
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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Is greed no longer good?opinion Why leading CEOs say creating profits is no longer their only responsibility
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Blaming evilopinion The massacre in El Paso was not the product of inexplicable forces
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The limits on asylumopinion Should the U.S. invite even more desperate people to try to enter the country?
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Swimming in plasticsopinion Tiny particles of man-made polymers can now be found in oceans, fish — and our bodies.
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Defined by an errorfeature Bill Buckner always knew a single mistake would be the first line of his obituary. He was right.
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Sports as a mirroropinion In the Trump Era, even championship teams are divided by race
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Uncheckedopinion Why Trump's attorney general absolved him of obstruction
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Not what it seemsopinion Seeing a black hole is a reminder that the universe is much stranger than we think
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Not exoneratedopinion Mueller's investigation made one thing clear: Putin interfered with America's presidential election
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The nuclear necessityopinion The world can't reach emissions goals with wind and solar alone
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Consciousness of guiltopinion Why has President Trump spent two years trying to halt, control, and discredit the Russia investigation?
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The Democrats' dilemmaopinion In picking a 2020 candidate, can they afford to run to the far left?
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El Chapo's business partneropinion With OxyContin, the Sackler family helped create a massive market for heroin
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Where your raise wentopinion Most companies worship profits and stock prices, which is why wages aren't rising
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To save the church
opinion Catholics can no longer settle for words and half measures. The all-male priesthood must go.
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The world on fireopinion Climate change is here now, but so what? Let's make our kids deal with it.
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Don't leave usopinion Suicidal people think the world would be better off without them. They are wrong.
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A hat tip to the truth tellersopinion Why journalism is indispensable to a free society
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America's happiness deficitopinion What do Finland and Denmark know that we've forgotten?
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The authoritarian momentopinion All over the world, liberal democracy is in retreat
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The peacock on the planeopinion The boom in airline passengers insisting they must fly with 'emotional support' animals tells us something
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Into the crucibleopinion In 2018, America will undergo a critical test of its principles
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What mass killers have in commonopinion Ideology can mask the real motive: the thrill of violent revenge on the world
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The economics of denialopinion Why high-carbon states don't believe in climate change
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