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Oklahoma fires instructor over gender essay grade
<article> <h2 id="what-happened-6">What happened</h2><p>The University of Oklahoma has removed a graduate student after she gave a student a failing grade on a psychology paper that cited the Bible as proof that “belief in multiple genders” is “demonic.” A review determined that the instructor, Mel Cuth, was “arbitrary in the grading of this specific paper,” the university said Monday, and she “will no longer have instructional duties.”</p><h2 id="who-said-what-6">Who said what</h2><p>The junior psychology major who wrote the essay appealed her zero grade and filed a <a href="https://theweek.com/education/education-public-schools-religious">religious discrimination</a> claim. “Her case became a flashpoint in the ongoing debate over academic freedom on college campuses” after the university suspended Cuth and struck the student’s failing grade, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/oklahoma-instructor-removed-teaching-failing-bible-based-gender-128660973" target="_blank">The Associated Press</a> said. Conservative groups and commentators made it an “online cause, highlighting” the junior’s argument “she’d been punished for expressing conservative Christian views.”<br /><br />The University of Oklahoma’s Graduate Student Senate called Cuth’s removal “reprehensible.” The failed essay, meant to discuss academic research on <a href="https://theweek.com/feature/1020838/jk-rowlings-transphobia-controversy-a-complete-timeline">gender expression</a> and bullying in middle school, included a “prayer” that America’s youth “would not believe the lies being spread from Satan” about multiple genders. Cuth responded that the paper “does not answer the questions for the assignment,” relies on “personal ideology” and “is at times offensive,” though “I am not deducting points because you have certain beliefs,” according to a screenshot posted online by the school’s <a href="https://theweek.com/politics/tp-usa-maga-civil-war-vance-fuentes-carlton-owens-kirk">Turning Point USA</a> chapter.</p><h2 id="what-next-6">What next?</h2><p>Cuth said through a lawyer yesterday she was “considering all of her legal remedies, including appealing this decision.”</p> </article>
December 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Trump appears numerous times in new Epstein batch
<article> <h2 id="what-happened-12">What happened</h2><p>The Justice Department yesterday released its second large batch of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and unlike the tranche released over the weekend, President Donald Trump is mentioned multiple times. The latest 30,000 pages also reference “10 co-conspirators” the FBI wanted to interview in July 2019, days after Epstein’s arrest and before his death in custody. The only Epstein co-conspirator charged was <a href="https://theweek.com/politics/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-records-release">Ghislaine Maxwell</a>, now serving 20 years in federal prison. </p><h2 id="who-said-what-12">Who said what</h2><p>In a January 2020 email, an unidentified federal prosecutor in New York said Trump had flown on Epstein’s<a href="https://theweek.com/speedreads/855241/jeffrey-epsteins-personal-pilots-reportedly-subpoenaed-by-federal-prosecutors"> </a>private jet at least eight times between 1993 and 1996, “many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware).” Two flights carried just Trump, <a href="https://theweek.com/politics/epstein-trump-files-documents-damaging">Epstein</a> and two “women who would be possible witnesses in a Maxwell case,” the email said. Last year, Trump claimed on social media he “was never on Epstein’s Plane, or at his ‘stupid’ Island.” <br /><br />The newly released files also “include several tips that were collected by the FBI about Trump’s involvement with Epstein,” <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/22/epstein-trump-file-release/" target="_blank">The Washington Post</a> said, though it’s not clear “whether any of the tips were corroborated.” A limousine driver in Dallas reported that during one ride, “Trump continuously stated the name ‘Jeffrey’ while on the phone, and made references to ‘abusing some girl,’” the FBI said. The driver also claimed that a woman told him Trump and Epstein raped her. The Justice Department said on social media yesterday that some of the documents contain “untrue and sensationalist claims” about Trump that, if credible, would have already been “weaponized” against him.</p><h2 id="what-next-12">What next?</h2><p>The <a href="https://theweek.com/politics/house-approves-epstein-files-bill">Epstein files</a> release has been “marred by DOJ mishandling, and that’s continuing,” <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/politics/epstein-files-latest-drop-takeaways" target="_blank">CNN</a> said. The Justice Department sounds like Trump’s “personal lawyer,” and the documents contain “curious and heavy-handed redactions that go beyond the limits of the law.” The files “involving Epstein’s 2007 sweetheart plea deal” are so “heavily redacted,” it’s “almost impossible to understand” how he escaped federal prosecution, the <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article313920022.html" target="_blank">Miami Herald</a> said. </p> </article>
December 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Supreme Court bars Trump’s military use in Chicago
<article> <h2 id="what-happened-18">What happened</h2><p>The Supreme Court yesterday blocked President Donald Trump from deploying the National Guard in the Chicago area to bolster his <a href="https://theweek.com/politics/deportations-growing-backlash">mass deportation</a> push. “At this preliminary stage, the government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois,” the court said in an <a href="https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/klpyjblewvg/25A443%20Order.pdf" target="_blank">unsigned emergency docket opinion</a>. Three conservative justices — Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch — publicly dissented. </p><h2 id="who-said-what-18">Who said what</h2><p>The ruling was a “rare setback” for Trump before a <a href="https://theweek.com/feature/briefing/1016630/what-the-conservative-supreme-court-spells-for-america">conservative Supreme Court</a> that has “frequently backed his broad assertions of presidential authority,” <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us-supreme-court-rejects-trumps-military-deployment-chicago-area-now-2025-12-23/" target="_blank">Reuters</a> said. This was the “first time the justices have weighed in on Trump’s efforts to dispatch the military to American cities,” <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/supreme-court-blocks-national-guard-deployment-to-chicago-area-7797cdea?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqd6TB-8BFDRYtNM2cLhwRcbc6KLO8r5oHn5SISxdzzeI-CO7Vw4K9AVtDlxsus%3D&amp;gaa_ts=694c5350&amp;gaa_sig=SWSLuEEDAKS59FPAqIODc6iPsQwRT7IoAcxa8FAPIi44bj_PuOR8ySRrmY6qqEWT9uuP-btAAyu7g8kY8M8mGg%3D%3D" target="_blank">The Wall Street Journal</a> said, and their “preliminary” ruling suggests they are “unwilling to rubber-stamp Trump’s assertions of broad authority to use the National Guard to manage protests and violent crime.” <br /><br />Yesterday’s ruling “hinged on the definition of ‘regular forces,’” the Journal said. Lower courts had blocked Trump’s deployment after determining that anti-ICE protests aren’t a brewing “rebellion,” but the justices found that Trump had failed to meet the other condition needed to nationalize the Guard over the objections of state officials: showing he was “unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.” The court’s majority agreed with Illinois that “regular forces” likely meant the U.S. military, not federal agents. They also noted that presidents can only use the regular military for domestic law enforcement under “exceptional” circumstances because of the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act. <br /><br />Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) <a href="https://www.threads.com/@govpritzker/post/DSnvGjlk_Tk/today-is-a-big-win-for-illinois-and-american-democracy-i-am-glad-the-supreme" target="_blank">welcomed the ruling</a> as “an important step in curbing the Trump administration’s consistent abuse of power and slowing Trump’s march toward authoritarianism.” The White House said the ruling doesn’t detract from Trump’s “core agenda” of immigration enforcement and protecting federal personnel from “violent rioters.”</p><h2 id="what-next-18">What next?</h2><p>The decision was “not a final ruling,” but it could affect pending legal challenges to Trump’s “attempts to deploy the military in other Democratic-led cities,” <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/supreme-court-trumps-national-guard-deployment-blocked-chicago-128660275" target="_blank">The Associated Press</a> said. Lower courts have blocked Trump’s deployments in Oregon and California. But some Republican governors have welcomed National Guard missions in their Democratic-run cities, and minutes after yesterday’s ruling, <a href="https://theweek.com/politics/denmark-outraged-trump-greenland-landry">Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry</a> (R) announced that about 350 Guard troops will join immigration agents in New Orleans before New Year’s Eve.</p> </article>
December 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Danes ‘outraged’ at revived Trump Greenland push
