COVER
The Only Child: Debunking the Myths (Cover)
Only children are supposed to be spoiled, selfish and lonely. In fact they're just fine — and on the rise, as more parents choose against having multiple children
Famous Only Children
Photos: A gallery of one-offspring who've helped shape the world
ESSAY
Africa's Future (Commentary)
How staging the World Cup has allowed a continent to believe in itself
How I Learned to Relax at a Spa — With My Mom (Commentary)
Armed with herbal iced tea, I help my mother celebrate her 65th birthday and learn the secrets of spa life
NATION
Can High-Speed Rail Get on Track? (The Well / Nation)
Obama is spending billions on a new network of faster trains. Is a car-crazed nation ready to add rails to the mix?
Cleaning Up on the Oil Spill: Who's Making Money? (The Well / Nation)
A disaster is also an opportunity. And for environmental-services firms, BP's Gulf blowout is an absolute gusher
Evicted by the Oil Spill
Video: With contractors flowing to the Gulf Coast to work on oil spill cleanup, rents are rising and fisherman Gene Hickman faces eviction from his home
WORLD
Postcard from Oakdale
The cast and crew of As the World Turns bid farewell to the fictional town they've called home for 54 years. On set for the end of the soap-opera era
As The World Turns — The Final Curtain
Photos: This fall, the venerable daytime television drama will go off the air
How India's Success Is Killing Its Holy River (World)
From the Himalayas to the plains, rampant growth is turning the Ganges into a toxic sewer. It's not too late to put things right
Holy Water: Controversy on the Ganges
Photos: An Indian dam has left many villagers without access to enough water
LETTERS
Inbox (Inbox)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Beauty and The East (Books)
David Mitchell, the mad scientist of story, is back with a novel of old Japan
Family Ties (Movies)
The funny, sexy The Kids Are All Right may be the best domestic drama we'll see this year
Q&A: Julianne Moore
The Kids Are All Right actress talks about soap opera acting, 30 Rock and lesbians who like gay porn
Olivia Newton-John (Q&A)
Short List
TIME'S PICKS FOR THE WEEK
SOCIETY
Hoarders Purge With Help From Community Groups (Life / Behavior)
How community task forces are dealing with hoarding, one pile of junk at a time
About Face (Life / Going Green)
A new book unmasks the toxic ingredients in mainstream cosmetics
PEOPLE
10 Questions for Elon Musk (10 Questions)
The engineer-magnate is a co-founder of electric-car maker Tesla Motors. Elon Musk will now take your questions
BRIEFING
The Moment
7 | 6 | 10: Washington
The World
10 ESSENTIAL STORIES
The Republicans Are Still Looking for a Leader
Without fresh, concrete ideas, the Republican Party won't be able to make the case that the GOP can fix the nation's vast problems. Angry anti-Obama rhetoric is simply not enough
Battlefield General: Is Bobby Jindal Making Sense?
By tapping into his constituents' anger toward Washington, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has watched his approval ratings skyrocket
Health: Latest Findings
Verbatim
Brief History: Ground Zero Visits
A Brief History of Royals in America
Photos: As Queen Elizabeth II makes her first trip to New York City in decades, TIME looks back at other royal visits over the years
The Skimmer
Book Review: The Fever by Sonia Shah
The Death of Fadlallah: The Misunderstood Shi'a Cleric (Milestone)
Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah may not have been a friend of the U.S., but he was certainly not the spiritual leader of Hizballah, nor was he responsible for the 1985 bombing of a Marine barracks in Beirut
Robert Butler, Guru of Growing Old (Milestone)
Robert Butler, advocate of long, healthy living and father of the term ageism, dies at 83