• COVER:A Time To Serve - In a changing society facing all manner of new challenges, volunteers are helping bind America together. Why the U.S. and the next President should make a new commitment to national service
• WORLD: Intimidation In Tehran - On the eve of leaving Iran, a reporter reflects on this summer's crackdown on dress and behavior--and on her family's and friends' dreams for an easier future
• ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: The Man in the Mask - How the Master Chief, centerpiece of the Halo series, became a new kind of star for a new millennium
• SCIENCE: Rewiring the Brain - A little bit of current may calm the tremors of Parkinson's disease, ease depression and epilepsy, and awaken those with terrible injuries