COVER

Should They Stay Or Should They Go? (Special Report: Immigration)

As the divisive national debate on immigration heats up--security, identity and wealth all at issue--every side can agree on just one thing: the system is broken

SCIENCE

SOCIETY

Super Mario! (Food)

Top chef, TV host, official cook of NASCAR ... Mario Batali knows what we really want to eat

SPORT

Fraternity of Silence

Rape accusations involving three lacrosse players raise troubling questions of race and privilege

BRIEFING

Prognosis Looks Grim, Doc (Notebook / In The Arena)

Why would a man universally described as kind and intelligent suddenly start acting like a dodo? Presidential ambition, of course.

Strains in the Alliance (Notebook)

A dispute over a jet fighter is threatening to drive a rare wedge between London and Washington

Lobbying Limits? (Notebook / Speed Read)

The Senate passed a new ethics bill and the Congress will take up the issue next

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Getting on Board (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Inside Business / Technology)

An old advertising medium is being reinvented. Billboards are getting smarter and more interacive, letting you in on the action

Change Agent: B-School Buddhism (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Inside Business / Change Agent)

A PROFESSOR STEEPS CAREER ADVICE IN EASTERN THOUGHT FOR A NEW APPROACH TO BUSINESS

Environment: Spill Going On (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Inside Business / Environment)

SEVENTEEN YEARS AFTER THE VALDEZ OIL DISASTER, EXXON IS STILL FIGHTING A PUNITIVE-DAMAGES CASE

Mavericks: Raising Arizona (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Inside Business / Mavericks)

HOW AN EX-BEER DISTRIBUTOR FROM BROOKLYN BUILT A BLAZING ICED-TEA BRAND--AND PLANS TO STAY AHEAD

Small Business: Soup for You! And You! (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Inside Business / Small Business)

TEN YEARS AFTER SEINFELD MADE HIM FAMOUS, THE SOUP NAZI SEEKS TO SERVE UP A FRANCHISE

Of Wine and Women (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Connections)

Serious wine collecting is no longer a male sport. Why don't marketers get it?

Dangerous Liaisons (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Connections)

There's a pattern to the behavior of teachers who seduce male students. Parents, be aware!

NATION

WORLD

Can Iraq's Militias Be Tamed?

As the killings continue, TIME meets fighters on both sides of Iraq's sectarian divide--and finds hope that all-out civil war can be avoided

Snaring a Strongman

In a test case for Africa, a Liberian warlord is arrested for war crimes. Here's how he almost got away

BUSINESS

Patently Absurd

eBay is the latest outfit to face a major patent lawsuit that threatens its business. Is the system, meant to promote innovation, doing its job?

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