NATION

DISTRICT OF CALAMITY

THE CAPITAL IS A CITY FALLING APART. HOW MUCH OF THE CRISIS IS THE MAYOR'S FAULT?

THE END OF INTEGRATION

A FOUR-DECADE EFFORT IS BEING ABANDONED, AS EXHAUSTED COURTS AND FRUSTRATED BLACKS DUST OFF THE CONCEPT OF SEPARATE BUT EQUAL

WORLD

DARK WITH BLOOD

ISRAEL TRIED TO BOMB HIZBALLAH INTO SUBMISSION. BUT A GRAVE ERROR SLAUGHTERED MORE THAN 100 LEBANESE CIVILIANS. CAN DIPLOMACY DO ANYTHING?

HEALTH & MEDICINE

SOCIETY

WHY JENNIFER GOT SICK (Behavior)

THE MOTHER OF A POSTER CHILD FOR HEALTH-CARE REFORM IS ACCUSED OF CAUSING HER DAUGHTER'S ILLNESSES

TECHNOLOGY

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

EVERYBODY DOES IT (Essay)

WHY IS CLINTON'S CHARACTER SUCH A LIABILITY WHEN HE IS NO WORSE THAN OTHER POLS?

BUSINESS

THE GOODWILL PILL MESS

ELI LILLY AND OTHER FIRMS GIVE AWAY MEDICINE TO PLACES LIKE RWANDA. TROUBLE IS, IT'S NOT ALWAYS OF USE

CEREAL SHOWDOWN

BY SLASHING PRICES 20%, THE POST DIVISION OF PHILIP MORRIS HOPES TO REGAIN BUSINESS. KEY QUESTION: WILL GROCERS PASS ON THE SAVINGS?

GIVE 'EM A RAISE, BOB

REPUBLICANS MAY ABANDON DOLE AND AGREE TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE. IT'S O.K., SAY SOME ECONOMISTS

LAW

THE UNMARRYING KIND

FOCUSING ON LOCAL TARGETS, RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES WAGE A FERVENT CAMPAIGN TO STOMP OUT GAY RIGHTS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

OPERA: SO HAPPY TOGETHER (The Arts / OPERA)

THEY'RE YOUNG. THEY'RE IN LOVE. THEY'RE SETTING THE OPERA WORLD ON ITS EAR

THEATER: THEY DO MAKE 'EM LIKE THAT (The Arts / THEATER)

TWO STYLISH REVIVALS--OF THE FARCICAL A FUNNY THING AND THE POIGNANT KING AND I--SHOW BROADWAY CAN LIVE UP TO ITS PAST

BOOKS: A LONG WAY, BABY (The Arts / BOOKS)

ASHES TO ASHES, AN EPIC HISTORY OF THE CIGARETTE INDUSTRY, TELLS A TALE OF INGENUITY, DECEPTION, AMUSING TRIVIA AND DISEASE