George Packer's Blog, page 22

The New Yorker and the New York Times Win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

The New Yorker was honored for Ronan Farrow���s work exposing the decades-long sexual predation of the movie producer Harvey Weinstein; Jelani Cobb was recognized as a finalist for commentary.

Michael Cohen and the End Stage of the Trump Presidency

The raid on the offices of Michael Cohen, President Trump���s personal lawyer, makes clear that Trump���s battle with the special counsel Robert Mueller is entering its final chapter, Adam Davidson writes

The Hypocrisy of Trump���s ���Mission Accomplished��� Boast About Syria

Robin Wright on the hypocrisy of Donald Trump���s ���Mission Accomplished��� tweet following the U.S. strike against Syria, and how the attack will not stop the country���s civil war and or aid peace talks involving Russia, Iran, and other players.

The Syria Strikes and What Bashar al-Assad Wants

The latest U.S. missile strikes in Syria may deter President Bashar al-Assad from using chemical weapons again in the short term, Dexter Filkins writes, but the strikes are not likely to alter the course of the war or Assad���s calculations about using such weapons again.

Russia���s ���Madman��� Routine in Syria May Have Averted Direct Confrontation with the U.S., For Now

Joshua Yaffa on the U.S. air strikes in Syria, the rhetoric of Vladimir Putin and Kremlin officials, and whether and where the conflict is likely to escalate.

Trump Strikes Syria Over Chemical Weapons

Robin Wright on Trump���s order for air strikes in Syria following a chemical-weapons attack in Douma.

On Syria, Trump Is Finally Learning the Dangers of Military Might

Robin Wright writes about how President Trump���s reaction to the use of chemical weapons in Syria has escalated tensions with both Russia and Iran.

Inside the Campaign to Register Mexicans in the U.S. to Vote���in Mexico

Jonathan Blitzer on the shifting voter demographics in Mexico, which will allow its expatriate citizens to register to vote from abroad for the Presidential elections in July.

The National Enquirer, a Trump Rumor, and Another Secret Payment to Buy Silence

Ronan Farrow on a $30,000 payment by A.M.I., the company that owns the National Enquirer, to a former Trump Tower doorman named Dino Sajudin for a story that Donald Trump had fathered a child with a former employee in the late nineteen-eighties.

Watching Congress Try to Friend Mark Zuckerberg

Mattathias Schwartz on the second day of congressional hearings on privacy and technology with Mark Zuckerberg, the C.E.O. of Facebook.