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A thermometer.

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The cost of climate inaction

What's really at stake with Biden's climage change agenda

Stephen Bannon.

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: October 22, 2021

House finds Bannon in criminal contempt, the CDC signs off on Moderna and J&J boosters, and more

Donald Trump.

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The 'Trump app' will be the insurrection on steroids

The truth about TRUTH

A hundred dollar bill.

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James Pethokoukis

Will Democrats give up tax hikes to save the world?

A carbon tax could be the answer to Democrats' endless negotiation woes

Speed Reads

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Robert Durst charged in wife's disappearance

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COVID-19 vaccine mandates faring well in court

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Jon Stewart's first talk show kicked off with a Hitler joke so bad he was nearly canceled

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Cinematographer killed on Baldwin movie remembered as 'brilliant'

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Supply chain problems from ships to shelves, by the numbers

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DOJ reportedly added 2 top prosecutors to Matt Gaetz sex trafficking case

Politics

President Biden.

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Democrats' months of dithering

Donald Trump.

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Memento mori, Donald Trump

Donald Trump.

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If Trump has TRUTH, does he still need Twitter?

Biden administration members.

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W. James Antle III

The Biden administration's sloppy supply chain spin

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Wes Anderson.

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The French Dispatch is a film for readers

It's time for Wes Anderson to win a screenwriting award

Culture

A jumping mascot.

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Photos

The week's best photojournalism

A television.

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Stop letting COVID infect TV

A gardener.

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Bonnie Kristian

The soil of fairy tales

A scale.

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The upside of urban decline

Cartoons

A Biden voter.

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Michael Arceneaux

Is Biden taking Black voters for granted?

The president is failing some of his most ardent supporters. Here's what he could do better.

Business & Tech

A pack of Facebook.

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Facebook prepares to use Big Tobacco's 1 weird trick

The pledge of allegiance.

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Facebook can be its own country when it gets an army

President Biden.

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Biden's insulting sales pitch

A container ship.

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Briefing

The supply chain fiasco

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Samuel Goldman

America.

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Opinion

Who are America's peers?

Brett Kavanaugh and a protester.

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Opinion

The consequences of judicializing abortion

Critical Race Theory.

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Opinion

Losing the education wars

Sci-fi art.

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Opinion

Let science fiction be weird again

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Police truck drives in Haiti

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1.Dirty business

Haitian gang asks $17 million ransom for abducted U.S. and Canadian missionaries

Joe Biden

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2.state of play

What's on the chopping block in spending package negotiations

President Biden.

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Democrats' months of dithering

Joe Manchin

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4.No Joe

Senate Republicans block Joe Manchin's voting rights bill

5.'we will be ready'

What makes Biden's vaccination plan for young kids different

6.'it's time'

NYC to impose vaccine mandate for all city workers

7.Help Wanted

The American 'Great Resignation' by the numbers

8.Pandemic prosecutions

Brazilian senators seek charges against President Bolsonaro for pandemic response

Celebrating 20 years of The Week

The Week.

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A short history of The Week

Week covers.

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20 years of history through The Week's covers

September 11.

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The past 20 years, in 20 striking photos

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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built