COVER
Why There's No Turning Back in the Middle East (World)
The combination of youth and technology is driving a wave of change in the Middle East. Fingers crossed: it may turn out just fine
Rage, Rap and Revolution: Inside the Arab Youth Quake (Features / World)
A generation once dismissed as politically supine has toppled two dictators and shaken up regimes across the Middle East. Who are the Arab youth, and what do they want?
ESSAY
Your Incredible Shrinking Paycheck (Commentary / The Curious Capitalist)
The recession is over, but its legacy of falling wages is likely to stick with us
Mitch Daniels: The Rare Politician Telling It like It Is (Commentary / In the Arena)
Indiana's Mitch Daniels is brutally candid about the difficulty of real deficit cutting
The Cost of Candor (On Second Thought)
Think it's easy to cut spending? Believe that and I've got a size 4 to sell you
NATION
Chicago, It's Rahm Emanuel, Your Next F#@*ing Mayor (Nation)
On his best behavior, Rahm Emanuel looks to trade running the White House for running a great U.S. city
Photos: Rahm Emanuel Runs for Mayor of Chicago
Photographer Callie Shell trails Obama's former chief of staff as he makes a run for his hometown's top job
BRIEFING
Verbatim
The Arabian Sea (Closeup)
World (World)
Milestones (Milestones)
The Big Questions: By Mark Halperin (Nation)
Obama's Sidestep (Nation)
Obama said in January that taming the federal budget deficit requires tackling the rising costs of programs like Social Security and Medicare. Why does his 2012 budget proposal ignore reforming them?
Service Members Sue Pentagon over Rapes (Nation)
The stereotypes exist because they're true: the U.S. military pays too much for weapons, fumbles postwar planning and can't protect its people from sexual predators within the ranks
Food Fights (Economy)
Rising global grocery bills are hitting the poor and causing political unrest
Bond Blues (Crash test)
State budgets are on the verge of a blowup
Walk with Me (Health&Science)
New fossil evidence confirms that Lucy and her kin strolled like modern man
Betty Garrett (Milestones)
Ronaldo (Milestones)
Silvio Berlusconi (Milestones)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Enter the King (The Culture / Profile)
An audience with Colin Firth — actor, activist, chatterbox
Colin Firth: The Thinking Ladies' Leading Man
Photos: It's taken a long time for the versatile actor — veteran of art house films and rom coms — to shed his pin-up aristocratic image
Tuned In: How BET's The Game Is Adjusting TV's Racial Balance (Tuned In)
Why adjusting TV's racial balance is good for business
Good Grief (Books)
The best memoirs of loss and tragedy teach us universal truths. The worst just teach us suffering
The Envelope, Please (Movies)
TIME's critics pick who will win (and who should win) this year's Academy Awards
BUSINESS
Nuclear Batteries (Sustainability Inc.)
Tiny atomic reactors have energized the nuclear industry. Can they help save the planet?
I'm with the Band (Technology)
MMC invites fans to invest in its artists in exchange for a record and a piece of the profits
Leaving Cell Hell (Money)
The U.S. is going to be tops in phone service. Really. What it means for users and investors
TECHNOLOGY
Finally, Truly Smart Cars Arrive for the Digital Age (Tech)
New dashboard apps give drivers a world of infotainment — from Google Earth to Pandora to Twitter
SCIENCE
Sex Addiction: Real Disease or Excuse? (Behavior)
Is it a real disease or an excuse for men to cheat and spend hours on porn sites? The inside story on uncontrollable desire
When Scientists Experiment on Themselves (Science)
Portrayed as lunatics in comic books, scientists who experiment on themselves have long pushed the boundaries of human knowledge. And now, through the Internet, their method is becoming mainstream
Photos: Portrait of a Cyberhuman
Professor Kevin Warwick allowed surgeons to plant a silicone chip into his forearm in order to advance our understanding of the place where human anatomy and circuits might meet
SOCIETY
Pop Chart
The Unexpected Triumph of Margarine over Butter (Food)
Butter may be the darling of the food world, but margarine is thriving--at least in tubs
PEOPLE
10 Questions for NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg (10 Questions)
The New York City mayor is now serving his third term. Michael Bloomberg talks about money, guns and beer on the rocks