<article> <h2 id="what-happened-6">What happened</h2><p>President Donald Trump yesterday revived his early-term campaign to take control of <a href="https://theweek.com/politics/why-does-donald-trump-want-greenland">Greenland</a>, a self-ruling territory of NATO ally Denmark. Trump has publicly coveted the large Arctic island’s mineral wealth, but “we need Greenland for national security, not for minerals,” he told reporters yesterday. “We have to have it,” he added, and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) will “lead the charge.” </p><h2 id="who-said-what-6">Who said what</h2><p>Trump unexpectedly named <a href="https://theweek.com/law/louisiana-10-commandments-law-ruling">Landry</a> as his “special envoy to Greenland” on Sunday. Landry said on <a href="https://x.com/LAGovJeffLandry/status/2002950029494124986" target="_blank">social media</a> yesterday he would work to “make Greenland a part of the U.S.” in his new “volunteer position,” which “in no way affects my position as Governor of Louisiana!”</p><p>It’s illegal to “annex another country,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/22/denmark-summon-us-ambassador-trump-greenland-envoy-appointment" target="_blank">joint statement</a>. “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders, and the U.S. shall not take over Greenland.” <br /><br />Trump’s <a href="https://theweek.com/politics/greenland-sending-advance-guard-vance">fixation on Greenland</a> “gradually drifted out of the headlines” following his initial push, <a href="https://www.kvue.com/article/syndication/associatedpress/denmark-insists-on-respect-for-territorial-integrity-after-trump-appoints-envoy-to-greenland/616-6a683cc8-8f19-4416-a551-143af14ccf00" target="_blank">The Associated Press</a> said. But Danish officials protested in August after “at least three people with connections to Trump” reportedly “carried out covert influence operations in Greenland.” And earlier this month, the Danish Defense Intelligence Service assessed that the U.S. was using its economic power to “assert its will” and threaten military force against both friends and foes.</p><h2 id="what-next-6">What next?</h2><p>Opinion polls in Greenland “show overwhelming opposition to becoming part of the US,” <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgmd132ge4o" target="_blank">the BBC</a> said. And Trump’s refusal to “rule out using force to secure control of the island” has “shocked Denmark.” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told local media yesterday he was “deeply outraged” by the developments and would summon U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Ken Howery for an explanation. </p> </article>
December 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Trump unveils new ‘Trump class’ US warships
<article> <h2 id="what-happened-12">What happened</h2><p>President Donald Trump yesterday announced he was working with the U.S. Navy to design and build a “Trump class” fleet of “battleships” that would form a centerpiece of America’s revamped “Golden Fleet.” The new warships will “be the fastest, the biggest and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built,” Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago, standing alongside <a href="https://theweek.com/politics/hegseth-congress-boat-strike-video">Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth</a>, Navy Secretary John Phelan and renderings of the proposed vessel. The last U.S. battleship was decommissioned in 1992.</p><h2 id="who-said-what-12">Who said what</h2><p>Trump said construction would begin “almost immediately” on the first of up to 25 Trump-class ships, the USS Defiant, which would be delivered in “two and a half years.” A U.S. official told <a href="https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2025/12/23/trump-announces-plans-for-new-navy-battleship-as-part-of-a-golden-fleet/" target="_blank">The Associated Press</a> that construction was planned to begin in the early 2030s. “There is no funding in the current Pentagon budget” for the <a href="https://theweek.com/politics/why-is-trump-going-after-venezuela">warships</a>, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/trumps-new-trump-class-battleship-will-carry-nuclear-weapons-00704179" target="_blank">Politico</a> said.<br /><br />The new ships, as described by Trump, “will be armed with hypersonic missiles, nuclear cruise missiles, rail guns and high-powered lasers,” the AP said, “all technologies that are in various stages of development by the Navy,” with some previously abandoned as impractical. Massive new $5 billion warships are “exactly what we don’t need” to defend “against the Chinese threat,” retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, now at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-hegseth-new-warship-the-battleship-63367854?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqfuW9PmZz8ih4DPnzWV_dGkZgWBz1MXJg82VF45RwCXIWHKrK77C9EZVqiz3jA%3D&amp;gaa_ts=694af8c8&amp;gaa_sig=ctQy_hj4i78aI0ScmICMfCC0ibzG8hT583t92lscs9tO3aR3X5-BRA68LLFyXd3WPY3Jo6bboSMjHRsM8oDQhg%3D%3D" target="_blank">The Wall Street Journal</a>. “They are focused on the president’s visual that a battleship is a cool-looking ship.”</p><h2 id="what-next-12">What next?</h2><p>“This ship is <a href="https://www.csis.org/analysis/golden-fleets-battleship-will-never-sail" target="_blank">never going to sail</a>,” Mark Cancian, a military expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told The Washington Post. He predicted it would “take four, five, six years” <a href="https://theweek.com/politics/-navy-us-china">to just develop the ship</a>. Trump said he would meet with defense contractors in Florida next week to accelerate production.</p> </article>
