COVER
Rick Perry's Mission (United States)
Aggie yell leader. Texas governor. Onetime Democrat. Since launching his campaign for President, Rick Perry has turned the Republican Party upside down. Can he win over the Tea Party without making independent voters cringe?
'Americans Are tired of political correctness' (United States)
Rick Perry spoke with TIME's Rick Stengel and Mark Halperin on Sept. 13. Excerpts follow
WORLD
Unfriended
As the Palestinians push for statehood, Israel finds itself ever more isolated
Epidemic On the Run (Malaria)
How the accelerating antimalaria campaign opened up a whole new model for global aid
ECONOMY
Russia's State-Run Shakedown (Russia)
Corruption is driving out entrepreneurs and strangling the economy. Can the Russian miracle continue without reform?
ESSAY
With Gaddafi on the Run, Assessing the Winners and Losers in Libya's War
Those who refused to help topple Gaddafi are stranded on the wrong side of history