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Fearing the doctor

Why the broken American health-care system is prolonging the pandemic

A handshake.

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3 cheers for the bipartisan infrastructure deal

From a skeptic of bipartisanship

Wall Street.

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Top grads are avoiding Wall Street

And more of the week's best financial insight

Fidel Castro.

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America's revealing indifference to Cuba

American Indifference to Anti-Government Protests is the End of an Era

Speed Reads

July 31, 2021

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Florida must plan for 'hospital surge' amid new COVID-19 wave, former Trump official says

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Legal experts stumped over whether Jan. 6 committee can force GOP lawmakers to testify

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Biden administration officials optimistic about recent rise in U.S. vaccinations

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Trump raised nearly $50 million more than next highest Republican in first half of 2021

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Cori Bush prepared to spend 2nd night outside Capitol as eviction moratorium expiration looms

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Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah breaks 33-year-old Olympic record in women's 100 meters

Controlling Delta

The plague.

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The 'natural' fallacy

COVID-19 testing in Florida.

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the coronavirus crisis

Florida must plan for 'hospital surge' amid new COVID-19 wave, former Trump official says

Ron Klain.

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the coronavirus crisis

Biden administration officials optimistic about recent rise in U.S. vaccinations

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Fearing the doctor

Covid.

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Briefing

Delta vs. the vaccines

The U.S. is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Delta variant. Just how dangerous is it? Here's everything you need to know.

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Politics

Olympic protest.

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Fox News vs. Team USA

Donald Trump.

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Trump's infrastructure deal

Julius Caesar.

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Contemplating an 'American Caesar'

Donald Trump

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hand them over

Trump's tax returns must be turned over to Congress, DOJ says

Culture

Jesse Plemons.

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When actors you love do terrible movies

Jeopardy!

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Briefing

Jeopardy's high-stakes hunt for a new host

House of Gucci.

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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: July 30, 2021

Emma Stone

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she's not alone

Emma Stone 'weighing her options' after Johansson's Disney lawsuit

Cartoons

Business & Tech

The Capitol.

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James Pethokoukis

Lessons of the GDP report

Wall Street.

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Top grads are avoiding Wall Street

Mike Lindell.

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badvertising

Mike Lindell says he's pulling MyPillow ads from Fox News after dispute over commercial

Scarlett Johansson.

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scorched earth approach

Disney issues scathing response to Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow lawsuit

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Damon Linker

Trump walks to White House.

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Opinion

Trump's path back to the presidency

Donald Rumsfeld.

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Opinion

The war Donald Rumsfeld won

A lonely person.

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Opinion

The politics of loneliness

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The civil war of 2024?

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1.Quotables

Tom Brady's 'gentle' roast of Trump at Biden's White House: 'Deeply vicious'?

Officer Michael Fanone.

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2.Capitol riot aftermath

CNN airs threatening voicemail D.C. officer received during Jan. 6 testimony

Black Widow

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3.civil war

Scarlett Johansson is taking Disney to court

Former Sen. Carl Levin.

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4.rest in peace

Former Michigan Sen. Carl Levin dies at 87

5.good trouble

Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee arrested at voter rights protest

6.amazing

In 30 minutes, traveler raises $10,000 in tips for airport piano player

7.the coronavirus crisis

The 'potential silver lining' to a breakthrough COVID-19 infection

8.recalls

McCormick recalls several seasonings over possible salmonella contamination

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 world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

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COVID-19 testing in Florida.

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the coronavirus crisis

Florida must plan for 'hospital surge' amid new COVID-19 wave, former Trump official says

Bennie Thompson.

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capitol riot aftermath

Legal experts stumped over whether Jan. 6 committee can force GOP lawmakers to testify

Ron Klain.

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the coronavirus crisis

Biden administration officials optimistic about recent rise in U.S. vaccinations

Donald Trump.

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fundraising

Trump raised nearly $50 million more than next highest Republican in first half of 2021