
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.
Latest articles by Justin Klawans, The Week US
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Orphines: the new deadly opioids penetrating the street drug marketUnder the Radar The drugs are believed to be 10 times stronger than fentanyl
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Will George RR Martin ever finish 'The Winds of Winter'?In Depth Westeros fans have been waiting for well over a decade, and they are going to have to keep waiting
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‘Even in the 21st century, this bias continues to permeate our social interactions’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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How the new ‘60 Minutes’ boss could change the legendary institutionIn the Spotlight Nick Bilton is a longtime journalist but hasn’t worked in television
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‘Neither toddlers nor anyone else can get that close’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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‘This epidemic faces other serious complications’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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YouTube’s police bodycam channels have some worried about exploitationThe Explainer There are dozens of channels releasing bodycam videos
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‘The risk extends beyond these familiar comforts’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Byron Allen: the billionaire mogul replacing Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ on CBSIn the Spotlight Allen is the owner of a massive media group and a former comic
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‘This might explain why so few of sports’ finest were willing to participate’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Ireland is embroiled in its own ‘George Floyd moment’The Explainer The death of a Congolese man in Dublin has led to massive protests
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‘These cats pose a conundrum’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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‘Q-Day’ could be cybersecurity’s ArmageddonUnder the Radar The day may come as soon as 2029, much earlier than experts thought
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A running list of everything Trump has named or renamed after himselfIn Depth The Kennedy Center is the latest thing to be slapped with Trump’s name
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‘Public outrage at billionaire tax dodging is understandable’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Funding cuts and MAHA guidelines may make school lunches more expensiveThe Explainer The Trump administration urges children to eat healthy while it slashes funding for local food
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‘The government has made counternarcotics a central priority’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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‘In an increasingly unstable world, climate targets have slipped from view’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Scientists may have discovered the legendary fourth musketeerUnder the Radar But there have been issues verifying the genetic remains
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The USPS may allow handguns to be mailedIn the Spotlight Concealable handguns have been banned in the mail since the 1920s
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‘This is not inevitable. It is a matter of political choice.’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Florida and the NFL clash over diversity hiringIn the Spotlight The ‘Rooney Rule’ has been in place since 2003
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‘The plight of the American people has only gotten worse’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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‘Each feminist advance in American public life has prompted an equally strong backlash’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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