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Briefing

How Facebook's metaverse could change your life

Estate tax.

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The disappearing estate tax

And more of the week's best financial insight

A protestor.

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The education debate's missing perspective

A false binary is confusing our conversations around parental influence in public education

Editorial Cartoon.

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5 toons about America's backsliding democracy

Artists take on hyper-partisanship, indifferent Democrats, and more

Speed Reads

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Matthew McConaughey is not running for Texas governor 'at this moment'

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Dutch health ministry confirms 13 cases of Omicron

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Swiss voters uphold COVID restrictions in referendum

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Taiwanese air force warns off Chinese incursion

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Wisconsin senators issue bipartisan plea to stop politicizing Waukesha killings

November 28, 2021

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South Africa objects to Omicron travel bans

Politics

Donkeys.

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A liberal diagnoses the Democratic Party's pathologies

Kyle Rittenhouse.

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Republicans' alarming reaction to Rittenhouse

Rage.

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Twitter's self-refreshing wheel of rage

A handout.

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Should anti-vaxxers get unemployment benefits?

A safe guy.

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The perils of the risk-averse society

Do we really want to live like this?

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Culture

A television.

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Dysfunction, anxiety, and 1 big bird

Licorice Pizza.

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Jesse Hassenger

The dreamy music video aesthetics of Licorice Pizza

The Statue of Liberty.

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The spiritual crisis of an overdose record

Wrigley Field.

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The absurd future of stadium names

Cartoons

Business & Tech

Jerome Powell.

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The downside of a functional Fed?

Jerome Powell.

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James Pethokoukis

Grateful for Jerome Powell?

A donkey.

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James Pethokoukis

Democrats' vintage lesson on inflation

Work.

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Time for businesses to humanize — or die

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Jeva Lange

A brain.

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The lost art of memorization

A clock.

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Opinion

The taboo topic of menstruation

Jeva and her dad.

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The absolute joy of being miserable with my dad

Donald Trump.

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Opinion

Memento mori, Donald Trump

Most Popular

Chris Cuomo.

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1.woah there

Chris Cuomo delivers Thanksgiving tirade on XM show

Macy's parade.

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2.happy thanksgiving

Macy's Thanksgiving parade returns full swing

Political Cartoon.

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7 cartoons about Thanksgiving inflation

Taxes.

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4.Briefing

Who pays America's taxes?

5.another one

Fauci: U.S. communicating with South Africa regarding variant

6.

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Twitter's self-refreshing wheel of rage

7.

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Should anti-vaxxers get unemployment benefits?

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Jesse Hassenger

The dreamy music video aesthetics of Licorice Pizza

Celebrating 20 years of The Week

The Week.

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A short history of The Week

Week covers.

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20 years of history through The Week's covers

September 11.

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Photos

The past 20 years, in 20 striking photos

A computer.

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