| BLOWING THE WHISTLE Former US Official Reveals Risks Faced by Internal Critics US President Barack Obama has said that Edward Snowden should have used official channels instead of taking NSA spying public. Now, a former high-ranking US government official has revealed how the Pentagon retaliates against internal critics. |
| POVERTY What Does It Mean To Be Poor? Poverty is measured on the basis of income, but that is often too one-dimensional for such a complex phenomenon. Researchers have developed better ways of defining who falls below the poverty line, but do those concepts stand up to the test? |
| EMBEDDED IN BREXIT An Inside Look at the Anti-EU Movement The Brexit movement tends to not be particularly open with journalists, so I joined them for a few weeks to get an inside look. What I found was a lot of enthusiasm and some cause for concern in the run-up to the June 23 vote. |
| 'WAITING FOR THE WORLD' An Interview with One of Aleppo's Last Doctors One of the few remaining doctors in Aleppo discusses the city's desperate situation, speaks of targeted attacks on doctors and hospitals and laments the inability to provide comprehensive treatment in an area ravaged by war. |
| THE RUSSIAN THREAT NATO Struggles to Recover after Years of Budget Cuts A recent study set off widespread concern about NATO's readiness to confront Russian aggression. Now, alliance member states are ratcheting up defense spending -- but the numbers still don't add up. |
| BUSINESS INSIDER CEO 'There Are No Must-Read Publications Any More' Henry Blodget, editor-in-chief of Business Insider, talks to SPIEGEL about the future of digital media, the likelihood of another dot-com bubble and about his own checkered past on Wall Street. |
