Assassinations

The feminist advocate and city council member was gunned down after mediating a debate about women's rights.

• By Kamille Viola

British criminologists claim that hitmen are more boring than we make them out to be, but their analysis can't account for the behavior of "Master" killers.

• By Ryan Jacobs

Tunisia had been a relative bright spot among the emerging democracies of the Arab Spring, but an unprecedented political assassination has reintroduced turmoil on the streets of Tunis. Our Marc Herman interviews a Tunisian journalist on what it means for the land of the Jasmine Revolution.

• By Marc Herman