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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Will Putin survive his 'catastrophic' Ukraine war?
In Depth There are really only three ways the war can topple Putin himself: He could die, resign or be involuntarily retired
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North Korea's Kim to visit Putin in eastern Russia to discuss arms sales for Ukraine war, U.S. says
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Exodus begins from Burning Man after desert mud trapped tens of thousands
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U.S. health agency advises easing federal marijuana restrictions
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Ukraine's biggest victories and defeats in its war against Russia
In Depth A look at seven key battles that have shaped the trajectory of the conflict
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Medicare drug price negotiations start with 1st 10 drugs, pharmaceutical industry lawsuits
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Fox News apologizes to Gold Star family for false story Marine Corps called 'disgusting'
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Watch Simone Biles win her record 8th US gymnastics championship
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Nobody seems surprised Wagner's Prigozhin died under suspicious circumstances
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Ukraine's counteroffensive is making incremental gains. Does it matter in the broader war?
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Mobsters jailed by Giuliani are 'thrilled' with his RICO prosecution. Former fans are sad.
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Police video shows GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson profanely threatening Texas trooper in rodeo altercation
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Kansas police raid small-town local newspaper, setting off a press freedoms clash
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Maui wildfire death toll hits 53, expected to rise, in Hawaii's 'largest natural disaster'
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Ecuador anti-corruption presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio shot dead before election
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Maui wildfires kill 6, destroy historic tourist town Lahaina
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'Circular saw blades' divide controversial Rio Grande buoys installed by Texas governor
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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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