COVER
Janet Yellen: The Sixteen Trillion Dollar Woman (Features / Nation)
In her first and only interview as Fed chief, the economist says why she thinks the housing market is back on track, companies will invest, and more new jobs are on the way this year. She now has the world's largest economy in her hands
EDITOR'S DESK
A Fed for the People (Cover)
COMMENTARY
Bill de Blasio and the Populist Mirage (In The Arena)
Income inequality would be easier to fix if both parties stopped coddling their core voters
Jahi McMath, Ariel Sharon, and the Valley of Death
Heroic medical procedures can leave us in a limbo between life and accepting what's beyond
FEATURES
Pussy Riot's Next Fight (World)
Russia's most famous political prisoners are free. Here's what they are planning next
Lift, Squat, Repeat: Inside the Crossfit Cult (Society)
Devotees love the exercise's max out and do it again training regimen. Its critics are getting a workout, too
Jihad's Unholy Ghost (World)
Emboldened by success in Syria, al-Qaeda occupies its old haunts in Iraq
THE CULTURE
10 Questions with Jane Pauley (10 Questions)
The first baby-boomer news anchor talks about reinvention, being bipolar and bad hair days
Ishmael Beah's New Battles (Books)
The former boy soldier has a new book and is getting good at living between two worlds
Joel Stein: My Home Is Your Castle (The Awesome Column)
A hospitality professional prepares me for a visit from my mom
Spike Jonze: Hollywood's Lonely Boy (Movies)
The director hopes the high-tech love story of 'her' will make you cry
'True Detective': An Existential Murder Mystery (Tuned In)
Matthew McConaughney pays off like a slot machine in HBO's new show
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BRIEFING
Briefing
Run Run Shaw (Milestones)
Emperor of Chinese cinema
Milestones (Milestones)
Traffic Problems (Nation)
Chris Christie's newly bumpy road to 2016
World
Swept Into History (Nation)
The Big Chill (Spotlight)
The polar vortex left its mark, from the Great Plains to the Atlantic
Hunger Games (Health)
Cheerios has ditched GMOs. Does it matter?
Tech on Deck (Tech)
The hottest products at CES reveal trends to come
Paper, Plastic Or Neither (Nation)
Defense Secretary Dishes (Nation)
Phil Everly (Milestones)
Master melder of musical genres