Best Actress: Kate Winslet's Moment (The Well / Cover Story)
Intense, ambitious and only slightly panicked, Kate Winslet is the finest actress of her generation.
 Photos: Kate Winslet's 10 Best Roles
Film critic Mark Harris runs down the actress's finest screen performances


Interpreting Obama (The Well / Nation)
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, 37, might seem friendly, Southern, folksy and avuncular. But this political veteran is a warrior for his boss

After the Stimulus, Can Obama Tame the Deficit? (The Well / Nation)
The President wants to show that he can get the deficit under control. Why a new approach to health-care costs could be the answer


The Quiet American: How the World Sees Obama (In The Arena)
Global reaction to Obama is euphoric--but wary. Because his outreach comes with strings attached

The Case for a Truth Commission (Commentary / Viewpoint)
Don't ignore--or prosecute--the abuses of the Bush era. Just uncover the facts

In a Recession, the Consumer Is Queen
The recession may be killing the economy, but anyone with a wallet and a strategy feels like a royal


The Moment (Briefing)
2|16|09: Afghanistan

The World (Briefing)
10 ESSENTIAL STORIES

The Road to Recovery (Briefing / By The Numbers)

What's in the Stimulus? (Washington Memo)
A closer look at the $787 billion spending package

Verbatim

A Brief History Of: Abstinence (Briefing)

The Skimmer (Briefing)

Pop Chart

Milestones (Milestones)

Willem Kolff (Briefing / Milestones)

Jack Cover (Briefing / Milestones)


Inbox

Lincoln Center's New Come-Hither Design (Architecture)
Performing-arts complexes want to connect with their neighborhood. One of them is succeeding

Is Blu-ray Worth Getting? (Movies)
It's the next generation of home movie-viewing--but does that mean you should go Blu?

Jungle Fever (Books)
The legend of a lost city lured thousands of explorers--and one writer--into the deadly Amazon

Short List
TIME'S PICKS FOR THE WEEK


Pay Wall Street Less? Hell, Yes (The Well / The Curious Capitalist)
Wall Street's fat paychecks may once have made economic sense. Now smaller ones do

How Stressed Is Your Bank? (The Well / Economy)
Treasury promises to examine ailing lenders and then decide what to do. We checked the vital signs of four big banks. Diagnosis: large dose of capital needed

Competence: Is Your Boss Faking It? (Cubicle Culture)
A new study shows leadership is often just loudership: bigmouths take charge


Queen Elizabeth's Posh New Web Page (Technology)
Her Majesty goes 2.0


Twins and Aging: How Not to Look Old (Health / Health)
Doctors studying identical twins uncover the surprising effects behavior has on aging

The Trouble With Repeat Cesareans (Health / Medicine)
Many hospitals and doctors are refusing to let women even try to give birth the old-fashioned way once they have had a C-section. A look at why moms are pushing back


Bunking In with Mom and Dad (Life / Social Norms)
A recession leads to more middle-aged boomerangers


Postcard from Beijing
For some kids, spending too much time online means a family trip to boot camp and no more instant noodles. China's tough-love approach to Internet addiction

The Tigers' Last Days (World)
In Sri Lanka, thousands of Tamils have been displaced, as the long struggle against a separatist group enters its decisive phase


10 Questions for Danny Boyle (10 Questions)
The Slumdog Millionaire director shares his Mumbai tales. Danny Boyle will now take your questions