COVER
The 2009 TIME 100: The World's Most Influential People
In our annual TIME 100 issue, we do the impossible: name the people who most affect our world
Leaders & Revolutionaries (The TIME 100)
From a Kennedy to the London mayor, the men and women who shape politics
Builders & Titans (The TIME 100)
The Twitter guys, Jamie Dimon, T. Boone Pickens and other business gurus
Artists & Entertainers (The TIME 100)
Rush, Zac, M.I.A. and more who make us laugh or think or shout or sing along
Heroes & Icons (The TIME 100)
Those who inspire: Michelle Obama, Somaly Mam, Tiger Woods and, of course, George Clooney
Scientists & Thinkers (The TIME 100)
Nouriel Roubini (the savant who predicted the crash) and other intellectuals who interpret our world
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Bringing It All Back Home (Music)
Bob Dylan's career has been full of surprises. On his 46th album, he mellows out
ESSAY
Survival Tactic
North Korea's rogue behavior is as much an act of self-preservation as it is defiance
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Nortel's Nadir (Telecom)
How Canada's top tech firm lost its dial tone — and why other telephony firms will follow it