Editor's Desk
Jon Meacham
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The goal of this week's cover was to show how a seemingly straightforward question (are we really ready to elect a black man president?) has no simple answer. In a series of essays, Harold Ford Jr., Ellis Cose, Richard Rodriguez and Marjorie Valbrun explore different aspects of the race factor.

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INNOVATION
It's Picture Perfect
Andrew Murr

Shutterfly is the little Silicon Valley company that could. It survived the dotcom bust and now competes with two behemoths in the online photo industry.

Richard Branson: Virgin Master
Old Brands, New Tricks
 
 
Letters
Perspectives
My Turn
Newsmakers
 
CULTURE
The Dumbest Generation? Don't Be Dumb.
FAMILY
A Sperm-Biz Overhaul
DOCUMENTARIES
Hollywood's Most Beloved Fugitive
BOOKS
Books: The Secrets of John Kerry's Boarding School
POETRY
Poetry: Mary Jo Bang's Dark, Inspirational 'Elegy'
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography: Robert Frank's 'The Americans' Turns 50
ARTS
A Building for a Song
 
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