COVER
The Party Crashers: Behind the New Republican Revival (Cover)
How a new breed of Republican candidates — including Christine O'Donnell, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Meg Whitman — tapped into voter rage and upset the Establishment
ESSAY
A Bipartisan Energy Solution: Nuclear Power (Commentary / In the Arena)
Nuclear power won't solve our energy problems. But it will help. Obama should give it a kick start
Debt Doesn't Matter (Commentary / The Curious Capitalist)
Whatever the Tea Party says, we haven't mortgaged our future. We've endangered our present
Why Women Candidates Are Talking Tough
This election season, female candidates own the macho rhetoric. But it's not for the reason you think
NATION
Can Obama Change the Game Again? (The Well / Cover)
To win a second term, Barack Obama will need a new strategy. A new paperback afterword from John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, the authors of Game Change, discusses the President's re-election campaign
Arab-Americans: Detroit's Unlikely Saviors (The Well / Assignment Detroit)
White flight, black flight, no matter: Arab Americans are betting big on the Motor City's future
WORLD
They're Cutting To Shape (World)
Britain's young guns are trying to remake politics in their image
A Swiss Town Celebrates the Red Cross Founder It Never Much Liked (Postcard)
After founding the Red Cross, Henry Dunant fell into poverty and obscurity, sheltering in Heiden, where townsfolk never warmed to him. Why is it celebrating him today?
BRIEFING
The Skimmer
Book review: Griftopia by Matt Taibbi
Unsung Creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle Dies (Milestones)
Animation has had plenty of unknown geniuses but few were more obscure, or more important, than Alexander Anderson, who died Friday at 90 in Carmel, Calif.
Race to Watch: Wisconsin (Election Preview)
An outsider for years, Russ Feingold now fights for his political life
Brief History: Cholera Outbreaks
Joseph Stein (Milestones)
Verbatim
Néstor Kirchner (Milestones)
Ad Nauseam: Do Campaign Ads Really Work?
Why some political TV spots work — but most don't
Campaign Ads: What Separates the Good From the Bad
A leading pollster looks at why some election ads worked with viewers and others did not
Lab Report: Health, Science and Medicine
Mark Halperin's Take: So Much in Play (Washington: The Politics Page)
The World
10 ESSENTIAL STORIES
The Moment
10|25|10: Baghdad
If Democrats Lose Big, Retirements May Follow (Washington: The Politics Page)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Keith Richards' Life: Somehow He Still Has One (Books)
In his honest reflections on one of rock's most debauched careers, Keith Richards leaves no stone unturned
King Size (Music)
Are 30 CDs of Elvis Presley enough for you? This year's box sets are bigger (and pricier) than ever
The Walking Dead Review: Exquisite Corpses (Television)
Bite it, vampires — The Walking Dead delivers a zombie apocalypse for the terrors of our times
Noomi Rapace: The Girl Who Could Get an Oscar (Movies)
Noomi Rapace gets a final, fantastic turn as Lisbeth Salander in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Monsters: Cheap Thrills (Movies)
The low-budget Monsters is a creepy, appealing sci-fi morality tale
Elvis Costello (Q&A)
Short List
TIME'S PICKS FOR THE WEEK
SCIENCE
Is Anybody Out There? (The Well / Astronomy)
The universe teems with planets, and science has found hundreds of them. But the true prize — a warm, watery, Earth-like world — remains elusive
Where Things Are Just Right for Life
Graphic: Three ways to spot planets
SOCIETY
Captive Audience: Has Advertising in School Gone Too Far? (Life / Cash Crunch)
Cash-strapped schools are pushing ad space on lockers, buses, even permission slips. Is this bad for kids?
The Microsoft Kinect: A Hands Down Winner? (Life / Techland)
With the new Kinect motion sensor, Microsoft lets loose the first hands-free gaming system
New Smoke Alarm (Life / Health)
The residue cigarette smoke leaves behind may be just as unhealthy as secondhand smoke
SPECIAL SECTION
Recasting Alcoa (Global Business / Manufacturing)
A brutal drop in aluminum prices required an equally brutal remake of the company
Save Our Semiconductors (Global Business / Semiconductors)
U.S. chipmakers say they need help to stay — about $1 billion per fab. Worth it?
Business Books (Global Business)
The car czar's tale of the auto industry's bailout. Obama: Wall Street's buddy?
PEOPLE
10 Questions for Hilary Swank (10 Questions)
The Oscar-winning actress stars in Conviction, based on a true story. Hilary Swank will now take your questions