George Packer's Blog, page 28

The Wife of the Pulse Night-Club Shooter Goes on Trial

Rachel Louise Snyder writes about Noor Salman, the wife of the Pulse night-club shooter, Omar Mateen, who has been charged in connection with the crime.

The New Yorker Wins Three National Magazine Awards

The New Yorker won three National Magazine Awards for its reporting in 2017, including awards for General Excellence, Public Interest, and Feature Photography.

With Mike Pompeo at the State Department, Are the ��ber-Hawks Winning?

Robin Wright on Donald Trump���s announcement that the director of the C.I.A., Mike Pompeo, will become Secretary of State, following Rex Tillerson���s dismissal from the State Department.

A Trump Trip to Las Vegas Adds Intrigue to the Steele Dossier

Jane Mayer writes about ���Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin���s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump,��� a new book by Michael Isikoff and David Corn.

Trump Accepts North Korea���s Audacious Invitation���But Then What?

Robin Wright writes about Donald Trump���s surprising decision to accept an invitation to meet with the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

���We���re Not Your Pawns���: Parkland���s Never Again Movement Meets the Lawmakers

Emily Witt on the student activists of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, who are grappling with partisanship as they advocate for gun-control measures in the wake of the shooting in Parkland, Florida.

���It���s Raining Rockets���: Deadly New Syrian-Russian Assault Kills Hundreds in Eastern Ghouta

Rozina Ali writes that, in the last two weeks, more than nine hundred people have been killed in the rebel-held eastern Ghouta region of Syria as a result of a government offensive.

Extremism, the Mainstream, and the Primary Results in Texas

Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about the results of the primary elections held in Texas this week.

Israel Contemplates a Future Without Benjamin Netanyahu

Ruth Margalit writes about corruption cases that have threatened the political future of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Do the Democrats Need to Nominate a Centrist to Win the Texas Seventh?

Jia Tolentino on the contest in Texas���s Seventh Congressional District, where six Democrats are vying for a chance to take on the Republican incumbent, John Culberson.