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America on fire.

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America's backward climate politics

Why the GOP's snub of climate investment is so short-sighted

The Nord pipeline.

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Briefing

Russia's controversial new pipeline

What the Nord Stream 2 means for Europe — and the world

The Supreme Court.

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SCOTUS sides with liberalism in Fulton v. Philadelphia

The passage of the Juneteenth holiday.

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W. James Antle III

Why conservatives shouldn't oppose Juneteenth

Speed Reads

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Israeli airstrikes target Hamas in Gaza for the 2nd time this week

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Usher attended the Juneteenth bill signing ceremony

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Mitch McConnell shuts down hope for Joe Manchin's voting rights compromise

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Peter Jackson's Beatles documentary will be 6 hours

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Fox reportedly presented GOP activists as concerned parents

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Rep. Paul Gosar's brothers apologize to Capitol police

Politics

President Biden and Vladimir Putin.

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W. James Antle III

Biden's PR stunt with Putin

Nashville.

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Bonnie Kristian

The Southern Baptist Convention is still cracking

Joe Manchin.

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The corrupt reality of bipartisanship

Stacey Abrams and Joe Manchin.

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Stacey Abrams, pragmatist

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World symbols.

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Biden's ultimatum to Europe

The president brought a much tougher message to NATO than what the happy talk about sacred obligations suggests

Business

Houses.

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Rethinking real estate

The Nord pipeline.

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Briefing

Russia's controversial new pipeline

Mackenzie Scott.

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philanthropy news

Mackenzie Scott gave away $6 billion in 2020 — and grew richer

An Uber.

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Feature

A surge in 'surge pricing'

Culture

A time clock.

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Getting holidays right

Baseball and rosin bag.

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take the spider tack, leave the sunscreen

Did MLB go too far with 'sticky stuff' crackdown?

Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie.

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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: June 17, 2021

The Beatles: Get Back

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here comes the sun

Peter Jackson's Beatles documentary will be 6 hours

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Jeva Lange

A brain.

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The lost art of memorization

A flapper.

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Opinion

What will be the flapper dress of the Roaring 2020s?

Kate Winslet.

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Opinion

The culmination of Kate Winslet

Robert Pattinson.

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You don't want to be in a movie with Robert Pattinson

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Vladimir Putin

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1.Geneva summit

RNC slams Biden for meeting with Putin

Political Cartoon.

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7 toons about the Dems' Joe Manchin problem

Bernie Sanders.

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3.Sounds dope

Bernie Sanders wants to know if cannabis reporter is 'stoned' right now

Nashville.

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Bonnie Kristian

The Southern Baptist Convention is still cracking

5.self criticism

The bizarre reason Eric Adams refers to himself in the 3rd person

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Bonnie Kristian

SCOTUS deals blow to sentencing reform

7.The big lie

Georgia election workers reportedly received a 'torrent' of threats

8.changing the subject

Post-meeting, Putin asks 'Who's the killer now?'

Cartoons

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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The past 20 years, in 20 striking photos

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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

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Gaza City.

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crisis in gaza

Israeli airstrikes target Hamas in Gaza for the 2nd time this week

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Signing ceremony.

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It's official

Usher attended the Juneteenth bill signing ceremony

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Mitch McConnell.

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Foiled again

Mitch McConnell shuts down hope for Joe Manchin's voting rights compromise

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The passage of the Juneteenth holiday.

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W. James Antle III

Why conservatives shouldn't oppose Juneteenth

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