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A protestor.

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Briefing

The controversy over trans teens

Should young people with gender dysphoria be prescribed puberty blockers and hormones?

Donald Trump.

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The 'Trump app' will be the insurrection on steroids

The truth about TRUTH

A hundred dollar bill.

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James Pethokoukis

Will Democrats give up tax hikes to save the world?

A carbon tax could be the answer to Democrats' endless negotiation woes

Real estate listings.

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Could the housing frenzy reverse?

And more of this week's best financial insights

Speed Reads

4:51 AM

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John Oliver explains America's 'deeply weird' strategic ambiguity about Taiwan

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Amazon concedes its employee leave system is 'deficient,' 'inadequate'

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Sudan civilian leaders arrested in apparent military coup

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James Michael Tyler, the actor who played Gunther on Friends, is dead at 59

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Jan. 6 rally organizers implicate GOP members of Congress in Jan. 6 plans

October 24, 2021

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Yellen: Expect inflation improvement by late 2022

Politics

President Biden.

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Trump wouldn't be quiet. Biden should be.

President Biden.

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Democrats' months of dithering

Donald Trump.

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Memento mori, Donald Trump

Biden administration members.

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W. James Antle III

The Biden administration's sloppy supply chain spin

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Wes Anderson.

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The French Dispatch is a film for readers

It's time for Wes Anderson to win a screenwriting award

Culture

A jumping mascot.

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Photos

The week's best photojournalism

A television.

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Stop letting COVID infect TV

A gardener.

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Bonnie Kristian

The soil of fairy tales

A scale.

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The upside of urban decline

Cartoons

A Biden voter.

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Michael Arceneaux

Is Biden taking Black voters for granted?

The president is failing some of his most ardent supporters. Here's what he could do better.

Business & Tech

A pack of Facebook.

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Facebook prepares to use Big Tobacco's 1 weird trick

The pledge of allegiance.

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Facebook can be its own country when it gets an army

President Biden.

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Biden's insulting sales pitch

A container ship.

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Briefing

The supply chain fiasco

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Samuel Goldman

America.

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Opinion

Who are America's peers?

Brett Kavanaugh and a protester.

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Opinion

The consequences of judicializing abortion

Critical Race Theory.

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Opinion

Losing the education wars

Sci-fi art.

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Opinion

Let science fiction be weird again

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Donald Trump.

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1.SPAC attack

Day traders and Reddit loving Trump-tied SPAC

Peter Scolari

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2.R.I.P.

Bosom Buddies and Newhart star Peter Scolari dies at 66

Supreme Court.

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3.'too late'

SCOTUS agrees to hear Texas abortion law challenges

Stormy Daniels

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4.Last Night on Late Night

Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert poke fun at Trump's 'Truth' social media app

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The 'Trump app' will be the insurrection on steroids

6.Help Wanted

The American 'Great Resignation' by the numbers

7.war of words

Liz Cheney, Marjorie Taylor Greene take turns calling each other 'a joke'

8.rest in peace

Lorli von Trapp Campbell of the Trapp Family Singers dies at 90

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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The past 20 years, in 20 striking photos

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