December 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Trump halts wind power projects, citing ‘security’
<article> <h2 id="what-happened-6">What happened</h2><p>The Interior Department yesterday said it was “pausing — effective immediately” — all “large-scale offshore wind projects under construction” in the U.S. “due to national security risks” identified by the Pentagon in “recently completed classified reports.” The announcement effectively halts five wind energy projects off the East Coast from Virginia to New England, leaving just two operational wind farms in U.S. coastal waters.</p><h2 id="who-said-what-6">Who said what</h2><p>Halting the <a href="https://theweek.com/politics/windmills-wind-power-turbines">wind farms</a> was the “most sweeping broadsides yet against the renewable energy source” most directly in President Donald Trump’s “crosshairs,” <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/12/22/trump-offshore-wind-leases-construction-halt" target="_blank">Axios</a> said. Trump has boosted fossil fuels and hampered renewable energy throughout his time in office, but he has been on a personal “crusade” <a href="https://theweek.com/politics/trump-energy-production-wind-industry">against wind power</a> “ever since, 14 years ago, he failed to stop an offshore wind farm visible from one of his golf courses in Scotland,” <a href="https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/12/23/nation-world-news/trump-halts-5-wind-farms-off-the-east-coast/amp/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> said. Now his administration is “essentially gutting” America’s “nascent offshore wind industry.” <br /><br />Interior Secretary Doug Burgum cited the classified “emerging national security risks” in a statement, but White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said Trump “has been clear” that “wind energy is the scam of the century.” Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D), whose constituents were among the 2.5 million households and businesses expected to benefit from the blocked wind farms, <a href="https://portal.ct.gov/governor/news/press-releases/2025/12-2025/governor-lamont-statement-on-trump-administration-latest-attempt-to-stop-revolution-wind" target="_blank">said</a> Trump’s “erratic anti-business move” would “drive up the price of electricity” across the region. <br /><br />Trump’s “bogus ‘national security risks’” excuse will also “set back the cause of generating enough energy to meet the demands of the AI boom,” <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/22/permitting-reform-offshore-wind-pause/" target="_blank">The Washington Post</a> said in an editorial. A federal judge two weeks ago struck down Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, calling it illegal, “arbitrary and capricious.” But the “administration’s decision to cite potential national security risks could complicate legal challenges” going forward, <a href="https://www.wral.com/news/ap/c0ac1-trump-administration-suspends-5-wind-projects-off-the-east-coast-cites-national-security-concerns/" target="_blank">The Associated Press</a> said.</p><h2 id="what-next-6">What next?</h2><p>Burgum said on Fox News he was working with wind farm companies “to see if there’s a way to actually mitigate this.” But the indefinite “pause” has already “threatened to stymie a long-debated bipartisan energy permitting bill winding its way through Congress,” <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/trump-leaves-wind-industry-reeling-at-a-perilous-moment-for-his-party-00704170" target="_blank">Politico</a> said, and the “rising electricity prices” from sidelining nearly complete “major new power sources” could pose a “political problem for Trump’s party.” </p> </article>
December 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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December 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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December 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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The Week contest: Octopus album
<article> <p><strong>This week’s question: </strong>A Swedish man ordered a live octopus from a seafood distributor and then spent six months teaching it to play a specially modified underwater piano, awarding the creature with food every time it pressed a key. If an album of the octopus’ music were to be released, what should the collection be titled?</p><p><a href="https://theweek.com/puzzles/the-week-contest-no-smoking" target="_blank">Click here to see the winner of last week's contest: No smoking. </a></p><p><strong>How to enter:</strong> Submissions should be emailed to <a href="mailto:contest@theweek.com" target="_blank">contest@theweek.com</a>. Please include your name, address, and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type “Octopus album” in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, Jan. 6. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page of the Jan. 16 issue and at <a href="http://theweek.com/contest" target="_blank">theweek.com/contest</a> on Jan. 9. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit. All entries become property of <em>The Week</em>.</p> </article>
