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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'Far less life-changing than it should have been'
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The spiraling chaos at Paramount
The Explainer The company tried to find a lifeline with Skydance, but the deal didn't pan out
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Dog attacks are on the rise
Under the Radar The number of fatal dog attacks has more than doubled in the past decade, according to the CDC
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Why is the tech industry up in arms about Google's search algorithm leak?
Today's Big Question A leak of about 2,500 documents shed light on how Google's search engine operates, and not everyone is happy
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Cricket is swiftly becoming America's new obsession
In the Spotlight Team USA recently shocked the world by beating Pakistan in the Men's World Cup
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'America's adversaries don't share the dream of a nuclear-free world'
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'We must instead learn how to do better science faster'
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'Roads are a scarce good'
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A massive copper shortage is on the horizon
Under the Radar It is estimated that mines will only meet 80% of copper needs by 2030
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What rights does Donald Trump lose as a felon?
In the Spotlight Trump is the first former president to ever be convicted of a felony
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'Desegregation made a difference — but not enough of one'
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'Designing loneliness into American floor plans'
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Shake-up at The Washington Post leaves paper's position uncertain
Talking Points The soon-to-be executive editor of the Post currently works at a British conservative paper, The Telegraph
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'The contradiction of the educated class'
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'Diplomacy and symbolism matter tremendously'
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Vermont becomes first state to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate change
In the Spotlight The 'climate superfund' law is the first of its kind in the United States
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'His spell over voters seems to have been broken'
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'How is he still in power?'
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What does the return of panda diplomacy mean for the US and China?
Today's Big Question Pandas are coming back to the National Zoo. Will a warming of relations come with them?
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The push for more climate change stories in Hollywood
The Explainer America's entertainment industry has often been accused of marginalizing stories about the planet
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'What my colleagues and I have witnessed is in no way a security crisis'
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How the FBI took down the world's largest zombie 'botnet'
Under the Radar The bot allegedly infected more than 19 million IP addresses across the world
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A private astronaut wants to save the Hubble Space Telescope — but NASA has concerns
Under the Radar The telescope is expected to burn up in the atmosphere in the 2030s
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Satanists are pushing for representation in schools
In the Spotlight The 'After School Satan Club' has been igniting controversy in recent months
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