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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 broken gavel.

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Why the Supreme Court's popularity suddenly matters

Speed Reads

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'Distinctive navy-blue shoes' helped the FBI arrest Jan. 6 Capitol riot suspect

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CDC clears COVID booster shots for seniors, vulnerable, and frontline workers

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Why thousands of Haitians arrived in Texas on Mexican Independence Day

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Drafts of audit report confirm Biden defeated Trump in Maricopa County

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Memphis-area Kroger shooting leaves 1 victim dead, 12 wounded

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Ex-Louisiana state trooper charged in flashlight beating of Black motorist

Politics

America.

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Who are America's peers?

A donkey.

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W. James Antle III

Democrats are governing like Republicans

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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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

Johnny Depp

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2.'out of hand'

Depp says 'no one is safe' from cancel culture

Editorial Cartoon.

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7 cartoons about America's vaccine fights

R. Kelly

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4.the R. Kelly trial

Prosecutors urge jury to make R. Kelly 'pay for his crimes'

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W. James Antle III

Democrats are governing like Republicans

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Did Theranos Lose Afghanistan?

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A viral photo and the dark echoes of history

8.Dems in Disarray

After Biden huddles, Democrats moderately optimistic about passing progressive agenda

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

Latest

President Biden.

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W. James Antle III

Biden's immigration bind

5:55 AM

Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

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Democrats' mini-nuke option to stave off economic collapse

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A COVID hole.

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The weird world of endless COVID

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Haitian migrants.

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Briefing

The Haitian migrant surge, explained

5:34 AM