
William Falk
William Falk is editor-in-chief of The Week, and has held that role since the magazine's first issue in 2001. He has previously been a reporter, columnist, and editor at the Gannett Westchester Newspapers and at Newsday, where he was part of two reporting teams that won Pulitzer Prizes.
Latest articles by William Falk
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The virtual secessionopinion The election has left no doubt that Americans live in two separate realities
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The people speakopinion There's a reason tens of millions of Americans have already spent hours waiting to vote
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An originalist's originalismopinion Even James Madison didn't think the Constitution was a dead document with a fixed meaning
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You paid Trump's taxesopinion Our tax code was created for people like him
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It's not the fluopinion Many COVID survivors still have severe symptoms months later
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Harnessing hateopinion How negative partisanship now defines our politics
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What war does to the warriorsopinion Long after the killing is over, soldiers are haunted
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Our COVID choiceopinion We already know how to drive infections way, way down
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A successful cover-upopinion We still don't know why Trump is so afraid of Putin
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The steep price of denialopinion Why the world now shuns Americans
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The power of moral revulsionopinion How photos of Emmett Till's brutalized body helped launch the civil rights movement
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Living with uncertaintyopinion Four months into this pandemic, we still know very little
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Rebelling against sanityopinion Defying sound health advice on COVID-19 won't save the economy
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No, this won't be over soonopinion Infectious disease specialists expect waves of infection
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What really mattersopinion In a pandemic, you can take nothing for granted
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Calling Dr. Fauciopinion Tony from Brooklyn is among the many heroes for whom to be grateful
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The coronavirus paradoxfeature We all pose threats to one another, yet we need each other more than ever
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The viral testopinion To limit Covid-19's spread, Americans will need social cohesion and smart leadership
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What Barr hath wroughtopinion A president who believes presidential powers are limitless
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You're being watchedopinion In China, surveillance is both Orwellian and visible. Here, it's largely invisible.
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'Lock them up!'opinion A year from now, prosecutors will be launching criminal investigations of the party that loses the election
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All the free speech money can buyopinion The escalating arms race of unlimited campaign spending
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Introducing The Week Juniorfeature You might have seen in the news that we are launching a new magazine for kids
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A democracy in perilopinion Where 2020 might take us
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