Vol. 166 No. 8
COVER
From music to politics to business, Hispanics are remaking America. TIME presents 25 titans leading the Latino charge into the 21st century
Inside America's Largest Minority (Cover / The 25 Most Influential Hispanics In America)
TIME's poll of U.S. Hispanics
NATION
A woman lost her son in Iraq and won't leave George W. Bush alone until he sees her. Who is she, and why is she stirring such emotion?
United in Pain, Divided Over the War
What other grieving families are thinking
WORLD
As Israel evacuates the Gaza Strip, TIME follows three American-Israeli families who face giving up the lives they have built there. Don't expect all of them to go quietly
Inside Iran's Secret War for Iraq
A TIME investigation reveals the Tehran regime's strategy to gain influence in Iraq--and why U.S. troops may now face greater dangers as a result
SCIENCE
Yellowstone's grizzlies may be taken off the threatened-species list. Are officials being too bullish?
RELIGION
The best-selling megapastor wants to turn the genocide site into the first "purpose-driven nation"
NOTEBOOK
The Democrats' new election strategy: men in uniform
Niger: Behind the Headlines
A guide to the facts on the ground behind the images of famine
Don't Try to Gas and Dash
With gas prices through the roof, stations are cracking down on gasoline theft
Verbatim
Blogwatch
Punchlines
Numbers
Milestones
Appreciation
BUSINESS
In the midst of a box-office slump, upscale cinemas are bucking the trend with cocktails and VIP seats
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
No, he hasn't been lost. But after thrilling turns in Schindler's List and The English Patient, he did seem to stray. Now his latest films put him back on track
Tearing Off the Togas (Television)
HBO's bloody, steamy epic Rome doesn't break new ground, but it slings some impressive-looking dirt
Less Than a Hero (Books)
Bret Easton Ellis, America's most notorious author, wrote a novel starring himself. How true is it?
Thrill of the Chaste (Movies)
Celibacy takes a hit in The 40 Year-Old Virgin, but innocence wins the day
5 TV Cult Classics on DVD (Cult Faves)
Fraggles, these late, lamented series can be yours forever
YOUR TIME
Stolen Breath (Health)
Fishing With Flair (Sports)
Happy Farm (Food)
Doctor's Orders (Health)
PEOPLE
Far from Jamaica, reggae is gaining a slew of new ambassadors as artists from all over try to stir it up.
Q&A 50 Cent
50 Cent's new memoir, From Pieces to Weight, chronicles his evolution from a hustler growing up in Queens, N.Y., to a rap star mentored by Eminem.
An Idea So Old, It's Completely New
The Next Video Vixen?
10 Questions for Andrea Mitchell (Interview)
LETTERS
Eyewitnesses to Hiroshima
ESSAY
How I stopped worrying about my hip-hop cred and fell in love with Bjork