Don’t leave Africa to fight mpox alone

A president who wants to be troll in chief

Noted

Election 2024: A referendum on manhood

Ketamine: Time to crack down on clinics?

RFK Jr.: Will his endorsement matter?

Abortion: Trump’s stunning flip-flop

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Golden State: California vs. the AI beast

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Jupiter spacecraft slingshots around Earth

Dodos didn’t dodder

Plastic in the brain

Aging’s tipping points

Ancient stress injuries

Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary History • Book of the week

The Wedding People • Novel of the week

The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

Best books…chosen by Peter Godfrey-Smith

Also of interest…in the internet’s dark side

Jane Rosenberg • Author of the week

Frank Walter: To Capture a Soul • Exhibit of the week

Short n’ Sweet • Sabrina Carpenter

Romance • Fontaines D.C.

Woodland • Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

Once Upon a Mattress

Strange Darling

Black Myth: Wukong: Summer’s most beautiful and controversial game

Streaming tips • Top new stand-up specials

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Slow Horses • Show of the week

Berbere-braised pork tacos: Around the world in one easy meal • Recipe of the week

The San Gabriel Valley: A wonderland of Asian cuisine

Fine beer: European lagers

This week’s dream: Hiking Cape Verde’s least explored island

The Largo • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

This week: Homes built in the 1970s

The bottom line

Economy: Fed signals start of interest rate cuts

Legends: Berkshire Hathaway reaches $1 trillion value

Unemployment, the new résumé builder

Education: The housing crunch comes for colleges

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Traffic jam: Automakers hit reverse on electric vehicles

The heroic work of the unsung CPA

Lina Khan prowls the grocery aisle

The entrepreneur who became Famous Amos • Wally Amos 1936–2024

The French actor who redefined cinematic cool • Alain Delon 1935–2024

The Hall of Famer who was always a Warrior • Al Attles 1936–2024

The ransomware negotiator

The Week Contest