Isaac Chotiner on 12/09/2024 I Isaac Chotiner
How Bashar al-Assad’s Regime Crumbled
Iran’s weakness, a faltering economy, and new political fissures led to the stunning end of a dynasty.
Iran’s weakness, a faltering economy, and new political fissures led to the stunning end of a dynasty.
A new kind of prosthetic limb depends on carbon fibre and computer chips—and the reëngineering of muscles, tendons, and bone.
Rashid Johnson, who is preparing for a major mid-career show at the Guggenheim, explores depths of masculine vulnerability that few of his contemporaries have touched.
Halina Reijn has always loved the genre—and revelled in creating a steamy melodrama for Nicole Kidman in which the protagonist is “greedy,” “dark,” and “wrong.”
Lawmakers have toppled the government for the first time since 1962. How did we get here?
The trial over the death of Jordan Neely, which made Penny a right-wing cause célèbre, became a flash point in the debate over crime and vigilantism in big cities.
In the wake of President Bashar al-Assad’s remarkable abdication of power, jubilation and fear collide as the country—and the region—faces an uncertain future.
Two political newcomers have arrived to slash big government, but so far the project seems less revolutionary than advertised.
What the death of a health-insurance C.E.O. means to America.
As the Biden Administration considers granting clemency to officials singled out by Trump, a legal scholar explains the advantages and pitfalls of extending such protections.
A historian explains why U.S. sanctions and Iran and Russia’s entanglements in other wars helped create an opening for rebel groups to overrun the Syrian Army.
Any deal will likely be favorable to the Russians, though the clock on Putin’s ability to sustain a wartime economy may be running out.
As “imminent” famine looms, Israel’s legislature has voted to ban the main U.N. relief agency for Palestinians.
As a pro-crypto Administration prepares to take power and crypto investors cheer, there are some parallels with the dot-com boom of the late nineties.
By granting clemency to his son, the President put his family above the American people.
“Cupcake games” are a critical part of the sport’s ecosystem—but why?
Grassroots activists believe that high-altitude advocacy is taking precedence over helping patients access care.
The President-elect is on the verge of beating most, if not all, of the criminal charges against him. What will be the consequences of having brought them in the first place?
The President-elect and his appointees now view their internal enemies as America’s biggest national-security threats.
Biden could still pursue additional protections for many of them—so far, he appears unwilling to do so.
President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law, then backed off, in a matter of hours. He now faces impeachment and mass protests.
You can now buy a pill over the counter, but a conservative backlash is promoting anti-contraceptive disinformation.
A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job.
The first trans person elected to Congress discusses how to respond to a bathroom bill and transphobic attacks from her new colleagues in the House.