December 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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More than a zipper: Young Black men embrace the ‘quarter-zip movement‘
<article> <p>Move over, tech bros: Swaths of younger Black men are reclaiming the preppy pullover sweater in a trend dubbed the “quarter-zip movement.” While some praise the young men for abandoning their Nike Tech sweatsuits for more professional attire, critics say the trend reeks of respectability politics and exposes racial biases in fashion, particularly for young men of color.</p><h2 id="how-did-the-movement-start-6">How did the movement start?</h2><p>The trend kicked off after a <a href="https://www.theweek.com/tech/tiktok-alternatives-app-ban-us">TikTok</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@whois.jason/video/7569359244739349773?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc" target="_blank"><u>video</u></a> of two young Black men “bespectacled and sporting navy blue quarter-zip pullovers” with iced <a href="https://www.theweek.com/culture-life/food-drink/the-bougie-foods-causing-international-shortages">matcha</a> in hand went viral. “We don’t do Nike Tech, we don’t do coffee,” said Jason Gyamfi, one of the men in the video, proclaiming it’s “straight quarter-zips and matchas around here.”</p><p>As <a href="https://www.theweek.com/business/jobs/why-bosses-are-hiring-etiquette-coaches-for-gen-z-staff">Gen Z</a> matures and begins to “lean into business casual,” the “often ribbed, always square quarter-zip sweater seems to be their garment of choice,” said <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/style/quarter-zip-sweater-men-tiktok.html" target="_blank"><u>The New York Times.</u></a> The “shift from the Nike Tech fleece sweatsuit” to the classic quarter-zip “signifies an aesthetic pivot toward professional expectations.” More than just a fashion statement, the trend has become a “cultural moment” alongside the current revival of Black dandyism, said the <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-culture/2025/12/08/young-chicagoans-quarter-zip-matcha-trend-south-side-businesses" target="_blank"><u>Chicago Sun Times</u></a>.</p><p>The movement has inspired multiple large-scale meetups, where young men gather while wearing the versatile pullover. The movement is “bigger than just about what you’re wearing,” Corey Dooley Johnson, who helped organize the Chicago meetup, said to the Chicago Sun Times. It is about “how you’re living” and “community service and brotherhood.” What we want to do is “bring that holistic community feeling back.”</p><p>The movement also signals a cultural shift, particularly among young Black men who have popularized it. Many associated Nike Techs with <a href="https://www.theweek.com/culture-life/music/2024-black-country-artists">Black culture</a> and, unfortunately, with corresponding negative stereotypes. The movement is fueled by a younger generation trying to leave those associations behind, TikToker Tamu Atemie said to <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/gen-z-quarter-zip-movement-fashion-culture-11089737" target="_blank"><u>Newsweek</u></a>. Despite their comfortable fit, Nike techs have earned a “bad reputation.” There have been instances when “individuals are caught doing crimes,” such as stealing and burglary. “What are they wearing? A Nike tech.”</p><h2 id="is-it-about-conforming-or-does-it-symbolize-more-6">Is it about conforming, or does it symbolize more?</h2><p>All movements are to “some degree, political,” said <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/quarter-zip-and-matcha-tiktok-trend-masculinity" target="_blank"><u>GQ</u></a>. This one, “dressed as a finance bro, arrives smack dab in the middle of the purported crisis of masculinity.” Loneliness, “directionlessness, perceived powerlessness, physical and mental health issues” and a “decline in college enrollment rates” are all “pieces of that puzzle.” However, due to the “current social climate,” it is tempting to “not to see this viral trend as anything other than cookie-cutter conservatism propped up as elegance.” Still, “outright dismissing it feels rather cynical.”</p><p>Online, critics have dismissed the trend as a “form of respectability politics,” claiming participants are “making themselves more acceptable for white, mainstream society,” said the Chicago Sun Times. But the “quarter-zip enthusiasts push back on that critique,” saying their intention is to “be fashionable, build self-confidence, foster community and show Black men doing positive things while having fun.” Respectability politics often “puts the burden on marginalized communities instead of addressing prejudices.”