NATION

A New Day Dawning

Against all odds, the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance-reform bill survives its toughest challenge yet. If it becomes law, how much will change?

EDUCATION SPECIAL

Way Beyond Shop Class (Education/Special Report)

New vocational courses make school relevant and fun for kids who are bored by Shakespeare

BUSINESS

EDUCATION SPECIAL

BUSINESS

Up and Dot Gone

Ravi Desai promised $5 million for poetry. He delivered $6,770

SOCIETY & SCIENCE

Ecstasy Crackdown (Society)

Will the feds use a 1980s anti-crack law to destroy the rave movement?

PERSONAL TIME

Don't Lose Sleep (Personal Time/Your Family)

Making nighttime work is tough, even when kids aren't babies anymore, but it is not impossible

The Tylenol Scare (Personal Time/Your Health)

Too many Americans gobble acetaminophen tablets like so many M&Ms. What are the risks?

The Bargain Bin (Personal Time/Your Money)

Now is the time to take the long view, which makes tech blue chips discreetly attractive

WORLD

Fuel For The Fire

TIME gets a frontline look at Israel's new, secretly engineered battle plan

Bagging The Butcher

In a dawn raid, Yugoslavia arrests its ex-strongman but accuses him of thievery, not war crimes

GLOBAL BUSINESS

In Control, 10 Time Zones Away (Global Business/E-Management)

Thanks to new technology, managers now run businesses around the world without leaving the U.S.

Oranges For Bulldozers (Global Business/Beyond NAFTA)

If Bush can forge a free-trade deal for the Americas, which companies will win and lose?

Spending To Save (Global Business/High Tech)

Which technology investments make sense for your business, even in a slowing economy?

THE ARTS

Bigger Than Pee-wee (The Arts/Cinema)

Paul Reubens is back and starring in grownup movies like Blow, but he hasn't forsaken his famous inner child

GLOBAL BUSINESS

World Beaters (Global Business/World Beaters)

People to watch in international business

THE ARTS

A Woman With A Habit (The Arts/Books)

Louise Erdrich has a new baby, a new job and a new novel about an odd ministry on a reservation

GLOBAL BUSINESS

THE ARTS

Civil Rights And Wrongs (The Arts/Books)

Two views of the struggle to end segregation as witnessed by those on both sides of the revolution

The Pluck of the Irish (The Arts/Theater)

Two little-known actors bring their Belfast-born smash comedy about Hollywood to Broadway