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What is America's COVID endgame?

With cases in retreat and vaccines for children imminent, when can we breathe?

Joe Manchin.

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W. James Antle III

Joe Manchin is exactly where he belongs

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The important lesson of Ross Douthat's medical memoir

A radical baby.

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Bonnie Kristian

Against political kids books

Kids shouldn't smoke cigarettes, drink liquor, or read these children's books about AOC and Donald Trump

Speed Reads

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Biden zings Glenn Youngkin for refusing to campaign with Trump in Virginia

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Minneapolis kids launch community newspaper to keep neighbors informed

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Late night hosts dislike Facebook's supercharged anger emoji

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Report: White House telling Democrats climate spending could top $555 billion

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L.A. Angels' Shohei Ohtani honored with rare MLB award

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Judge in Kyle Rittenhouse trial rules prosecutors can't refer to men shot as 'victims'

Politics

Dave Chappelle.

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Why does wokeness drive me crazy?

George W. Bush.

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Bonnie Kristian

Time to repeal the Patriot Act?

The Facebook thumb.

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Why social media can't be regulated like other media

Insurrection.

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Toss them out?

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Culture

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The best 2021 horror movies to watch for Halloween

A baby.

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Stephanie H. Murray

The other parenting problem

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Photos

The week's best photojournalism

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Stop letting COVID infect TV

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

Mark Zuckerberg.

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The real threat to Facebook isn't regulation. It's teenagers.

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Facebook prepares to use Big Tobacco's 1 weird trick

The Capitol.

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Amazon accidentally makes a case for its own regulation

President Biden.

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Biden's insulting sales pitch

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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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Stephanie H. Murray

The other parenting problem

Mark Zuckerberg.

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2.the facebook papers

Zuckerberg reportedly 'pretty mad' during earnings call

German testing site.

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3.'simple precautions'

What America can learn from Germany's pandemic response

Ron DeSantis.

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Ron DeSantis finally picks a side on vaccines

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5 toons about Bannon's contempt of Congress charge

6.a costly feast

Why Thanksgiving 2021 could break the bank

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The 'Trump app' will be the insurrection on steroids

8.Hey Joe

AP poll: 16 percent of Americans oppose clean energy legislation blocked by Manchin

Celebrating 20 years of The Week

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A short history of The Week

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20 years of history through The Week's covers

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