</p><p>“I think respectability politics is only half the story,” Chicago Fashion Coalition President Marquan Jones said to the Chicago Sun Times. How you are dressed is “how you are addressed,” but that should “never determine the dignity that you’re owed.” No outfit has “ever protected a Black man from racism.”</p><p>For all his “talk of personal reinvention,” Gyamfi said to the Times, it would be “unwise to read too much into any pivot.” To him, there is not necessarily a difference between “wearing a Nike Tech or a quarter-zip” because “clothes don’t make the man, the man makes the clothes.”</p> </article>
December 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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The Week contest: No smoking
<article> <p><strong>This week’s question: </strong>Over half of the top-grossing films of 2024 included scenes with cigarettes, cigars, or other tobacco products, according to a new study. In seven or fewer words, come up with a PSA reminding young people that smoking is still not cool, despite what they may see in Hollywood blockbusters.</p><p><a href="https://theweek.com/puzzles/the-week-contest-primate-peck" target="_blank"> Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Primate peck</a></p><p><strong>How to enter:</strong> Submissions should be emailed to <a href="mailto:contest@theweek.com" target="_blank">contest@theweek.com</a>. Please include your name, address, and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type “No smoking” in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, Dec. 16. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page of the Dec. 26-Jan. 2 issue and at <a href="http://theweek.com/contest" target="_blank">theweek.com/contest</a> on Dec. 17. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit. All entries become property of <em>The Week</em>.</p><p><strong>The winner gets a one-year subscription to </strong><em><strong>The Week</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p> </article>
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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The Week contest: Primate peck
<article> <p><strong>This week’s question: </strong>A new study suggests that the act of kissing likely dates back at least 16.9 million years ago and was first practiced by the common ancestor of humans and other large apes. If Hollywood were to make a rom-com about the invention of kissing by our primate predecessors, what would it be titled?</p><p><a href="https://theweek.com/puzzles/the-week-contest-pickleball-protest" target="_blank"><u>Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Pickleball protest</u></a></p><p><strong>How to enter:</strong> Submissions should be emailed to <a href="mailto:contest@theweek.com" target="_blank">contest@theweek.com</a>. Please include your name, address, and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type “Primate peck” in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, Dec. 9. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page of the Dec. 19 issue and at <a href="http://theweek.com/contest" target="_blank">theweek.com/contest</a> on Dec. 10. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit. All entries become property of <em>The Week</em>.</p><p><strong>The winner gets a one-year subscription to </strong><em><strong>The Week</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p> </article>
December 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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The Week contest: Pickleball protest
<article> <p><strong>This week’s question: </strong>A movement is afoot in the tony beachfront town of Carmel, Calif. to ban pickleball, with residents complaining about the loud, relentless “pop” sound of balls hitting paddles. In seven or fewer words, come up with a slogan that might appear on a sign carried by an anti-pickleball protester.</p><p><a href="https://theweek.com/puzzles/the-week-contest-a-cryo-controversy" target="_blank">Click here to see the results of last week's contest: A cryo controversy</a></p><p><strong>How to enter:</strong> Submissions should be emailed to <a href="mailto:contest@theweek.com" target="_blank">contest@theweek.com</a>. Please include your name, address, and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type “Pickleball protest” in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, Dec. 2. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page of the Dec. 12 issue and at <a href="http://theweek.com/contest" target="_blank">theweek.com/contest</a>. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit. All entries become property of <em>The Week</em>.</p><p><strong>The winner gets a one-year subscription to </strong><em><strong>The Week</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p> </article>
