COVER

Obama's Economic Dilemma: To Spend or Not to Spend (Cover)

As each day brings signs of both revival and relapse, Obama is under pressure to throw more money at the problem. Voters want no part of that. How an economic recovery ran into a political storm

TIME Polls America: Spend or Cut?

Video: The Obama Administration will take one of two approaches to manage our way out of the recession: spend or cut. But which should it be? TIME asked Americans what they think

ESSAY

NATION

WORLD

Postcard from Port-au-Prince (Postcard)

Six months after a devastating earthquake, many are looking to the past as a possible way forward. Rediscovering Haiti's gingerbread houses

Haiti's Gingerbread Houses

Photos: Rediscovering an architectural movement that could help shape the Caribbean nation's reconstruction efforts

Here Comes The Junior Partner (World)

Britain's new Prime Minister, David Cameron, talks to TIME about his first official visit to the U.S. Why the man and his politics are worth watching

Where Have We Seen This Before? (The Well / World)

Twin bombings in Uganda indicate that yet another Islamist militant group has gone global. Defeating al-Shabab will require more than Western firepower

LETTERS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Little Fight Music (Music)

M.I.A. amps up the politics on her third album, but the catchy grooves are missing in action

SOCIETY

Into the Woods (Life / Food)

Yes, it's positively prehistoric. How foraging has become the latest obsession in haute cuisine

PEOPLE

10 Questions for Anna Paquin (10 Questions)

She can be seen in the third season of HBO's hit series True Blood. Anna Paquin will now take your questions

BRIEFING

The Skimmer

Book review: The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean