The Most Popular Politician on Earth
For nearly seven years, he’s done a spectacular job as Brazil’s president. But can Lula resist the temptation to throw it away?
The Case for Killing Granny
Rethinking end-of-life care.
See Baby Discriminate
Kids as young as 6 months judge others based on skin color. What’s a parent to do?
The World According to Russia
Why, years after the cold war, the Kremlin’s still obsessed with getting respect.
My Father The Dope Dealer
When I was young, we lived the high life. Then it all went up in smoke.
The Recession Is Over
Now what we need is a new kind of recovery.
The Cause of My Life
Inside the fight for universal health care.
Independent’s Day
Obama doesn’t want to look back, but Attorney General Eric Holder may probe Bush-era torture anyway.
The Write Stuff
Holden Caulfield had it right. The test of a great book, he said in “The Catcher in the Rye,” was whether, once you finished it, you wished the author were a great friend you could call up at home. I remembered Caulfield’s insight when we convened a roundtable of writers to come to Newsweek. The conversation was honest, and a persistent theme emerged: that for all the frustrations of writing, the uncertain future of publishing, and the terror of rejection by readers and critics, our authors couldn’t imagine doing anything else. Ever.