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With Facebook at a Crossroads, Is Mark Zuckerberg's Future Still Bright?

He was TIME's Person of the Year in 2010. Did we get it right?

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Would You Leave Your Kids Alone at the Park?

Lenore Skenazy, an advocate of "free-range parenting" is proclaiming Saturday a self-declared international holiday: “Take Our Children to the Park…And Leave Them There Day.”

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Why Tehran Might Be Ready to Talk

Two years of persistent U.S.-led diplomacy may finally be getting to the powers in Iran

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JP Morgan’s $2 Billion Boo-Boo

JP Morgan's derivatives debacle is reason enough to toughen the Volcker rule

Dominique Browning

Why Cell Phones Are Bad for Parenting

Our children will always know whether they have our full attention. It's time for parents to break the phone habit before it's too late

Andrew Rotherham

Student Loans: Is There Really A Crisis?

A look behind the hysteria about debt-saddled college graduates

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What the Rev. Jesse Jackson Has To Say About Gay Marriage

TIME talks to the Reverend Jesse Jackson about politics, religion and why blacks should support marriage equality

Justin Frank

Who Is More Thoughtful—Obama or Romney?

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney present a sharp contrast in decision-making styles—one impulsive, the other overtly deliberative

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Lessons from the Lab: How to Make Group Projects Successful

Megacollaboration is becoming the norm in science. Here's what we can learn about what works when working together

Jon Meacham

Why Obama Hasn’t ‘Lost’ the South

A shift in thinking means entire regions are less prone to such tribalism

Are Hollywood Men Trying to Gross Us Out?

Johnny Depp arrives at the premiere of "Dark Shadows" in Los Angeles, May 7, 2012.

You know there's a problem when your average Oscar nominee and Gimli from Middle-earth are basically interchangeable

Eric Liu

It’s Not Just Facebook’s Co-Founder Who’s Trying to Dodge Taxes

Eduardo Saverin's renunciation of U.S. citizenship is emblematic of a bigger problem of Americans shedding obligations to their country

Josh Ozersky

Celebrity or Chef? You Can’t Really Be Both

The farther chefs gravitate away from the kitchen, the less culinary value they have

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John Edwards Trial: Tawdry Testimony, But Was There a Crime?

Salacious details aside, the prosecution may not have proved its case

Noliwe Rooks

Do Black Women Really Want to Be Fat?

Novelist Alice Randall says black women choose to stay overweight, but the data proves social and environmental factors play a huge role