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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The Week contest: A cryo controversy
<article> <p><strong>This week’s question: </strong>A Chinese man who had his wife ­cryogenically frozen after her death in 2017 is facing backlash after it was revealed he’d been dating someone else, a living woman, since 2020. If Hollywood were to make a sci-fi movie about the love rivalry between a revived, formerly frozen spouse and her husband’s new partner, what would it be titled?</p><p><a href="https://theweek.com/puzzles/the-week-contest-french-cyclist-rescued" target="_blank"><u>Click here to see the result's of last week's contest: French cyclist rescued</u></a></p><p><strong>How to enter:</strong> Submissions should be emailed to <a href="mailto:contest@theweek.com" target="_blank">contest@theweek.com</a>. Please include your name, address, and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type “Cryo love” in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, Eastern Time, Monday, Nov. 24. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page of the Dec. 5 issue and at <a href="http://theweek.com/contest" target="_blank">theweek.com/contest</a> on Nov. 28. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit. All entries become property of <em>The Week</em>.</p> </article>
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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The Week contest: French cyclist rescued
<article> <p><strong>This week’s question: </strong>A 77-year-old French cyclist who tumbled into a 130-foot-deep ravine on his way home from the supermarket was rescued after three days, having sustained himself on several bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag. If this Gallic hero were to write a survival book for fellow wine lovers, what should it be titled?</p><p><a href="https://theweek.com/puzzles/the-week-contest-pumpkin-pie-d" target="_blank">Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Pumpkin pie-d</a></p><p><strong>How to enter:</strong> Submissions should be emailed to <a href="mailto:contest@theweek.com" target="_blank">contest@theweek.com</a>. Please include your name, address, and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type “Oenophile endurance” in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, Nov. 18. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page of the Nov. 28 issue and at <a href="http://theweek.com/contest" target="_blank">theweek.com/contest</a> on Nov. 20. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit. All entries become property of <em>The Week</em>.</p><p><strong>The winner gets a one-year subscription to </strong><em><strong>The Week</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p> </article>
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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The Week contest: Pumpkin pie-d
<article> <p><strong>This week’s question: </strong>A Utah man said goodbye to the 1991 Geo Metro he’s been driving for nearly 35 years by crushing the broken-down compact with a prize-winning, 1,917-pound pumpkin dropped from a crane. In seven or fewer words, come up with a caption for a photo of the moment the giant gourd made impact.</p><p><strong>How to enter:</strong> Submissions should be emailed to <a href="mailto:contest@theweek.com" target="_blank">contest@theweek.com</a>. Please include your name, address, and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type “Pumpkin demolition” in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, Nov. 11. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page of the Nov. 21 issue and at <a href="http://theweek.com/contest" target="_blank">theweek.com/contest</a> on Nov. 14. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit. All entries become property of <em>The Week</em>.</p><p><strong>The winner gets a one-year subscription to </strong><em><strong>The Week</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p><p><a href="https://theweek.com/puzzles/the-week-contest-mattress-malfunction" target="_blank"><strong>Click here to see the results of last week’s contest: Mattress malfunction</strong></a><em></em></p> </article>
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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The Week contest: Mattress malfunction
