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A donkey.

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Political suicide?

The Democrats have a rare opportunity to pursue real progressive change. Will they squander it?

A migrant and a Border Patrol agent.

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A viral photo and the dark echoes of history

Pills.

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The case for medical price fixing

American medical prices are a Kafkaesque nightmare

A donkey.

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W. James Antle III

Democrats are governing like Republicans

Speed Reads

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Lauren Boebert might not be off hook with FEC yet

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Migrants said they expected 'easier process' crossing border

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Linda Evangelista says she's disfigured after cosmetic procedure

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Attorney in Trump's NYT lawsuit previously represented parking-garage company

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U.S. special envoy for Haiti resigns over deportations

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EU proposes mandating 1 charger for all smartphones

Politics

America.

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Who are America's peers?

A donkey.

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Why Democrats own the debt ceiling debacle

A median voter.

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Democrats scare off the median voter

President Biden and AOC.

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W. James Antle III

Progressives' obvious way out

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A Tigray child.

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Tigray and the shredding of international law

Twenty years of war have delegitimized the United Nations

Culture

Brown and Bob Jones logos.

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Bonnie Kristian

When the Ivy League acts like Bob Jones University

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

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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Feature

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

Jimmy Fallon and Nicole Kidman

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1.Last Night on Late Night

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

Editorial Cartoon.

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2.Feature

7 cartoons about America's vaccine fights

Elizabeth Holmes and James Mattis.

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Did Theranos Lose Afghanistan?

Ron Paul and Jesse Benton

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4.Loose ends

Feds charge 2 GOP operatives with funneling Russian's money to Trump campaign

5.'out of hand'

Depp says 'no one is safe' from cancel culture

6.boost

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

7.biden at the u.n.

Biden: We're moving from 'relentless war' to 'relentless diplomacy'

8.clock is ticking

Progressive congresswoman thinks Pelosi will delay House infrastructure vote again

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

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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

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Lauren Boebert.

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whoops

Lauren Boebert might not be off hook with FEC yet

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Migrants across Rio Grande.

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dispatches from the border

Migrants said they expected 'easier process' crossing border

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Linda Evangelista

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'so tired of living this way'

Linda Evangelista says she's disfigured after cosmetic procedure

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A migrant and a Border Patrol agent.

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A viral photo and the dark echoes of history

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