Vol. 167 No. 15
COVER
issue--every side can agree on just one thing: the system is broken
What It Means for Your Wallet (Special Report: Immigration)
Immigration tends to benefit the overall economy--but not everyone gains
"This Is A Battle For America's Identity" (Special Report: Immigration)
Viewpoints: Let enforcement do its work, says one expert, while some others think markets and mercy offer a better solution
How Kennedy Got His Way (Special Report: Immigration)
SCIENCE
A century after the San Francisco earthquake—which killed more people than the attacks on 9/11—geologists are preparing for the next Big One
SOCIETY
Top chef, TV host, official cook of NASCAR ... Mario Batali knows what we really want to eat
SPORT
Rape accusations involving three lacrosse players raise troubling questions of race and privilege
NOTEBOOK
Take That!
Forward in Israel?
Can the newly elected Kadima party bring peace?
Prognosis Looks Grim, Doc (In The Arena)
Real American Heroes - Six Inches Tall
Milestones
Strains in the Alliance
A dispute over a jet fighter is threatening to drive a rare wedge between London and Washington
Punchlines
P.C. Palm Sunday
Update: Abdul Rahman
Numbers
Lobbying Limits? (Speed Read)
The Senate passed a new ethics bill and the Congress will take up the issue next
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
An old advertising medium is being reinvented. Billboards are getting smarter and more interacive, letting you in on the action
B-School Buddhism (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Inside Business / Change Agent)
A PROFESSOR STEEPS CAREER ADVICE IN EASTERN THOUGHT FOR A NEW APPROACH TO BUSINESS
Spill Going On (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Inside Business / Environment)
SEVENTEEN YEARS AFTER THE VALDEZ OIL DISASTER, EXXON IS STILL FIGHTING A PUNITIVE-DAMAGES CASE
Raising Arizona (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Inside Business / Mavericks)
AHEAD
Soup for You! And You! (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Inside Business / Small Business)
TEN YEARS AFTER SEINFELD MADE HIM FAMOUS, THE "SOUP NAZI" SEEKS TO SERVE UP A FRANCHISE
The Next Kids' Superbrand? (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Inside Business / Briefs)
Revenge Served Sweet (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Inside Business / Briefs)
Ford's Hybrid Hiccup (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Inside Business / Briefs)
Of Wine and Women (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Connections)
collecting is no longer a male sport. Why don't marketers get it?
Giving Fibroids the Heat (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Connections / Body & Mind)
uses sound waves to shrink the tumors
Dangerous Liaisons (Time Bonus Section April 2006: Connections)
There's a pattern to the behavior of teachers who seduce male students. Parents, be aware!
NATION
Bush's new chief of staff will bring a meatier agenda and the intensity of a campaign
WORLD
As the killings continue, TIME meets fighters on both sides of Iraq's sectarian divide--and finds hope that all-out civil war can be avoided
Is Berlusconi Grayer Than He Looks? (Letter From Italy)
As Silvio Berlusconi fights for re-election, a country confronts its old age
Snaring a Strongman
In a test case for Africa, a Liberian warlord is arrested for war crimes. Here's how he almost got away
BUSINESS
system, meant to promote innovation, doing its job?
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
up
A Murderer in the Home (Books)
The writer of The Perfect Storm unravels the story of his brush with the infamous Boston Strangler
6 Books to Catch Up With (Books)
Finally the gripping reads you've been hearing about are out in paperback
Of Banter and Bullets (Movies)
Lucky Number Slevin is self-consciously hip and overly plotted but has lots of old-fashioned charm
YOUR TIME
Let The Ebuyer Beware (Money)
Katie's Cure (Health)
PEOPLE
The former Soviet leader talks about U.S. power, Russia under Putin and the death of his wife Raisa
People
LETTERS
Who Should Be Among This Year's Picks for the TIME 100?
To help make the selection, TIME asked earlier honorees whom they would select as the world's most influential people. This week's installment:
ESSAY
Eat your peas! Raise your kids right! Why is my TV trying to run my life?