41 Editor’s Desk
BRIEFING
9 Verbatim
10 LightBox Unhappy workers in Spain
12 World Egypt’s pain and Greece’s prospects
14 Nation
Our Obama-Romney scorecard
16 Profile
A nun takes on the Vatican
18 Economy
The sky-high cost of baggage fees
19 Health & Science When athletes must prove their gender
20 Milestones
We lose Rodney King and a football star
COMMENTARY
21 Viewpoint Massimo Calabresi on why Europeans could decide the 2012 U.S. presidential contest
22 I Curious Capitalist
Rana Foroohar on negotiating the bond bubble
24 ln the Arena Joe Klein on the undecided heartland
26 The American Dream: A Biography
It has seen better days, but it’s an idea that has shpaed the nation’s desitny from the beginning-and can point the way to the future
Jon Meacham
40 Votes Who Matter
Purple voters. The Kennedy Generation. Meet the people Barack Obama and Mitt Romney must win over to take the White House
Mark Penn
44 China’s Apple Crush
Workers in Chines ACtories already mkae all those iPhones and iPads. Someday soon they may but most of them.
Hannah Beech
