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 other Hollywood 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.
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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'Is this capitalism anymore?'
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'On too many elite campuses, little seems to have changed'
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'Retail therapy is real'
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Is Trump's attempted assassination a reckoning for the Secret Service?
Today's Big Question The incident is widely being described as a massive failure by the agency
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'Fascism feasts on violence'
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Scientists just made a big breakthrough with woolly mammoth DNA
The Explainer For the first time, researchers have reconstructed fossilized chromosomes
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'National service could become a pervasive post-graduation option'
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'The studio has run out of marquee heroes'
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Demand for nonalcoholic beer is hitting a fever pitch. Booze companies are leaning in.
In the Spotlight One of the biggest players in the industry recently raised another $50 million in funding
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How do political conventions work?
The Explainer The process of choosing a party's nominee has several moving parts
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'Even with the incumbency factor, the center-left can win and win big'
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'Might sound too good to be true'
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Biden on campaign trail as Democratic concern grows
Speed Read Multiple members of his party have called for the president to step down
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Sweltering heat wave hits much of the United States
Speed Read An excessive heat warning was in effect for 10% of the country's population
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The precipitous fall of the Japanese yen
Under the Radar The Yen recently below 160 to the dollar, its lowest value in more than 30 years
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Who could replace Biden as the Democratic nominee?
In the Spotlight Several governor's names have popped up
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'An Everlasting Gobstopper of offense'
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Is Jamaal Bowman's primary defeat the beginning of the end for DC's Squad?
Today's Big Question The congressman ran the most expensive House primary in US history but it wasn't enough
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A 'very good deal for cash-strapped families'
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It's not your imagination — restaurant reservations are becoming harder to get
In the Spotlight Bots, scalpers and even credit card companies are making reservations a rare commodity
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'They inspire in us both a sense of awe and an acute sense of loss'
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Gavin Newsom, the California governor who could hit the national stage
In the Spotlight Newsom's name has been floated as a presidential candidate for 2028 — or maybe before then
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Pharmaceutical companies are warning of a rise in knockoff drugs
Under the Radar The World Health Organization is also urging consumers to be cautious
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'This would be good for the Democrats, and give them a better chance of winning'
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