List of covers of Time magazine (2000s)
This is a list of people appearing on the cover of Time magazine in the 2000s. Time was first published in 1923. As Time became established as one of the United States' leading newsmagazines, an appearance on the cover of Time became an indicator of a person's notability, fame or notoriety. Such features were accompanied by articles about the person.
For other decades, see Lists of people on the cover of Time magazine.
2000
| Date | Name(s) |
|---|---|
| Jan 1 | New Year's Eve 2000 |
| Jan 17 | Elian Gonzalez |
| Jan 24 | Steve Case & Jerry Levin |
| Jan 31 | George W. Bush, Al Gore, Bill Bradley & John McCain |
| Feb 7 | Big Money & Politics |
| Feb 14 | John McCain |
| Feb 21 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| Feb 28 | George W. Bush |
| Mar 6 | Amadou Diallo |
| Mar 13 | Katie Couric |
| Mar 20 | The Rebirth of Design |
| Mar 27 | Stephen King |
| Apr 3 | John Paul II |
| Apr 10 | Visions of Space & Science |
| Apr 17 | Elian & Juan Miguel Gonzalez |
| Apr 24 | Testosterone |
| Apr 26 | Earth Day 2000: How To Save The Earth |
| May 1 | Elian & Juan Miguel Gonzalez |
| May 8 | The Untold Saga of the Vikings |
| May 15 | The Love Bug |
| May 22 | Jobs of the Future |
| May 29 | America Remembers the Soldiers |
| Jun 5 | What Ecstasy Does to Your Brain |
| Jun 12 | Improving Your Memory |
| Jun 19 | Future of Technology |
| Jun 26 | Voyeur TV |
| Jul 3 | J. Craig Venter & Dr. Francis Collins |
| Jul 10 | Life on the Mississippi |
| Jul 17 | New Science of Alzheimer's Disease |
| Jul 24 | The New Philanthropists |
| Jul 31 | Dr. Ingo Potrykus |
| Aug 7 | The Bush Dynasty |
| Aug 14 | Tiger Woods |
| Aug 21 | Joe Lieberman & Al Gore |
| Aug 28 | Sex & The City |
| Sep 4 | Kofi Annan |
| Sep 11 | Marion Jones |
| Sep 18 | Dying in America |
| Sep 25 | What Divorce Does to Kids |
| Oct 2 | Shawn Fanning |
| Oct 9 | Abortion Pill |
| Oct 16 | Serbia: Free at Last |
| Oct 23 | Terror in the Middle East |
| Oct 30 | Early Puberty |
| Nov 6 | George W. Bush & Al Gore |
| Nov 13 | Foster Care Crisis |
| Nov 20 | George W. Bush & Al Gore |
| Nov 27 | George W. Bush & Al Gore |
| Dec 4 | George W. Bush & Al Gore |
| Dec 11 | George W. Bush & Al Gore |
| Dec 18 | U.S. Voting System |
| Dec 25 | George W. Bush, Person of the Year |
2001
| Date | Name(s) |
|---|---|
| Jan 8 | Economic Survival Tips |
| Jan 15 | Future of Drugs |
| Jan 22 | John Ashcroft |
| Jan 29 | Power Failures |
| Feb 5 | Living Healthy |
| Feb 12 | AIDS in Africa |
| Feb 19 | Human Cloning |
| Feb 26 | Bill Clinton |
| Mar 5 | Dale Earnhardt |
| Mar 12 | SATs |
| Mar 19 | School Violence |
| Mar 26 | Recession |
| Apr 2 | Phobias |
| Apr 9 | Global Warming |
| Apr 16 | Jerusalem: Then & Now |
| Apr 23 | The Science of Yoga |
| Apr 30 | How to Educate Our Kids |
| May 7 | Bob Kerrey |
| May 14 | Alzheimer's Disease |
