Jeva Lange

Acting executive editor, TheWeek.com

Jeva Lange is a deputy editor and the active executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's culture critic. She is also a contributor to ScreenSlate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.

An ice cream truck that's sold out of Choco Tacos

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say it ain't so!

Is the discontinuation of Choco Tacos just a PR stunt?

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Business briefing

The daily business briefing: June 3, 2022

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: June 3, 2022

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Analysis

Welcome to the new TheWeek.com!

A gun rights protest outside the NRA annual meeting in Houston, Texas

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'Stop the Killing'

At least 7 killed in mass shootings over Memorial Day weekend

Smoke from Russian shelling rises over Sievierodonetsk

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The Battle of Sievierodonetsk

French journalist killed in Ukraine on civilian evacuation bus

Piccadilly Circus prepares for the Platinum Jubilee

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egad!

Report: The Platinum Jubilee could shave half a point off the U.K.'s GDP

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smear campaign

Someone smeared cake on the Mona Lisa

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The battle of Sievierodonetsk

Sievierodonetsk 'on the brink of becoming another Mariupol'

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Briefing

What will Russia's Victory Day bring?

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Analysis

The pros and cons of student loan forgiveness

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Opinion

Stadium bag rules are out of control

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Opinion

America ends the pandemic as we began: stupidly

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Jeva Lange

I love cars, but I want higher gas prices right now

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Opinion

The surveillance state won't save you

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Jeva Lange

Why the Clean Water Act no longer holds water

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Jeva Lange

The moral rot of the superyacht

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Jeva Lange

You've just experienced universal healthcare. Not bad, eh?

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Opinion

Yes means yes, but it doesn't mean good sex

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Opinion

The Big Bad is back

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I knew something was up

There are 5 fewer Doritos per bag now thanks to inflation

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you know it's bad when…

Even the Taliban wants Russia and Ukraine to stop fighting

Moscow police detain an anti-war protester

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No to war

Russian police attempt to silence anti-war protests

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That can't be good

Fighting breaks out near Chernobyl

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying

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BFF breakup?

China squirms as its ally, Russia, marches into Ukraine

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War

Putin meets about gas pipeline amid outbreak of war

People celebrate Russia recognizing Donetsk as independent in eastern Ukraine

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Speed Reads

Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine

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Jeva Lange

The Olympics start this week — and nobody cares

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Opinion

Making the SATs digital won't make them fair

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Opinion

9 books to read in 2022

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Opinion

2021: The year of ____

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Speed Reads

Putin requests Thursday call with Biden amid ongoing Ukraine tensions

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but why is the champagne gone?

Champagne in short supply ahead of New Year's Eve

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Business briefing

The daily business briefing: December 30, 2021

A COVID-testing line in Stamford, Connecticut

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: December 30, 2021

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Opinion

The best headlines of 2021