COVER
Rahm's Kind of Town (Nation)
Rahm Emanuel left the white house to run a broke, violence-plagued city, and he's having the time of his life
COMMENTARY
A Recovery With Many Fathers (Worldview)
People, companies and, yes, the government have put the economy on the mend
Why Some Men Are Big Losers (The Curious Capitalist)
A hedge-fund billionaire thinks moms can't compete on Wall Street. Science says he's wrong
One Nation, Tax Exempt
If charities are truly nonprofit, why do they need the protection of the tax code?
FEATURES
Why Gitmo Will Never Close (Nation)
President Obama wants to shut down the controversial prison but not the policies it has come to represent
Frontiers of Fertility (Medicine)
Better IVF. Cutting-edge ways to size up embryos. For couples struggling to conceive, the options are expanding--and the outlook is improving
EDITOR'S DESK
The Fight to Save Chicago (Cover)
THE CULTURE
Big Fish on Campus (Sports)
Unlike most college sports, angling can pay off
The New Cinema of Stuff (Movies)
Materialism at the movies, just the way you like it
Wild Bling (Movies)
Robberies of the rich and famous
Pop Chart
10 Questions for Ken Robinson (10 Questions)
Educator and author Ken Robinson on how to get creative with schools, colleges and social media
Tax Me, I'm Irish (The Awesome Column)
Like the innovative thinkers at Apple, I'm taking my greenbacks to the Emerald Isle
From Gold to Green (Environment)
E-commerce titan Jack Ma is turning his attention to cleaning up China's pollution
BRIEFING
Briefing
Obama to Military: Clean Up Your Act (Nation)
World
Haynes Johnson (Milestones)
Historian of his age
On Gun Control, a Party at War With Itself (Washington Memo)
Conversation (Conversation)
Magicicadas in The Mood (Spotlight)
After 17 years in the soil, these bugs are swarming to mate
A Student-Loan Fix? (Nation)
Not yet. Math still eludes lawmakers
Milestones (Milestones)
Cruise Control (Business)
Bad news won't keep travelers from the open seas
Michele Bachmann (Milestones)
Her political swan song
Brave, Clean, Reverent ... and Split (Nation)
Shred Alert (Tech)
Inside the business of personal-data destruction