<article> <p><strong>This week’s question: </strong>An outage at Amazon Web Services caused some “smart” mattresses to suddenly heat up, freeze in an upright position, and/or sound a wake-up alarm. In seven or fewer words, write the subject line of a complaint that a sleep-deprived customer might email to the smart mattress maker.</p><p><a href="https://theweek.com/puzzles/the-week-contest-shutdown-spirits" target="_blank"><strong>Click here to see the results of last week’s contest: Shutdown spirits</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://theweek.com/puzzles/the-week-contest-shutdown-spirits" target="_blank"><strong>How to enter:</strong></a> Submissions should be emailed to <a href="mailto:contest@theweek.com" target="_blank">contest@theweek.com</a>. Please include your name, address and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type “Mattress malfunction” in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, Nov. 4. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page of the Nov. 14 issue and at <a href="http://theweek.com/contest" target="_blank">theweek.com/contest</a> on Nov. 7. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit. All entries become property of The Week.</p><p><strong>The winner gets a one-year subscription to The Week.</strong></p> </article>
October 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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The Week contest: Shutdown spirits
<article> <p><strong>This week’s question: </strong>Bars in Washington, D.C., are trying to drum up business during the government shutdown by offering discounted meal-and-drink combos and specialty cocktails to furloughed federal workers. Come up with a shutdown-themed name for a cocktail that one of these establishments could serve to our nation’s civil servants.</p><p><a href="https://theweek.com/puzzles/the-week-contest-disarmed-007" target="_blank"><strong>Click here to see the results of last week’s contest: Disarmed 007</strong></a></p><p><strong>How to enter:</strong> Submissions should be emailed to <a href="mailto:contest@theweek.com" target="_blank">contest@theweek.com</a>. Please include your name, address and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type “Shutdown spirits” in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, Oct. 28. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page of the Nov. 7 issue and at <a href="http://theweek.com/contest" target="_blank">theweek.com/contest</a> on Oct. 31. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit. All entries become property of The Week.</p><p><strong>The winner gets a one-year subscription to The Week.</strong></p> </article>
October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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The Week contest: Disarmed 007
<article> <p><strong>This week’s question: </strong>Amazon sparked outrage after it digitally scrubbed James Bond’s signature Walther PPK pistol from 007 promotional images on its streaming platform, leaving the likes of Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan awkwardly brandishing thin air. If Amazon were to further sanitize the super spy series, what new violence-free title might it give an old Bond movie?</p><p><a href="https://theweek.com/puzzles/the-week-contest-scary-squirrel" target="_blank"><strong>Click here to see the results of last week’s contest: Scary squirrel</strong></a></p><p><strong>How to enter:</strong> Submissions should be emailed to <a href="mailto:contest@theweek.com" target="_blank">contest@theweek.com</a>. Please include your name, address and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type “Disarmed 007” in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, Oct. 21. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page of the Oct. 31 issue and at <a href="http://theweek.com/contest" target="_blank">theweek.com/contest</a> on Oct. 24. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit. All entries become property of The Week.</p><p><strong>The winner gets a one-year subscription to The Week.</strong></p> </article>
October 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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The Week contest: Scary squirrel
<article> <p><strong>This week’s question: </strong>An aggressive squirrel has been terrorizing the residents of San Rafael, Calif., at least two who needed emergency medical assistance after being bitten and scratched by the rodent. If Hollywood were to make a horror movie based on this bushy-tailed menace, what would it be titled?</p><p><a href="https://theweek.com/puzzles/the-week-contest-regime-love" target="_blank"><strong>Click here to see the results of last week’s contest: Regime love</strong></a></p><p><strong>How to enter:</strong> Submissions should be emailed to <a href="mailto:contest@theweek.com" target="_blank">contest@theweek.com</a>. Please include your name, address and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type “Scary squirrel” in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, Oct. 14. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page of the Oct. 24 issue and at <a href="http://theweek.com/contest" target="_blank">theweek.com/contest</a> on Oct. 17. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit. All entries become property of <em>The Week</em>.</p><p><strong>The winner gets a one-year subscription to </strong><em><strong>The Week</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p> </article>
October 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM