COVER

The YouTube War (World)

In Syria's sectarian conflict, fighters on both sides are committing gruesome atrocities — and showing them off online

WORLD

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

HEALTH

The Angelina Effect (Cancer)

Her preventive mastectomy raises important issues about genes, health and risk

SOCIETY

The End Of Alimony (Divorce)

The American divorce is undergoing its biggest change in decades. Call it the revenge of the second wives

COMMENTARY

America the Isolated? (Worldview)

Hardly. Contrary to conservative complaints, the U.S. is fully — and smartly — involved overseas

THE CULTURE

ESSAY

10 QUESTIONS

10 Questions for Dan Brown

Author and secret-code enthusiast Dan Brown on futurists, gravity boots and his ritual for launching new books

LETTERS