NATION
Debating For Dollars (Nation/Campaign Finance)
As McCain pushes his bill, suspense builds, with the outcome anyone's guess
"The Right Thing to Do"
In a dramatic move, Scott Waddle takes the stand in the Greeneville inquiry. Now will he be punished?
Another Hail of Bullets in Georgia (Sequel)
On Dec. 15, 2000, Derwin Brown, sheriff-elect of the suburban Atlanta county of DeKalb, was assassinated as he walked up his driveway. The killing stunned the country. And as a TIME In Depth story showed in February, many people might have wanted Brown dead. Then, on Sunday, March 18, another shoot-out left one person dead--and a lot more people got nervous.
Don't Waste Your Breath (Dividing Line)
The fight for slave reparations is a morally just but totally hopeless cause
Dubya Talks The Talk
But will he walk the walk with a tough new foreign policy stance--or stumble because of inexperience?
The Taking Of Andrew's Mother (Nation/In China)
Medicine For Mad Dow Disease? (Nation/Tax Cuts)
BUSINESS
PDA Wars: Round 2
Palm, Handspring and Pocket PCs slug it out to be the next small thing
Boeing, Boeing, Gone
Does the planemaker's decision to move its headquarters out of Seattle make any sense?
SOCIETY & SCIENCE
Let Bullies Beware (Society)
Politicians are going after them. But what works best? Banishing them--or changing the culture?
The "Gang" Hits Again (Paleontology)
Those famed Leakey fossil hunters add a new limb to our family tree
Whippings In The Pulpit (Society)
A congregation loses 41 of its children to the state after a boy tells the police what happened at church
WORLD
Speed Demons
Methamphetamines are ripping across asia, seducing the young with a promise of a fast, clean high. Karl Taro Greenfeld visits one of the region's worst drug slums and comes to terms with the deadly dose that nearly destroyed his own life
Rebel Hell
Inside the hilltop town where the Macedonian government is using artillery to forestall a war
THE ARTS
Seabiscuit (The Arts/Short Takes/Books)
By Laura Hillenbrand
The Tailor Of Panama (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by John Boorman
The Widow Of Saint-Pierre (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by Patrice Leconte
What About Joan ABC, Tuesdays, 9:30 p.m. E.T.; My Wife And Kids ABC, Wednesdays, 8 p.m. E.T. (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)
A Class Act (The Arts/Short Takes/Theater)
Music and lyrics by Edward Kleban
No Brush Required (The Arts/Art)
Websites, DVDs, virtual reality--two exhibits show how visual artists are entering the digital age
Ripped from the Headlines (The Arts/Books)
In a journalist's debut novel, Arab-Israeli discord is both achingly personal and inescapably political
A Bad Boy Comes of Age (The Arts/Dance)
Once a renegade, Mark Morris is now a role model complete with an ambitious dance center
The Arts/Q&A (The Arts/Q&A)
Inventing Stardom (The Arts/Television)
A trio of musical reality series aims to turn the entertainment business into entertainment
PERSONAL TIME
Hormone Hazards (Personal Time/Your Health)
Long-term estrogen use may double the risk of ovarian cancer. But look beyond the numbers
Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)
It's Not Their Fault (Personal Time/Your Money)
Face it. Greed and speculation--not overly bullish Internet analysts--led to the tech bubble
Your Money (Personal Time/Your Money)
You've Got Face! (Personal Time/Your Technology)
Freebie software lets you send your e-mail as a talking head. It's cool stuff, but will it be hot?