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The Democrats' new cult of the popular

Why 'talk about popular issues' is not the magic answer the party is looking for

A school board meeting.

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The larger target of anti-critical race theory bills

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Briefing

All you need to know about Afterpay

The buy-now-pay-later business is booming. But is it risky?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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Where has Joseph Gordon-Levitt been hiding?

The actor has emerged from a two-year hiatus with a fresh ambition for his career

Speed Reads

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The problem with the CDC's 'retrospective' data reporting

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Snapchat users reportedly more vaccine hesitant than Fox News viewers

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Chris Cuomo was reportedly offered CNN leave to advise brother

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Trump is attacking the U.S. women's soccer team again

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Election law expert: I'm 'scared sh--less' about future elections

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Mike Pompeo pleads ignorance on missing $5,800 bottle of whiskey gifted by Japan

Controlling Delta

A child wearing a mask.

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Bonnie Kristian

How the pandemic scrambles parents' brains

A COVID patient.

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America's troubling pandemic reality

Ron DeSantis.

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GOP governors repeat Trump's COVID mistake

Rochelle Walensky.

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cdc vs. the delta variant

The problem with the CDC's 'retrospective' data reporting

Politics

President Biden.

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W. James Antle III

COVID catches up to Biden

Andrew Cuomo.

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How to oust Cuomo

President Biden.

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Bonnie Kristian

Biden sets a precedent for lawlessness

People yelling.

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The culture war goes global

A WASP.

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How the WASPs won by losing

Even though their accents and rituals have become punchlines, the WASPs' legacy is still with us

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Culture

Jeopardy! hosts.

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Is Jeopardy! making the right choice?

Tucker Carlson.

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Tucker Carlson's Budapest pilgrimage

Simone Biles.

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Simone Biles' storybook ending?

Medals.

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In praise of third place

Cartoons

Business & Tech

Wall Street.

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Top grads are avoiding Wall Street

The Capitol.

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James Pethokoukis

Lessons of the GDP report

Lebanese flag.

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Lebanon crisis

Lebanese politician fears 'blind violence' as historic financial crisis worsens

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unemployment benefits

Jobs data suggest states that cut off enhanced unemployment benefits did not boost rehiring

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Damon Linker

Julius Caesar.

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Opinion

Contemplating an 'American Caesar'

A lonely person.

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Opinion

The politics of loneliness

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The coming death of just about every rock legend

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Opinion

When time stops

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Lindsey Graham, Joe Manchin.

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1.the coronavirus crisis

Graham reportedly on Manchin's houseboat before COVID-19 diagnosis

Tom Brady, Joe Biden

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2.Quotables

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

Mike Carey.

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Trump's little win in Ohio

COVID-19 vaccination.

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4.the coronavirus crisis

How sociology shows 'policy makers have been looking at vaccine refusal all wrong'

5.hindsight is 20/20

Arkansas governor admits he regrets law banning mask mandates

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The culture war goes global

7.GOAT

Simone Biles wins Olympic bronze in balance beam finals

8.fires

In the last 24 hours, 81 wildfires have broken out in Greece

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

A computer.

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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

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It wasn't all bad!

The week's good news: August 5, 2021

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Rochelle Walensky.

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cdc vs. the delta variant

The problem with the CDC's 'retrospective' data reporting

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Jeopardy! hosts.

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Is Jeopardy! making the right choice?

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Snapchat users reportedly more vaccine hesitant than Fox News viewers

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