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

Democrats ride anti-Trump wave to victory

It wasn’t all bad

New York City’s new democratic socialist mayor

High court unlikely to uphold Trump tariffs

The GOP: Will it welcome antisemites?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Amer’s flag of defiance

The ‘geek’ who co-founded Wikipedia

When Knightley went incognito

In the news

Ultra-processed America

Reviving a food-stamp stereotype

Providing fuel for Category 5 hurricanes

The economic costs of zero migration

Viewpoint

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

Favelas need money, not massacres

The plague smuggled into our country

Sudan: World does nothing as Darfur descends into horror

United Kingdom: A call for fewer Black people on TV

Slandering the Jews for votes

The beef with plant-based burgers

Noted

Bovino: The new face of mass deportation

Obamacare: Why premiums are rocketing

Andrew: His Epstein disgrace is complete

Trump: On the path to autocratic rule

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

$5 trillion web: Nvidia’s tangle of circular deals

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

A bird flu threat to Thanksgiving

The shocking rate of stillbirth

Anti-vaxxers come for pets

Pig kidney lasted months

Growing a monster pumpkin

Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America • Book of the week

The Rose Field • Novel of the week

Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary

Best books…chosen by Bryan Washington

Also of interest…in war stories

Gish Jen • Author of the week

Manet & Morisot • Exhibit of the week

Two top dramas new to Broadway

The Kennedy Center’s slump

Die My Love

Christy

Train Dreams

Streaming tips • Dispatches on nature and ecology

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Beast in Me • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Landmark restaurants revisited

Recipe of the week

Wine: Lees-aged albariño

The Porsche 911 Turbo S: What the critics say

The best of…fashionable pajamas

How to prep a garden for winter • Tip of the week…

For ‘vibe coding’ • Best apps…

This week: Homes on the Gulf Coast

The bottom line

Mergers: Tylenol maker to sell for $40 billion

Space: Trump renominates Isaacman to head NASA

The CEO would like to say a few words…

Layoffs: The ‘no hire, more fire’ job market

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Asia summit: A good day for Beijing

Bill Gates says the world isn’t ending after all

Trump hasn’t managed to cow the Fed

The actress who shone in Fawlty Towers • Prunella Scales 1932–2025

The daughter who lived in Dietrich’s shadow • Maria Riva 1924–2025

The doctor who made breastfeeding into a science • Ruth Lawrence 1924–2025

What happened to the tea party?

The Week Contest