Justin Klawans, The Week US
Justin Klawans has worked as a staff writer at The Week since 2022. He began his career covering local news before joining Newsweek as a breaking news reporter, where he wrote about politics, national and global affairs, business, crime, sports, film, television and a variety of general news. He has also covered film, television and entertainment news as a freelancer for Collider and United Press International. He has helmed live-blog coverage of the war in Ukraine, interviewed the courtroom artist for the Ghislaine Maxwell trial and once received a single-word statement from director Spike Lee. His reporting has been cited in a variety of outlets including "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
Based in Chicago, he is a big hockey fan and has previously covered NHL analysis and the Chicago Blackhawks for Fansided.
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'The death and destruction happening in Gaza still dominate our lives'
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Will auto safety be diminished in Trump's second administration?
Today's Big Question The president-elect has reportedly considered scrapping a mandatory crash-reporting rule
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'Democrats have many electoral advantages'
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The worst wildfires in California history
The Explainer Total damage from the ongoing fires could be up to $150 billion, according to AccuWeather
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TikTok alternatives seeing a popularity surge as app ban looms
The Explainer TikTok might be prohibited from app stores in the United States
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'A good deal is one in which everyone walks away happy or everyone walks away mad'
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'The world is watching this deal closely'
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'His disdain for international rules could eviscerate the laws of war'
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Getty Images and Shutterstock merge into a picture powerhouse to combat AI
The Explainer The $3.7 billion deal is one of the largest in the industry's history
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Project 2025 may loom large in the second Trump administration
In Depth The project outlines a series of moves to transform the executive branch of the government
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'The proudly backward were validated by self-loathing Western intellectuals'
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Airlines ramp up the hunt for sustainable aviation fuel
Under The Radar Several large airlines have announced sustainability goals for the coming decades
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'We should be shouting the pluralism achievements of college athletics from the mountaintops'
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'Climate change doesn't just boost record weather events — it boosts the snake-oil salesmen'
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US considering ban on Chinese drones as international tensions grow
In the Spotlight The decision will ultimately be made by the incoming Trump administration
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'Restricting what an agent can know and respond to reduces its competitiveness'
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Elon Musk's most controversial moments
In Depth The business mogul has a long history in the hot seat
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6 volcanoes that could shut down the world
In Depth Italy's Mount Etna could be a preview of more danger on the horizon
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The symbolic and ferocious fight over Bakhmut
In Depth The city has been a main Russian target despite holding little strategic value
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'The scene runs as intended the vast majority of the time'
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'Conspiracy theorizing is a deeply ingrained human phenomenon'
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'This growing lack of social exposure is terrible for us and terrible for democracy'
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Newly publicized Dutch archives force families to confront accusations of Nazi collaboration
Under the Radar The archives were available to researchers but only recently became publicly accessible
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'Food tourism as we've known it has become a victim of its own success'
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