Peter Weber, The Week US
Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University. He graduated from Northwestern University with degrees in international studies and performance studies and served in the Peace Corps in Honduras.
Peter has lived in Italy and all major quadrants of the continental U.S. and currently resides in Austin, Texas, where he plays bass and rhythm cello in a garage band.
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Ohio voters defeat GOP measure to raise referendum threshold
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Should you even bother throwing plastic in the recycling bin?
In Depth Recycling plastic is garbage, Greenpeace says. So, landfill then?
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Ohio is voting on whether to raise the bar on referendums — and a popular abortion amendment
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Texas found dead body stuck in border buoys it placed in Rio Grande, Mexico says
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The US just banned most incandescent light bulbs, and few people even noticed
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Fitch downgrades US credit rating, citing 'repeated debt-limit political standoffs'
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Biden keeps U.S. Space Command in Colorado, reversing Trump move to Alabama
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Saudi Arabia to host Russia-less Ukraine peace talks, Kyiv confirms, as Moscow hit by more drones
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What's the Federal Reserve's new instant payment system, FedNow, and will it kill Venmo?
Speed Read The Fed's new financial tool may will make your life easier and your money more portable
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Justice Department sues Texas over Mexico border buoys
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Israel on edge, Netanyahu hospitalized ahead of Supreme Court overhaul vote
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Has Texas lost its pro-business mojo?
In Depth The state has dropped out of the top five in a ranking of the best states for business. Is it politics?
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How extreme weather is changing the traditional American summer
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British spy chief, Wagner video suggest Prigozhin is alive and freely 'floating around'
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Attack attributed to Ukraine naval drones damages key Russian bridge to occupied Crimea
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Top Russian generals killed, fired, disappeared after aborted Wagner mutiny
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Hollywood actors to strike after contract talks end without deal
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San Francisco's iconic Anchor Brewing is closing after 127 years
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Top suspect in transformative 1982 cyanide-laced Tylenol murders dies uncharged
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Florida ocean water just hit a 'boiling' 97 degrees. That's bad for several reasons.
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The United Methodist Church has lost 20% of U.S. congregations in schism over LGBTQ rules
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How solar and wind energy are saving Texans from a record heatwave
In Depth The same sun that is scorching Texas is keeping the air conditioning running, no matter what certain Lone Star legislators say
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Scientists find evidence of gravitational waves warping space-time throughout the cosmos
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Top Russian general knew about Wagner's mutiny beforehand, U.S. intelligence assesses
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