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How Facebook's metaverse could change your life

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The disappearing estate tax

And more of the week's best financial insight

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Kemi Ingram

The education debate's missing perspective

A false binary is confusing our conversations around parental influence in public education

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5 toons about America's backsliding democracy

Artists take on hyper-partisanship, indifferent Democrats, and more

Speed Reads

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Virgil Abloh, fashion designer and artistic polymath, is dead at 41

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Matthew McConaughey is not running for Texas governor 'at this moment'

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Dutch health ministry confirms 13 cases of Omicron

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Swiss voters uphold COVID restrictions in referendum

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Taiwanese air force warns off Chinese incursion

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Wisconsin senators issue bipartisan plea to stop politicizing Waukesha killings

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Damon Linker

A liberal diagnoses the Democratic Party's pathologies

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David Faris

Republicans' alarming reaction to Rittenhouse

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Joel Mathis

Twitter's self-refreshing wheel of rage

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Joel Mathis

Should anti-vaxxers get unemployment benefits?

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Damon Linker

The perils of the risk-averse society

Do we really want to live like this?

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David Faris

Dysfunction, anxiety, and 1 big bird

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Jesse Hassenger

The dreamy music video aesthetics of Licorice Pizza

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Damon Linker

The spiritual crisis of an overdose record

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Jeva Lange

The absurd future of stadium names

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Ryan Cooper

The downside of a functional Fed?

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James Pethokoukis

Grateful for Jerome Powell?

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James Pethokoukis

Democrats' vintage lesson on inflation

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Ryan Cooper

Time for businesses to humanize — or die

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The lost art of memorization

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Opinion

The taboo topic of menstruation

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The absolute joy of being miserable with my dad

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Opinion

Memento mori, Donald Trump

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Chris Cuomo delivers Thanksgiving tirade on XM show

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Macy's Thanksgiving parade returns full swing

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7 cartoons about Thanksgiving inflation

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Who pays America's taxes?

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Fauci: U.S. communicating with South Africa regarding variant

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Joel Mathis

Twitter's self-refreshing wheel of rage

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Joel Mathis

Should anti-vaxxers get unemployment benefits?

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Jesse Hassenger

The dreamy music video aesthetics of Licorice Pizza

Celebrating 20 years of The Week

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A short history of The Week

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20 years of history through The Week's covers

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The past 20 years, in 20 striking photos

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Damon Linker

How Facebook's metaverse could change your life

The disappearing estate tax

The education debate's missing perspective

5 toons about America's backsliding democracy

Speed Reads

Virgil Abloh, fashion designer and artistic polymath, is dead at 41

Matthew McConaughey is not running for Texas governor 'at this moment'

Dutch health ministry confirms 13 cases of Omicron

Swiss voters uphold COVID restrictions in referendum

Taiwanese air force warns off Chinese incursion

Wisconsin senators issue bipartisan plea to stop politicizing Waukesha killings

Politics

A liberal diagnoses the Democratic Party's pathologies

Republicans' alarming reaction to Rittenhouse

Twitter's self-refreshing wheel of rage

Should anti-vaxxers get unemployment benefits?

The perils of the risk-averse society

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Culture

Dysfunction, anxiety, and 1 big bird

The dreamy music video aesthetics of Licorice Pizza

The spiritual crisis of an overdose record

The absurd future of stadium names

Cartoons

Business & Tech

The downside of a functional Fed?

Grateful for Jerome Powell?

Democrats' vintage lesson on inflation

Time for businesses to humanize — or die

More from...

The lost art of memorization

The taboo topic of menstruation

The absolute joy of being miserable with my dad

Memento mori, Donald Trump

Most Popular

Chris Cuomo delivers Thanksgiving tirade on XM show

Macy's Thanksgiving parade returns full swing

7 cartoons about Thanksgiving inflation

Who pays America's taxes?

Fauci: U.S. communicating with South Africa regarding variant

Twitter's self-refreshing wheel of rage

Should anti-vaxxers get unemployment benefits?

The dreamy music video aesthetics of Licorice Pizza

Celebrating 20 years of The Week

A short history of The Week

20 years of history through The Week's covers

The past 20 years, in 20 striking photos

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