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America.

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The U.S. isn't exceptional. It's American.

The U.S. has more in common with South America than Europe

A Tigray child.

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Tigray and the shredding of international law

Twenty years of war have delegitimized the United Nations

President Biden and AOC.

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W. James Antle III

Progressives' obvious way out

A man being burned at the stake.

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Is 'cancel culture' really so bad?

Speed Reads

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Late night hosts blanch at how close Trump got to stealing the election

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Jimmy Fallon and Nicole Kidman almost make it through interview without awkwardness

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Facebook reportedly responding to bad press by promoting Facebook on Facebook

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Kids on field trip discovered new species of giant penguin

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Thailand is turning plastic waste into personal protective equipment

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Huge hack of web services provider Epik could be 'Rosetta Stone to the far-right'

Politics

President Biden.

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Why Democrats might lose the old-fashioned way

President Biden and Krysten Sinema.

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The only way to save Biden's agenda

The Qanon Shaman.

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The 1887 law that could end American democracy

Policing.

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The quiet return of proactive policing?

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President Biden.

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America's Great Game with China

Why the U.S.-China rivalry isn't a new Cold War, but an older form of geopolitics

Culture

A man being burned at the stake.

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Is 'cancel culture' really so bad?

An Emmy.

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The Emmys demonstrate their own irrelevance

Christopher Nolan.

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Tenet, round 2

A tree.

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Feature

15 books to read this fall

Cartoons

Business & Tech

The earth.

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Facebook's monstrous empire

A closed business.

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Delta sinks hopes for quick expansion

American Gothic.

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Is SpaceX's Inspiration4 really an inspiration?

Carbon capture.

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Briefing

Can carbon capture technology save the planet?

Most Popular

Elizabeth Holmes and James Mattis.

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Did Theranos Lose Afghanistan?

Jean Smart

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Hacks star Jean Smart pulls off an Emmys feat only Betty White has before

Editorial Cartoon.

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7 cartoons about America's vaccine fights

Elisabeth Moss

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4.record-breaking

The Handmaid's Tale was the Emmys' biggest loser

5.setting the stage

3 U.S. negotiating errors that previewed the Taliban's return

6.an enigma

Don't try to predict Manchin's reconciliation vote, says former adviser

7.boost

J&J: Booster provides 100 percent protection against severe COVID-19

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Former FDA commissioner questions whether researchers should continue to publish sequences of novel viruses

Celebrating 20 years of 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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Photos

The past 20 years, in 20 striking photos

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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

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Ingmar Bergman.

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2021 is the year of Bergman horror

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President Biden and AOC.

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W. James Antle III

Progressives' obvious way out

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America.

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The U.S. isn't exceptional. It's American.

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A Tigray child.

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Tigray and the shredding of international law

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