COVER
Escape from Syria (World)
A photographer emerges from the rebel district of Homs to bear witness to the carnage
WORLD
An Unquiet People (Japan)
Last year's tsunami and Fukushima disaster have turned many ordinary Japanese into impassioned antinuclear activists. Some say we are witnessing the birth of Japanese civil society itself
LETTERS
Inbox
ESSAY
Is Hugo Chávez in Terminal Decline?
Venezuela's influential President could lose re-election if voters believe he is dying
THE CULTURE
Taking Up the Slack (Music)
Yuck begins where the lo-fi, postgrunge '90s left off
TRAVEL
3 Ways to Enjoy Singapore's Great Outdoors
Leave Ironman to the diehards