The Case For A National ID Card (Public Eye)
Big Brother already knows where you live. Why not let him make you safer?

The Case of the Disappearing Prisoners (The War/Afghan Justice)

What's Become Of Al-Qaeda? (The War)
The U.S. has killed or seized hundreds of bin Laden's fighters, but many are still on the loose

When War Becomes This Personal (Essay)


Who's Accountable?
Inside the growing Enron scandal: how evidence was shredded and top executives fished for a bailout as the company imploded

Despair Beneath His Wings
A troubled past may have led a teen to copy a suicide mission

Dealing with the N word (Dividing Line)

Terror In The Statehouse
Never mind their budget blues. It's an election year, so politicians are singing about homeland security


Bush In The Glare
The Enron mess may revive a tough question: Whose side is this President on?


Penalty For Rink Rage (Society)
After a hockey dad's conviction, a hard question lingers: How can parents be kept from losing control?

When the Hero Takes A Fall (Viewpoint)


Riding In Cars With Girls (Personal Time/Your Family)
When it comes to unsafe driving, girls are reaching parity with boys. Here are tips for improving teen skills

Been Down So Long... (Personal Time/Your Health)
Prozac and other new drugs triggered a revolution in the treatment of depression. But do we still need the couch?

Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)

Reinventing The Radio (Personal Time/Your Technology)
Satellite radio promises 100 static-free stations. To hear for myself, I jumped into a Caddy and took it on a road test

Your Technology (Personal Time/Your Technology)

Postmarked Tehran
Sharon pins the Palestinian gunrunner operation on Iran, and here, say the Israelis, is the evidence


Outside The Gates (Society/TIME In Depth)
This year the nation's prisons will release more than 630,000 people--a new record. Amanda Ripley follows one man's struggle to stay


Halle Berry (The Arts/Cinema)
MONSTER'S BALL

Benjamin Bratt (The Arts/Cinema)
PINERO

Anthony LaPaglia (The Arts/Cinema)
LANTANA

Jamie Foxx (The Arts/Cinema)
ALI

Jennifer Connelly (The Arts/Cinema)
A BEAUTIFUL MIND

Jim Broadbent (The Arts/Cinema)
IRIS

Air-Ing It Out Again (Sport)
Michael Jordan has defied time and made the woeful Wizards a team worth watching

Beyond Grace (Fashion)
By the time Yves Saint Laurent retired, he had changed everything about fashion

The Replacements (The Arts/Television)
The midseason shows are here, and they look a lot like ones you've already seen--just not as good

Behind The Sun (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by Walter Salles

9-11: Emergency Relief (The Arts/Short Takes/Comics)

Roots (The Arts/Short Takes/DVD)

Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed (The Arts/Short Takes/Exhibition)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Brutal Imagination (The Arts/Short Takes/Theater)
By Cornelius Eady


Caricature Builder (TIME Bonus Section/Generations/Performing Arts)
At 98, artist Al Hirschfeld still limns show folk with a sure hand

Buddy System (TIME Bonus Section/Generations/Retirement)
More folks are making their closest friends a priority in their retirement scheme

Blue Period (TIME Bonus Section/Generations/Turning Points)
The singer-songwriter tells how his 21-year-old self helps him face life