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COVER STORY
What Michelle Means
The importance of the first black First Lady
The importance of the first black...
Ted S. Warren / AP
December 1, 2008 issue
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THE ECONOMY
Leadership Vacuum
Queasy markets are looking for Obama to take charge
Queasy markets are looking for Obama...
Paolo Pellegrin / Magnum for Newsweek
December 1, 2008 issue
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PHOTOS
Africa's Other Holocaust
The forgotten victims of Congo's long brutal war
The forgotten victims of Congo's long...
Marcus Bleasdale / VII for Newsweek
December 1, 2008 issue
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JUSTICE
Obama and Torture
A 9/11-style commission may investigate Bush policies
A 9/11-style commission may investigate Bush...
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
December 1, 2008 issue
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POLITICS
Coming of Age
Keeping kids 'normal' in the White House
Keeping kids 'normal' in the White...
Charles Ommanney / Getty Images for Newsweek
December 1, 2008 issue
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PROJECT GREEN
A Better Battery
As technology advances, power storage can't keep up
As technology advances, power storage can't...
Christian Northeast for Newsweek
December 1, 2008 issue
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NEWSTWEET
HISTORY
Before his Inaugural, FDR craftily dodged attempts to saddle him with Hoover's crisis. What Obama can learn.
POLITICS
He's promised to bring change to Washington, but does Obama's calculus include D.C.'s awful schools?
CAMPAIGN 2008
Both political parties are pouring massive resources into the state's high-stakes runoff election for a U.S. Senate seat.
WORLD AFFAIRS
He wants to build a new security bloc and a gas cartel, and transform Moscow into a financial hub.
MEDIA
Rachel Maddow always thought she was an outsider. How did she become a star?
THEATER
To speed the play, think poetry, not potty mouths.
Q&A
MOVIES
You can almost touch the sadness in Michelle Williams's movie 'Wendy and Lucy.'
CRIME
A blanket of secrecy surrounds a sensational British criminal case.
SOCIETY
At Thanksgiving, vegetarians and vegans object to the menu (and the heckling), while other relatives feel family traditions are being scorned.
TELEVISION
'24' returns with a two-hour movie—and a hero whose choices are noble, for once.
RETAIL
Bargain hunters are headed online again this year. But will they really find cheaper prices?
RETAIL
Despite deep discounts, it's going to be a mean season for holiday shopping.
Newsweek Exclusive
This is a seven-part in-depth look behind the scenes of the campaign, consisting of exclusive reporting from the McCain and Obama camps assembled by a special team of journalists who were granted year-long access on the condition that none of their findings appear until after Election Day.
TAKING OVER
Winning is half the battle. A history of bumpy transitions.
LEADERSHIP
Who rates as the most powerful people on the planet? George Bush? Osama Bin Laden? Bill Gates? Brad, or Angelina? Newsweek is hard at work preparing a special year-end ranking of the 50 politicians, businessmen, thinkers, preachers, scientists and celebs who control how the world works today--in an era in which power is gained and lost at hyperspeed. We want your input.
Conventionally speaking, I'm unhealthy. But perhaps it's time we redefined the word.
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