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The Assad regime disappeared thousands of children. We go inside an investigation into what happened to them.
By Adam B. Kushner
I’m the editor of this newsletter.
The collapse of a dictatorship is when its subjects can finally confront the past. It’s a time for finding the disappeared, for bringing up the bodies, for holding bosses accountable, for making victims whole. It’s also a time for journalism. The public has benefited from incredible reportage after the fall of despots in Argentina, Egypt, the Soviet Union and many other places. That sort of work, exposing atrocities, is what first made me want to be a journalist.
