Overturning the cradle of the Arab Spring

THE FRUIT VENDOR Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation 14 years ago inspired Tunisians to topple their longtime dictator and kicked off the 2011 Arab Spring. Of all the countries in the region that caught the revolutionary bug, Tunisia was the only one that managed to build a multiparty democracy with separation of powers and freedom of expression, for a while becoming the poster child of successful democratization.

The heartache of calling Israel home

I KNEW THAT AS SOON AS WE CAME HOME TO ISRAEL, I'd ask myself why we'd been so eager to get back. I'd disconnected for a few days in New York City with my family, even stopped wearing the hostage necklace I wore every day, and I knew it would be hard to return.

LATINO LEADERS

17 trailblazers CHANGING THEIR industries, THE U.S., AND THE world

Georgia's Nightmare for the West

Ruling party Georgian Dream has raised fears that the once-aspiring NATO country is aligning more closely with Russia

ALFONSO CUARÓN GOES LONG

The Oscar-winning filmmaker finds pathos in our lonely present in his first TV miniseries

KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY TAPPING HIS INNER CHILD

FROM PLAYING WITH ROBOTS AS A KID TO VOICING BUMBLEBEE IN TRANSFORMERS ONE, THE KEY & PEELE ALUM LOVES LETTING HIS IMAGINATION RUN WILD

JAMES MIDDLETON From Despair to Hope

IN AN EMOTIONAL NEW MEMOIR, PRINCESS KATE'S YOUNGER BROTHER OPENS UP ABOUT HIS STRUGGLE WITH DEPRESSION, LIFE WITHIN THE ROYAL ORBIT AND HOW HIS BELOVED DOG ELLA SAVED HIS LIFE

Tito Jackson of the Jackson 5 Dies at 70

A founding member of the iconic group, he last performed on Sept. 8

WHAT I KNOW NOW

NOW STARRING IN REBEL RIDGE, THE ACTOR GETS CANDID ABOUT CAREER LONGEVITY (54 YEARS IN THE BIZ!), FATHERHOOD AND SURVIVING LIFE AS AN '80S HEARTTHROB

There can be only one Sally Rooney

A FEW YEARS AGO, SOMEONE POSTED a photo of a man walking through Brooklyn with a copy of Conversations With Friends tucked in the back of his trousers, the words SALLY ROONEY peeking out above his waistband. It was an accessory that telegraphed as much about his personal style as his choice in attire did. Less than a month earlier, the book critic Constance Grady had published an essay titled \"The Cult of Sally Rooney,\" deeming it \"aspirational\" to be a fan: \"If you read Sally Rooney, the thinking seems to go, you're smart, but you're also fun and you're also cool enough to be suspicious of both 'smart' and 'fun' as general concepts.\"

HALLMARK STAR ASHLEY WILLIAMS Honoring Her Mom On & Off Screen

Ashley Williams's new movie Falling Together didn't start as an homage to her mother, Linda, who died from dementia in 2016; it began with a failed apartment building-wide chili party she threw years ago.

THE DAWN OF SUPERSTORMS

Earlier this summer, Hurricane Beryl broke virtually every early-season hurricane record. It was the earliest Category 5 storm in history, and the strongest July Atlantic hurricane, with winds of 165 m.p.h. As ocean and air temperatures spike, extreme weather is growing more intense than ever before. This is the dawn of the Superstorm Era and it will only continue to rise, unless we take action to stop it.

Kate Middleton

Six months after announcing her cancer diagnosis, Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, shared her \"relief\" at completing her chemotherapy treatment in a social media post on Sept. 9.

THE WORLD'S BEST SMART HOSPITALS 2025

TECHNOLOGY HAS TRANSFORMED HEALTH CARE. TELEHEALTH SERVICES NOW ENABLE ROUNDthe-clock communication between patients and medical providers, and it is estimated that over 116 million individuals will seek virtual consultations with doctors in 2024, according to Statista data.

