COVER

How to Save Your Newspaper (The Well / Cover Story)

It's now or never for America's dailies. A former TIME managing editor offers a way to return journalism to prosperity: charge for it, a nickel at a time

The Race for a Better Read (The Well / Media)

Good news for the old media: a new crop of e-readers could soon improve on the printed page. Here are some of the contenders

ESSAY

NATION

What Would Abraham Lincoln Do About the Economy? (The Well / History)

Born in poverty 200 years ago, the 16th President was a self-starter who believed the government had to step in when markets failed. His views on the economy still ring true today

How to Spend the Stimulus (The Well / Nation)

Barack Obama wanted a bill that would jump-start the economy and invest in the future. Congress has larded it with wasteful spending and special-interest tax cuts. Here's how to get it right

The Prosecutor (The Well / Profile)

Eric Holder Jr., the first black Attorney General, made his name fighting violent crime. Now he faces his toughest task: cleaning up the Justice Department

WORLD

Pakistan's Prospects (The Well / World)

Richard Holbrooke, the Obama Administration's new point man for a troubled region, is familiar with tough assignments. But can he balance what the U.S. needs with what Pakistan wants?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Short List (Short List)

TIME'S PICKS FOR THE WEEK

BUSINESS

New World Order (The Well / The Curious Capitalist)

Step aside, Yanks. Crisis-hit finance officials abroad want to lay down a new set of rules

SOCIETY

Detox, Shmeetox (Life / Health)

The truth about pollutant-draining foot pads, colonics and other supposedly healthy cleansers

The Ethics of Octuplets (Life / Social Norms)

As fertility treatments improve, should doctors limit the number of babies a woman can have?

SPECIAL SECTION

BRIEFING

TO OUR READERS

Freedom Isn't Free

Why we should pay for news and how the next generation of e-readers may make you want to

LETTERS