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Brian Cox.

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Succession seems to think it's still 2019

A pandemic, presidential election, and failed insurrection later, the once-sharp show has no new ideas

A striking worker.

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American workers are fed up

The working class is restless. Can unions begin a new era in the fight for workers' rights?

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The American 'Great Resignation' by the numbers

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Workers slow to return as Delta threat lingers

American employers added only 194,000 positions last month, badly missing expectations for the second month in a row

Speed Reads

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SNL tackles Raiders coach Jon Gruden's resignation

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Protesters yell obscenities as Biden meets with preschoolers at daycare center

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Sicilian Catholic diocese bans godparents

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78 arrested for blocking traffic in last day of D.C. fossil-fuel protests

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British lawmakers gather to mourn slain MP David Amess

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Joe Manchin reportedly killed Biden clean-energy proposal

Politics

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Academic freedom, attacked left and right

European politicians.

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The European right is in retreat

Vaccination.

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Bonnie Kristian

Should the CDC hide unverified vaccine data?

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Democratic disaster in Virginia

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Culture

Adele.

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An ode to Adele's hands

A gardener.

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Bonnie Kristian

The soil of fairy tales

A scale.

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The upside of urban decline

Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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How censoring RBG adds to our misinformation problem

Cartoons

Fantasy.

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The 4 fantasies dominating American politics

Our political flights from the rigors of reality

Business & Tech

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The American 'Great Resignation' by the numbers

President Biden.

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Biden's Christmas crunch

President Biden.

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Biden's plan to snoop in your bank account

Elon Musk.

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Will Elon Musk turn Texas blue?

Industry.

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The case for spending our way through inflation

Eggs.

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The answer to inflation isn't more government spending

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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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The consequences of judicializing abortion

Critical Race Theory.

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Losing the education wars

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Let science fiction be weird again

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The American 'Great Resignation' by the numbers

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2.Capitol Riot Aftermath

Virginia GOP candidate Youngkin disavows 'weird and wrong' rally pledge to Jan. 6 flag

Jimmy Fallon and Madonna

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3.'Life is not just about interviewing kitties'

Madonna makes Jimmy Fallon sweat, remove coat in 'disturbed' interview

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4.God Save the Green

Queen expresses irritation with world leaders talk but 'don't do' on climate change

5.'It's an experiment'

Sicilian Catholic diocese bans godparents

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Biden's plan to snoop in your bank account

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Democrats have a race problem. It's not what they think.

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Celebrating 20 years of The Week

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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