| May 21 | Timothy McVeigh |
| May 28 | Drugs That Fight Cancer |
| Jun 4 | George W. Bush |
| Jun 11 | The U.S.-Mexico Border |
| Jun 18 | Erik Weihenmayer |
| Jun 25 | How the Universe Will End |
| Jul 2 | Privacy Online |
| Jul 9 | Julia Roberts |
| Jul 16 | War Over the West |
| Jul 23 | Human Evolution |
| Jul 30 | Sharks |
| Aug 6 | Modern-Day Children |
| Aug 13 | The Kennedy Family |
| Aug 20 | James Thomson |
| Aug 27 | Home Schooling |
| Sep 3 | Venus & Serena Williams |
| Sep 10 | Colin Powell |
| Sep 14 | Special Edition: Sept. 11 |
| Sep 15 | Music Goes Global: Björk, Brenda Fassie, Marc Anthony, Utada Hikaru, Max de Castro, Shakira[1] |
| Sep 17 | Preacher T.D. Jakes |
| Sep 24 | George W. Bush |
| Oct 1 | Osama bin Laden |
| Oct 8 | How Real Is The Threat |
| Oct 15 | Facing the Fury |
| Oct 22 | The Fear Factor |
| Oct 29 | War on Terrorism |
| Nov 5 | George W. Bush |
| Nov 12 | Osama bin Laden |
| Nov 19 | Thanksgiving 2001 |
| Nov 26 | Osama bin Laden |
| Dec 3 | Women of Afghanistan |
| Dec 10 | George Harrison |
| Dec 17 | The Taliban |
| Dec 24 | Closing In |
| Dec 31 | Rudy Giuliani, Person of the Year |
2002
| Date | Name(s) |
|---|---|
| Jan 14 | Steve Jobs |
| Jan 21 | The Science of Staying Healthy |
| Jan 28 | Personal Finance |
| Feb 4 | Enron |
| Feb 11 | Sarah Hughes |
| Feb 18 | Breast Cancer |
| Feb 25 | Jamie Sale & David Pelletier |
| Mar 4 | Bono |
| Mar 11 | Stopping the Next Attack |
| Mar 18 | The War on Terror |
| Mar 25 | Middle East |
| Apr 1 | The Catholic Church Dilemma |
| Apr 8 | Yasser Arafat |
| Apr 15 | Babies vs. Career |
| Apr 22 | Medical Testing |
| Apr 29 | Yoda |
| May 6 | Autism |
| May 13 | Saddam Hussein |
| May 20 | Spider-Man |
| May 27 | While America Slept |
| Jun 3 | The Bombshell Memo |
| Jun 10 | Anxiety |
| Jun 17 | George W. Bush |
| Jun 24 | Tom Cruise |
| Jul 1 | The Bible & & The Apocalypse |
| Jul 8 | Lewis & Clark |
| Jul 15 | Being a Vegetarian |
| Jul 22 | Hormones |
| Jul 29 | Retiring |
| Aug 5 | Bruce Springsteen |
| Aug 12 | Nine Months Before 9/11 |
| Aug 19 | Young & Bipolar |
| Aug 26 | How to Save the Earth |
| Sep 2 | Carbs & Fats |
| Sep 9 | Sept. 11 Memorial Issue |
| Sep 16 | Saddam Hussein |
| Sep 23 | Al-Qaeda Terrorist |
| Sep 30 | Abraham |
| Oct 7 | Preventing Headaches |
| Oct 14 | Inside the New American Home |
| Oct 21 | The Science of Catching a Killer |
| Oct 28 | Al-Qaeda Terrorist |
| Nov 4 | Legalizing Marijuana |
| Nov 11 | Inside the Tomb |
| Nov 18 | George W. Bush & Karl Rove |
| Nov 25 | Osama bin Laden |
| Dec 2 | Return of the Rings |
| Dec 9 | Arthritis |
| Dec 16 | American Indians & Casinos |
| Dec 18 | Pictures of the Year |
| Dec 23 | Trent Lott |
| Dec 30 | The Whistleblowers, Person of the Year |
2003
| Date | Name(s) |
|---|---|
| Jan 13 | Kim Jong-il |
| Jan 20 | How Your Mind Can Heal Your body |
| Jan 27 | Donald Rumsfeld |
| Feb 3 | The CIA's Secret Army |
