COVER
The Angelina Effect (Health /Cancer)
Her preventive mastectomy raises important issues about genes, health and risk
COMMENTARY
America the Isolated? (Worldview)
Hardly. Contrary to conservative complaints, the U.S. is fully and smartly involved overseas
UNITED STATES
Auditing the IRS
How the agency everyone hates went rogue
LETTERS
The 100 Most Influential People (Conversation)
WORLD
The Youtube War (Syria)
In Syria's sectarian conflict, fighters on both sides are committing gruesome atrocities and showing them off online
In Tamerlan's Footsteps (Dagestan)
Was the alleged Boston bomber radicalized in Dagestan, his ancestral homeland? A visit to the Russian republic reveals a more complex story
SOCIETY
The End of Alimony (Divorce)
The American divorce is undergoing its biggest change in decades. Call it the revenge of the second wives
ESSAY
Hope and Change, Pakistani Style
A peaceful handover of power and the emergence of a new political player? It's a start