SPECIAL SECTION
The Good Samaritans (Persons Of The Year / The Good Samaritans)
Melinda Gates, Bono and Bill Gates: three people on a global mission to end poverty, disease—and indifference
The Constant Charmer (Persons Of The Year / In The Name Of Love)
The inside story of how the world's biggest rock star mastered the political game and persuaded the world's leaders to take on global poverty. And he's not done yet
Photos: In the Name of Love (Persons Of The Year / The Good Samaritans)
U2's lead singer made debt relief the thing to do
Photos: Common Cause (Persons Of The Year / The Good Samaritans)
Ex-Presidents Bush and Clinton united to bring relief to the World's disaster weary
From Riches to Rags (Persons Of The Year / The Benefactors)
Imagine a kinder, humbler Microsoft--one designed to spend money, not make it. That's the kind of philanthropy Bill and Melinda Gates have invented. The story of a very risky venture
Q&A (Persons Of The Year / Interview)
TIME asks the Bono and the Gates about their unlikely collaboration
When Opposites Attract (Persons Of The Year / Partners of the Year)
Actually, Bush and Clinton discovered they were not so different after all while on the road raising relief money. Inside an improbable friendship
Interview (Persons Of The Year / Partners of the Year)
The former Presidents open up to TIME
6 Tales of Courage (Heroes / Local Heroes of the Year)
Catastrophes create heroes, people who know how to deal with trouble. They come in all shapes and sizes to take the lead: a medical worker, a lottery winner, a neighbor, bystanders, a priest, a child
The Year of Charitainment (Persons Of The Year / Viewpoint)
Celebrity do-gooderism was in fashion. But do we need stars to be our guides?
PEOPLE
People Who Mattered 2005 (People Who Mattered)
A rapper, a spy, two U.S. Presidents (one fictional) and the movie icon we love to hate are all part of our gallery of those who made a difference
2005 Milestones: A Fond Farewell (2005 Milestones)
A last goodbye to those we lost in 2005
15 Who Had Their 15 Minutes of Fame
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Verbatim 2005 (Notebook / Notebook)
New Threat to Iraq: Gridlock (Notebook / Notebook)
A Prius With Armor (Notebook / Notebook)
Milestones Dec. 26, 2005 (Notebook / Notebook)
Why the New U.S. Torture Ban May Lack Teeth (Notebook / Notebook)
The Year in Buzzwords (Notebook / Notebook)
When Life Gives You Lemons ... (Notebook / Notebook)
The Good Samaritans (From The Editor)
Notebook: Numbers: Dec. 26, 2005 (Numbers / Notebook)
BRIEFING
It's Time to Pin a Few Medals ... (In The Arena)
Joe Klein on this year's accomplishments and failures
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
12 Delights of Christmas
What pop-cultural artifacts will 2005 be remembered for? Is there anything from the year worth keeping? TIME's critics have made their lists--not ranked in any order--of dozens of their favorite things ...
YOUR TIME
Wrap Stars (Lifestyle)
Doctor's Orders: Dec. 26, 2005 (Health)
Health: Resolutions (Health)
LETTERS
Letters: Dec. 26, 2005
ESSAY
The Year We Questioned Authority
For President Bush and other public figures, it was the end of the free pass