COVER
Dreams from His Mother (Nation)
Lenore Romney's 1970 run for the U.S. Senate made a bigger impression on the Republican presidential candidate than his years spent as son of a governor
Historic Photographs of Lenore and Mitt
When Douglas Gilbert photographed Lenore Romney's U.S. Senate campaign for LOOK Magazine in August of 1970, little did he know that one of his unused images would end up on the cover of TIME 42 years later.
On the Record (Features / Nation)
Mitt Romney sat down with TIME's Mark Halperin to discuss his plans for the economy, his years at Bain and his race against Obama
EDITOR'S DESK
How Mitt's Mom Shaped Him (Cover)
COMMENTARY
The Case for Banking Regulation (The Curious Capitalist)
JPMorgan isn't too big to fail--just too big to manage. And that's a risk for all of us
The Best News Out of Afghanistan (In the Arena)
The mistakes made were tragic. But the lessons learned can be valuable
BRIEFING
Final Notes (Milestones)
The music world loses three powerful voices
World
Briefing
Reinventing the Post Office (Economy)
Six surprising ways to serve a nation with less snail mail
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Milestones)
Milestones (Milestones)
Skip the Screen (Health&Science)
Experts say blood tests for prostate cancer don't save lives
The Bain Game (Nation)
Barack Obama's surrogates should amplify his message when they go on television. Instead, Democrats linked to private equity have undermined Obama's attacks on Mitt Romney's business record
Donna Summer (Milestones)
LightBox
FEATURES
How This Leg Was Saved (Health)
A small medical team is helping some of our best warriors return to the fight
Hope Among The Ruins (World)
Libyans staged the Arab Spring's most sweeping revolution. That means they've got to rebuild their country from scratch
THE CULTURE
Party Girl (Money)
Celebrating 60 years of the Queen, with a price tag
Over the Moon (Movies)
Wes Anderson's latest is a great escape
Class Act (Movies)
France's breakout film star has gone from the banlieues to the big time
Works for Me (Art)
A recommendation engine takes on fine art
Stealing the Shows (Tuned In)
Ad-skipping viewers aren't thieves. They're the future
10 Questions for Daphne Sheldrick (10 Questions)
Naturalist Daphne Sheldrick on rescuing orphaned elephants, animal intelligence and how to win over a rhino
Pop Chart
The Shadow Knows (The Awesome Column)
I thought my life was pretty great. That was before I embraced the pain