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 hits stump as GOP midterms outlook darkens

It wasn’t all bad

White House asks AI firms to police themselves

Lawsuit accuses Cornell of mishandling rape

Education: Did a New York Times writer ‘betray’ her child?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a Glance

The World at a Glance

Kingsolver’s class struggle

A baseball champ’s history quest

Burr’s anger management

In the news

A dangerous legal high

ICE’s quieter campaign is succeeding

Why Trump is trying to ban the press

Using ‘fraud’ to take away health care

Viewpoint

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

Colonialist divisions still kill us

Is this scholarship? Or plunder?

How they see us: China flexes its new equal status

France: A nation gone mad for Céline Dion

Our horror is not your fashion set

How to show your independence

Noted

Trump: A very warm welcome for China’s Xi

Latino voters: Will they decide the midterms?

Politics: The rise of the Christian left

Elections: Will states screen out legal voters?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

Muse: A do-it-all AI assistant at your fingertips

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Making a mouse with a human cortex

A warning shot for moon bases

Gen Xers still throwing down

Prenatal infections and autism

Not just a kitten

An Unexpected Life: A Memoir • Book of the week

Switzy • Novel of the week

Roll the Calls: A Memoir

Best books…chosen by Alexander McCall Smith

Also of interest…in music legends

Lucy Foley • Author of the week

Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy • Exhibit of the week

Miley • Bass Persuades

Beck • Ride Lonesome

‘Choosin’ Texas’ stands alone

Digger

The History of Concrete

School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play

Streaming tips • Family-friendly animated features

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Carrie • Show of the week

Tiger soda bread: A marriage of science and spice • Recipe of the week

Farm stands across America: Five of the nation’s best

Wine: Campanian whites

This week’s dream: Rediscovering pastoral Portugal

Hårtwood • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

The squeeze on holiday getaways

This week: Homes in Mexico

The bottom line

Goldman Sachs: Waldron to be next CEO

Nvidia: Launches largest stock buyback ever

The one food not going up in price

Iced coffee: Symbol of eroding office manners?

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Paramount: Will its Warner takeover pay off?

Bond markets are sending a message

Deregulation could hide another Enron

The teacher who built Cowboys cheerleading • Dee Brock 1930–2026

The Hawk who became the NBA’s first MVP • Bob Pettit 1932–2026

The North Carolinian who won justice for Black farmers • Timothy Pigford 1951–2026

Stranded in a strange land

The Week Contest