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 tariffs cause stock market whiplash

What next?

U.S. aid resumes as Ukraine agrees to cease-fire

It wasn’t all bad

Resistance: How should Democrats oppose Trump?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Slick’s boring decade

The internet’s favorite spot squeezer

Azaria’s search for his own voice

In the news

Killer space rocks

DOGE takes aim at Social Security…

… and the air-traffic control system

The military’s frantic retreat from diversity

Viewpoint

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

We can’t live here, and we can’t escape

Arab sheikhs could save Gaza

Canada: A new leader in the battle against Trump

Defense: How to rearm Europe as U.S. pulls back

Testosterone will get us all killed

Anger erupts over deadly train wreck

Noted

Activist arrest: A threat to free speech?

DOGE: Wielding a hatchet at the VA

SCOTUS: A glimmer of independence?

Musk: Is Trump putting him on a leash?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Privacy: Apple rejects a U.K. ‘backdoor’

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

One of the best lunar landings ever

Antarctica’s ‘fire ice’

Tea clears lead from water

Weight training for insomnia

Next stop, mammoths

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This • Book of the week

Dream Count • Novel of the week

How to Be Avant-Garde: Modern Artists and the Quest to End Art

Best books…chosen by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Also of interest…in the importance of place

Rich Benjamin • Author of the week

Christine Sun Kim: All Day All Night • Exhibit of the week

Lady Gaga • Mayhem

Jason Isbell • Foxes in the Snow

Astropical • Astropical

Black Bag

Novocaine

Video games

Streaming tips • Inspiring recent art documentaries

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Fine dining worth stepping up to

Recipe of the week

Wine: Japanese pinot

2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV: What the critics say

The best of…museum-worthy seating

How to clean any display screen • Tip of the week…

For Skype fans seeking a new home • Best apps…

This week: Homes in lofts

The bottom line

Promotions: Trump’s great Tesla sales event

Economy: Inflation falls to best reading since 2021

From prison, SBF fishes for a pardon

Texas vs. Delaware: See you in court

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Bitcoin nation: Trump, the first crypto president

Tesla shows the cracks in America Inc.

What killed U.S. shipyards? It wasn’t China

The glam rocker who was a godfather of punk • David Johansen 1950–2025

The spy who brought Blue Nun to America • Peter Sichel 1922–2025

The South African playwright who interrogated apartheid • Athol Fugard 1932–2025

Fearing vaccines more than viruses

The Week Contest