NATION

Hillary: Love Her, Hate Her

The freshman Senator from New York has emerged from Bill's shadow as a politician in her own right. But if she runs for President, he could hurt as well as help her

WORLD

The War For China's Soul

As Christianity begins to reshape the nation, TIME learns new details about a crackdown on one church

Allah's Recruits

Why more and more Westerners are converting to Islam and, in some cases, pursuing an extremist path

SCIENCE

How to Spot a Liar (Behavior)

The U.S. is pouring millions into new lie-detection technologies, peering into minds in ways that could make anybody nervous

Diving into the Gene Pool

Think you know your roots? An ancestral-DNA test unearthed a few of mine — and some big surprises too

SOCIETY

BRIEFING

Running Against the Big Shots (Notebook / In The Arena)

Is there room left in the Senate for a courageous moderate Republican? Not if Steve Laffey, who wants to oust Lincoln Chafee in Rhode Island, has anything to say about it

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

YOUR TIME

SPECIAL SECTION

Why We Don't Prepare for Disaster (Katrina: One Year Later)

Hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires: a year after Katrina, a tour of the American hazardscape shows that we haven't learned much

PEOPLE

LETTERS

ESSAY

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