COVER
Obama's Economic Dilemma: To Spend or Not to Spend (Cover)
As each day brings signs of both revival and relapse, Obama is under pressure to throw more money at the problem. Voters want no part of that. How an economic recovery ran into a political storm
TIME Polls America: Spend or Cut?
Video: The Obama Administration will take one of two approaches to manage our way out of the recession: spend or cut. But which should it be? TIME asked Americans what they think
ESSAY
Judge a Presidency By Its Crises Avoided (Commentary)
How Presidents consider the alternative reality in order to keep bad things from getting worse
An Attack on Iran: Back on the Table (Commentary / In the Arena)
You thought the military option against Iran's nuclear program had been abandoned? Well, it hasn't
NATION
Sarah Palin in '12? Why She's for Real (The Well / Nation)
She is raising money, backing candidates and touting a Web video designed to make her a force in the 2010 midterms and beyond
Assessing the Rest of the GOP Presidential Field
Whether she runs or not, gaming out the 2012 GOP field is a puzzle
Can the Chevy Volt Recharge General Motors? (The Well / Assignment Detroit)
The long-awaited GM car is the first in a new fleet of more affordable electric vehicles
The Charge of the Electric Brigade
TIME suggests five electric cars for you to try, lease or buy
Baseball Dreams: Striking Out in the Dominican Republic (The Well / Sports)
In the Dominican Republic, teens become prey to big-league dreams
The Dominican Republic's Rising Baseball Players
Photos: Teen prospects' futures in the Majors are uncertain at best. The path to the Show is plagued with pitfalls and risks
WORLD
Postcard from Port-au-Prince (Postcard)
Six months after a devastating earthquake, many are looking to the past as a possible way forward. Rediscovering Haiti's gingerbread houses
Haiti's Gingerbread Houses
Photos: Rediscovering an architectural movement that could help shape the Caribbean nation's reconstruction efforts
Here Comes The Junior Partner (World)
Britain's new Prime Minister, David Cameron, talks to TIME about his first official visit to the U.S. Why the man and his politics are worth watching
TIME Interviews the British Prime Minister
Video: TIME London bureau chief Catherine Mayer interviews Prime Minister David Cameron just before his first official visit to the U.S.
Where Have We Seen This Before? (The Well / World)
Twin bombings in Uganda indicate that yet another Islamist militant group has gone global. Defeating al-Shabab will require more than Western firepower
LETTERS
Inbox (Inbox)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Inception: Whose Mind Is It, Anyway? (Movies)
From Christopher Nolan, director of The Dark Knight, comes the summer's most challenging brain game
A Little Fight Music (Music)
M.I.A. amps up the politics on her third album, but the catchy grooves are missing in action
Are Women Getting Short Shrift in Late Night? (Tuned In)
As women rise in the workplace and public life, late night remains TV's man cave
Q&A Sheryl Crow
Short List
TIME'S PICKS FOR THE WEEK
SOCIETY
New Postpartum Trend: Mailing in Your Cord Blood (Life / Women's Health)
New mail-in donations aim to keep valuable stem cells out of the trash
How the Cord Blood Collection Kit Works
Video: Reporter Bonnie Rochman visited researchers at Duke University, who have put together a cord blood collection kit that's being sent to expectant mothers who want to donate their babies' cord blood
The Customer-Service Express Lane (Life / Techland)
Want your problem redressed quickly? Gripe about it on Twitter
Into the Woods (Life / Food)
Yes, it's positively prehistoric. How foraging has become the latest obsession in haute cuisine
PEOPLE
10 Questions for Anna Paquin (10 Questions)
She can be seen in the third season of HBO's hit series True Blood. Anna Paquin will now take your questions
BRIEFING
The Moment
7|13|10: Paris
The World
10 ESSENTIAL STORIES
How the Tea Party May Hurt GOP Senate Prospects
Its adherents are fired up and ready to go but the Tea Party's tendency to back extreme views may backfire for the Republicans in the November midterms
Is the White House Rolling Out Its Secret Weapon?
The First Lady
Health: Latest Findings
Verbatim
Brief History: Fugitive Folk Heroes
Top 10 Bandits
TIME takes a look at outlaws who have given the police a run for their money
The Skimmer
Book review: The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Giuliani on George Steinbrenner (Milestones)
New York's former mayor reflects on the Yankee boss and why he was important to baseball
George Steinbrenner, 1930-2010
His life in photographs
Top 10 George Steinbrenner Moments
TIME takes a look back at Steinbrenner's most notable moments — good and bad