COVER
The Debt Deal's Failure (United States)
Congress proved incapable of solving America's money problems. The result is that it lost the world's trust
The Tea Party's Triumph (United States)
A populist movement underestimated by both parties has shown that it's here to stay
ECONOMY
Business is Booming: African Executives Are Leaving the West and Heading Home (Africa)
Lured by surging growth in frontier economies, Africa's best and brightest are leaving the West and returning home, where business is booming
ESSAY
Norway Massacre: When Slogans Beget Slaughter
It's time we grappled with the ideological underpinnings of far-right Western terror
Norway Massacre: When Slogans Beget Slaughter
It's time we grappled with the ideological underpinnings of far-right Western terror
WORLD
He Wants You to look at Him (Norway)
To get the world's attention, this Norwegian mass murderer killed 77 innocent people. But under the scrutiny he craves, Anders Behring Breivik amounts to less than meets the eye
GLOBAL ADVISER
Ants on the March (Next Time You're in ... Seoul)
A part of old Seoul faces redevelopment
No Sex, Please. We're Gentrifying (After Dark)
São Paulo's red-light area gets a makeover
Goga Party (Amuse-Bouche)
It's small, perfectly formed and the toast of Shanghai