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Osama film.

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Afghanistan's cultural disaster

The return of the Taliban likely means a new dark age for art and music in the country

Dying for religion.

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Bonnie Kristian

What the West didn't get about the Taliban

Americans don't die for religion anymore. Did we forget many people still do?

Child waiting for vaccine.

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Why vaccines for kids can't wait

Is the FDA being too cautious in authorizing COVID-19 shots for children under 12?

Joe Biden.

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The end of America's post-9/11 delusion

A rapid collapse in Afghanistan caps off 20 years of refusing to acknowledge the limits of American power

Speed Reads

1:33 AM

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Polish Olympian auctions off medal to pay for baby's heart surgery

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Kushner friend pardoned by Trump charged with cyberstalking in state court

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This Georgia man is changing his neighbors' lives, $1 at a time

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Biden instructs Education Department to take action against governors who ban school mask mandates

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'Unprecedented' Caldor Fire burns 53,000 acres in Northern California

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Biden says U.S. troops will stay in Afghanistan until all Americans are out

Controlling Delta

Elephant in front of school.

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Local control for me but not for thee

COVID.

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Briefing

The next COVID variant

Child waiting for vaccine.

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Why vaccines for kids can't wait

COVID-19 booster shot in Israel

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3 and done

Immunologist: 3 might be magic number for COVID-19 vaccine doses

Politics

Joe Biden.

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Biden's bottom line

Afghanistan map.

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W. James Antle III

What conservatives should understand about Afghanistan

Woke military.

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Did wokeness lose Afghanistan?

COVID and screaming.

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What endless COVID means for politics

Soldiers.

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Afghanistan lost

Why the American occupation was doomed only a few months after it started

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Culture

Samantha Downing.

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Feature

Samantha Downing recommends 6 books with unsavory narrators

A horse accident.

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Photos

The week's best photojournalism

Home.

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Feature

6 homes for musicians

CODA.

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What CODA could do for Apple TV+

Cartoons

Business & Tech

A man wears a mask at JFK Airport in New York City.

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mask up

Federal travel mask mandate extended into January

Jeff Bezos

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Bezos v. NASA

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is suing NASA

Farm/immigration.

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Who's keeping rural America alive?

John Oliver

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Johnsplaining

John Oliver wants you to take ransomware seriously, seriously

Most Popular

Fleeing Afghans.

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1.Afghanistan fallout

The Kabul airport chaos, in 14 photos and videos

Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol.

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2.capitol riot aftermath

Actor suspected of participating in Capitol attack arrested in California

Capitol building.

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3.traffic jam

Underground DC tunnel website saw 'sudden and suspicious' traffic spike before Jan. 6

Mike Pompeo, Taliban cofounder

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4.Gave Peace a Chance

GOP scrubs page touting Trump's 'historic peace agreement' with Taliban

5.exit stage right

Broadway star says she withdrew from show over vaccine requirement

6.'a little frustrating'

With Houston hospitals filled by COVID patients, man shot 6 times 10 days ago is still waiting for surgery

7.the coronavirus crisis

How sociology shows 'policy makers have been looking at vaccine refusal all wrong'

8.the coronavirus crisis

Texas requests 5 FEMA morgue trailers

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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Photos

The past 20 years, in 20 striking photos

A computer.

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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

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Maria Andrejczyk.

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good deeds

Polish Olympian auctions off medal to pay for baby's heart surgery

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Ken Kurson

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Single Jeopardy

Kushner friend pardoned by Trump charged with cyberstalking in state court

12:31 AM

A stack of $1 bills.

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paying it forward

This Georgia man is changing his neighbors' lives, $1 at a time

12:23 AM

Miguel Cardona.

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your move governors

Biden instructs Education Department to take action against governors who ban school mask mandates

10:46 PM