Daniel Allott

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Hassan Ahmad, 27, an activist who works with NGOs and foreign journalists, stands beside the remains of a toppled Hafez al-Assad statue marked with graffiti reading, “The executioner’s rule has fallen.” (Photo by Jordan Allott)

After Assad: Syria’s sectarian reckoning

Daniel Allott, Jordan Allott · June 20, 2026 5:30 am

Nayara Andrejczyk. (Photo by Daniel Allott)

Trigger warning: Immigrants, armed and American

Daniel Allott · November 28, 2025 3:00 am

Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, where a third of the population lives, May 2025. (Bethany Williams)

Colonial ghosts and Arctic dreams: Trump’s interest and Greenland’s hard choices

Daniel Allott, Bethany Williams · July 25, 2025 5:37 am

Magazine - Features

The GOP’s three amigas

Daniel Allott · October 7, 2022 3:15 am

Joe Biden’s Scranton problem

Daniel Allott · January 14, 2022 4:00 am

Tribalism as survivalism

Daniel Allott · October 30, 2020 3:00 am

In this Nov. 10, 2016 photo, President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump shake hands following their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Under Trump, American satisfaction with the way things are going has soared, said Gallup.

Beltway Confidential

Why these Obama-Trump voters are sticking with Trump in 2020

Daniel Allott · October 28, 2020 11:00 am

How Republicans lost Orange County

Daniel Allott · June 14, 2019 3:00 am

A restaurant owner and workers protest in the middle of the road in Norwood, Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. During lockdown the restaurant industry has taken one of the most serious knocks with many forced to close their doors. Many having been allowed to re-open for sit-down meals, but the alcohol ban is causing severe losses.

Beltway Confidential

America is great, but there’s a transformative power in traveling abroad

Daniel Allott · June 12, 2019 4:00 am

As critical as many of us have been of President Trump over his statements and conduct, he simply was a better candidate when you factor in that there was overwhelming support from the mainstream media to get Hillary Clinton elected over Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Regretful Trump voters hard to come by in Michigan

Daniel Allott · May 31, 2019 11:30 am

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is interviewed in Sacramento, Calif.

Beltway Confidential

What if the homeless had a place to die with dignity?

Daniel Allott · May 9, 2019 12:00 pm

Beltway Confidential

The next red state to turn purple: Utah

Daniel Allott · April 17, 2019 12:00 pm