COVER
The Long Goodbye (Nation)
For five months, I was my parents' death panel. And where the costly chaos of Medicare failed, a team of salaried doctors and nurses offered a better way
Joe Klein on His Cover Story
VIDEO: Joe Klein talks about how his parents' deaths taught him about the flaws in the fee-for-service health care system
COMMENTARY
The Case Against Intervention in Syria (Worldview)
Regime change is overdue, but a slow squeeze is a smarter solution than war
BUSINESS
King Coal's Comeback (Sustainability)
Asia needs coal, and the U.S. has plenty. Will expanding exports make climate change that much worse?
THE CULTURE
Into the Void (Movies)
Prometheus dives into a dangerous genre--the space opera
Pop Chart
10 Questions for Joseph Stiglitz (10 Questions)
Nobel Prize--winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on inventing the 1% and why they're bad for the economy
Strong-Armed (Sports)
Olympian Sarah Robles raises the bar for plus-size women
Date Night, Notarized (The Awesome Column)
A lesson in relationship management from Facebook's royal newlyweds
All in the Details (Books)
The latest Obama bio sheds new light on a familiar saga
My So-Called Wife (Books)
A crackling thriller about marriage in a house of mirrors
FEATURES
Does God Want You To Be Thin? (Health Special)
A Bible passage inspired Pastor Rick Warren's congregation to lose a collective 260,000 pounds. How faith can fight obesity
Pastor Rick Warren on The Daniel Plan Fitness Program
VIDEO: TIME reporter Elizabeth Dias talks with Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren about the success of his faith-based fitness program, The Daniel Plan
Mo Joe (Nation)
How the bear-hugging, pain-feeling, close-talking, heart-on-his-sleeve Vice President became the Obama campaign's not-so-secret weapon
Last Dance (Society)
For kids and communities across America, prom night is both a rite of passage and a sign of the times
American Proms
PHOTOS: Gillian Laub crossed the country to capture the bittersweet anticipation and excitement of high-school proms for TIME
BRIEFING
Paul Fussell (Milestones)
Retirement Repair (Game Changer)
Don't have a pension? Fear not. New 401(k) plans could make you feel like you do
Briefing
The Tormentor of Europe (World)
In Greece, a once obscure politician may hold the fate of the euro in his grip
The Survivor (Campaign Memo)
How Scott Walker went to war on his recall
Busted! (Economy)
How the IPO market can grow from the Facebook fiasco