One Election, Two Different Campaigns

Newsweek asks political scientists to break down Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump's strategies for winning the 2024 election

MEDICINE'S EXHAUSTED MASSES

Is generative AI the cure to doctor burnout that will allow physicians to focus on what matters most their patients?

ACTOR ADAM PEARSON I Don't Think 'Why Me?" I Think 'Why Not Me

THE A DIFFERENT MAN STAR, WHO LIVES WITH NEUROFIBROMATOSIS, IS CHALLENGING HOLLYWOOD TO REFRAME DISABILITY

Meet the Democracy Defenders

In the minds of many voters, nothing less than American democracy is on the line in 2024. Some see threats on multiple fronts: foreign interference, artificial intelligence, a polarized electorate. Others are most worried about candidates who have undermined faith in our voting systems. The 11 people on this list-Democrats and Republicans, public officials and private individuals, business leaders and civil rights crusaders-are working to boost voter participation, reverse disenfranchisement, and combat misinformation. Their efforts help not only defend democracy, but also strengthen it.

THE LONG WAIT

Judge Juan Merchan's postponement of Donald Trump's sentencing keeps the nation on hold too

A Question Of Balance

THE NAVAJO NATION HAS FIRST RIGHTS TO THE WATER AROUND IT, YET PAYS THE MOST AND GETS THE LEAST

The D.C. Brief

WHEN SOME OF THE BIGGEST donors to conservative causes made explicit their electoral opposition to a second term for Donald Trump way back in February 2023, it came as something of a shock to the Republican orbit. After all, the powerful network organized under the auspices of billionaire industrialist Charles Koch had officially remained neutral in Trump's 2016 and 2020 campaigns, a sign of how uncomfortable his allies were with the nominee whose positions were so far afield from their own.

Trump Stumped

The former front runner is struggling to adjust to Kamala Harris

Inside Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez's Brief Reunion

Less than a month after Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck after two years of marriage, the two stars got together with their children at the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Polo Lounge on Sept. 14.

Elle King on Love, Family & Her Healing Journey

When Elle King recently weathered some struggles publicly, she sought solace in music.

Dave Grohl's Shocking Secret Baby News

When Dave Grohl announced on Sept. 10 that he'd fathered a daughter outside of his 21-year marriage to wife Jordyn Blum, it sent shock waves through an industry that has long considered the Foo Fighters musician the dedicated \"nice guy\" of the hardened rock and roll scene.

Ina Garten I Learned to Believe in Myself"

IN A REVEALING NEW MEMOIR, THE CELEBRITY CHEF OPENS UP ABOUT ABUSE BY HER PARENTS AND A ROCKY PERIOD IN HER MARRIAGE TO HUSBAND JEFFREY: 'DEBILITATING FEAR TAUGHT ME ENORMOUS COMPASSION'

finding peace after loss

THE NASHVILLE ACTRESS'S YOUNGER BROTHER DIED UNEXPECTEDLY JUST AS SHE WAS WORKING TO OVERCOME DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION. HOW SHE'S PICKING UP THE PIECES, STAYING SOBER AND DOING HER BEST TO LOOK FORWARD

STOUGHTON OR MURDER?

SHE WAS 23 AND EXCITEDLY EXPECTING HER FIRST CHILD WHEN SHE APPEARED TO TAKE HER OWN LIFE. NOW AUTHORITIES SUSPECT FOUL PLAY BY HER MARRIED POLICE OFFICER BOYFRIEND

The Substance

Demi Moore is scarily good as an actress who drinks at the wrong fountain of youth

Are mosquitoes getting more dangerous?

MOSQUITOES SEEM TO BE EVERYWHERE THIS YEAR, AND they're not just a nuisance at outdoor gatherings. Health experts say they're carrying some serious diseases—a fact that's hitting home in the U.S., as some towns in Massachusetts have shut down public parks and other outdoor areas in the evenings, after mosquitoes in the region were learned to be carrying eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but deadly virus. And Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's former top infectious-disease expert, was recently hospitalized with a West Nile virus infection he is believed to have acquired from a mosquito buzzing through his backyard.