COVER
Healing the Hurt (Health Special)
Finding new ways to treat pain
The End of Ouch? (Health Special)
Not quite, but for people who suffer from chronic pain, there are now more ways than ever to get relief
Living with Pain (Health Special)
What happens when you can't make it go away?
Beyond Drugs (Health Special)
How alternative treatments can ease pain
ESSAY
As Goes Wisconsin... So Goes the Nation (Features / Nation)
Why the crusade to change the bargain between government and its employees is spreading
Showdown in Wisconsin
Union supporters protest a bill that would almost eliminate collective bargaining rights — a measure that governor Scott Walker says is necessary to trim the budget
Video: Budgets, Unions and the Middle Class
On the steps of the capitol building in Madison, Wis., TIME political columnist Joe Klein says the battle over limiting the power of public employees' unions is much deeper than a labor dispute
I'm Making My Will. Who Wants a Yes Concert T-Shirt? (Commentary)
It's time to bequeath my earthly belongings. Honk if you love Yes concert T-shirts
NATION
Budget Fight: What Public Employees Really Cost (Nation)
Are they coddled, exploited or just misunderstood?
A Soldier's Tragedy: The Toll of Part-Time War (Nation)
He killed his wife, his daughters and himself. What one National Guardsman's murder-suicide reveals about the plight of weekend warriors
WORLD
Endgame in Libya: Is this Gaddafi's Last Stand? (World)
The new Arab revolution confronts a dictator determined to keep power at all costs. Expect a bloody old-fashioned civil war
Five Lessons from the Arab Revolutions (World)
Five lessons from change in the Arab world
TIME Exclusive Photos: Crackdown in Bahrain
Anti-government protesters remain on Pearl Square
LETTERS
Inbox (Inbox)
TO OUR READERS
Where the Money Is
We're entering a new era of austerity. From Wisconsin to Washington, D.C., politicians and thought leaders are focused on doing something about deficits and the debt
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Hall Pass Review: Scent of Another Woman (Movies)
Commitment-free sex is the new rom-com trend
The Secret Shutterbug (Art)
Pop Chart
BUSINESS
How Germany Became the China of Europe (Business)
Ten years ago, Germany's economy was a shambles. Now it's an export machine. What can America learn from an Old World tiger?
SOCIETY
Think Positive: Behind America's Self-Help Obsession (Society)
On the eve of a famous guru's manslaughter trial, one flawed man explores the self-help spectrum for the secret to personal growth
Photos: Pure Yoga
99% Practice, 1% Theory — "Guruji" K. Pattabhi Jois died in 2009, but his Ashtanga yoga still thrives in the U.S.
The Tastemaker (Food)
Can Nathan Myhrvold's scientific culinary opus change the way we cook?
SPORT
Time Out? (Sports / Sports)
If NFL players and owners dig in, football will be just a fantasy
PEOPLE
10 Questions for Watson's Human, David Ferrucci (10 Questions)
Watson handler — and IBM lead researcher — David Ferrucci talks about the mind of his machine
BRIEFING
Verbatim
Trapped (Closeup)
2/22/11
World (World)
The Big Questions: By Mark Halperin (Nation)
A Drastic Cut for Detroit Schools (Nation)
Obama's 2012 Challenge (Nation)
Why Boehner Doesn't Want a Government Shutdown (Nation)
Why John Boehner does not want a Gingrich-style shutdown
Red Herring (Economy)
Higher growth could mean our debt worries are all for nothing
Up, Up and Away (Stocks)
The bull market you didn't know you were in
Mobile Threat? (Health&Science)
A study finds that cell-phone emissions can change brain activity