COVER
World Cup 2010 (The Global Game)
Once every four years, the globe's biggest sporting event enraptures soccer fans — and, yes, that includes Americans
UNITED STATES
On the Edge (Environmental Disaster)
Birds poisoned, fisheries destroyed, coastline slicked, livelihoods wrecked. The ongoing oil spill is an environmental calamity like none we've ever faced. And it's not just residents of the vulnerable Gulf who will get hit by it. This time we're all going to feel the pain
COMMENTARY
Will the Peace Boat Sink?
The Gaza flotilla crisis means fundamental change, by all the players, is needed in the Middle East
WORLD
Armed Farces (Afghanistan)
The U.S. has spent $26 billion building up the Afghan army. But it is still poorly trained and rife with internal rivalries. Will it ever be fit to fight?