| Feb 5 | Style & Design 2003 |
| Feb 10 | Columbia Disaster |
| Feb 17 | DNA Turns 50 |
| Feb 24 | Living in Terror |
| Mar 3 | George W. Bush |
| Mar 10 | Saddam Hussein |
| Mar 17 | Tommy Franks |
| Mar 24 | Families at War |
| Mar 30 | TIME's 80th Anniversary |
| Mar 31 | Gulf War II |
| Apr 7 | What Will It Take to Win? |
| Apr 14 | Saddam's Last Stand |
| Apr 21 | After the Fall |
| Apr 28 | Women & Heart Disease |
| May 5 | The Truth About SARS |
| May 12 | Secrets of the New Matrix |
| May 19 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| May 26 | Hey, Where's My Raise? |
| Jun 2 | What Makes You Special |
| Jun 9 | The Doctor Is Out |
| Jun 16 | Hillary Clinton |
| Jun 23 | Why Harry Potter Rules |
| Jun 30 | Should Christians Convert Muslims? |
| Jul 7 | Benjamin Franklin |
| Jul 14 | Peace Is Hell |
| Jul 21 | Untruth and Consequences |
| Jul 28 | Overcoming Dyslexia |
| Aug 4 | The Science of Meditation |
| Aug 11 | Howard Dean |
| Aug 18 | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| Aug 25 | Blackout |
| Aug 28 | Style & Design: Inside Fashion |
| Sep 1 | Is the Army Stretched Too Thin |
| Sep 8 | What's Next |
| Sep 15 | The Saudis |
| Sep 22 | Johnny Cash |
| Sep 29 | Ronald Reagan |
| Oct 6 | Mission Not Accomplished |
| Oct 13 | The War Over the Leak |
| Oct 20 | The Secrets of Eating Smarter |
| Oct 27 | Inside the New SATs |
| Nov 3 | Medicating Young Minds |
| Nov 10 | Russell Crowe |
| Nov 17 | Jessica Lynch |
| Nov 24 | Where the New Jobs Are |
| Dec 1 | George W. Bush |
| Dec 8 | Diabetes: Are You at Risk? |
| Dec 15 | The Hidden Enemy |
| Dec 22 | We Got Him |
| Dec 29 | The American Soldier, Person of the Year |
2004
| Date | Name(s) |
|---|---|
| Jan 12 | Howard Dean |
| Jan 19 | Love, Sex & Health |
| Jan 26 | Mission to Mars |
| Feb 2 | Why Your Drugs Cost So Much |
| Feb 9 | What Kind of President Would John Kerry Be? |
| Feb 16 | Does Bush Have a Credibility Gap? |
| Feb 23 | Inflammation: The Secret Killer |
| Mar 1 | Are Too Many Jobs Going Abroad? |
| Mar 8 | Afghanistan: The Other War |
| Mar 15 | Iraq: Looking for a Way Out |
| Mar 22 | The Case for Moms Staying Home |
| Mar 29 | Al-Qaeda: The Next Generation |
| Apr 5 | Feeling the Heat |
| Apr 12 | Why Did Jesus Have to Die? |
| Apr 15 | Style & Design: Retro Modernism |
| Apr 19 | State of Siege |
| Apr 26 | The Time 100 |
| May 3 | Low-Carb Nation |
| May 10 | Secrets of the Teen Brain |
| May 17 | Iraq: How Did it Come to This? |
| May 24 | Moment of Truth |
| May 31 | D-Day |
| Jun 7 | Overcoming Obesity in America |
| Jun 14 | Ronald Reagan |
| Jun 21 | Faith, God & the Oval Office |
| Jun 28 | Bill Clinton |
| Jul 5 | Thomas Jefferson |
| Jul 12 | Michael Moore |
| Jul 19 | John Edwards & John Kerry |
| Jul 26 | It's Vegas Baby |
| Aug 2 | John Kerry |
| Aug 9 | Michael Phelps |
| Aug 16 | Al-Qaeda in America |
| Aug 23 | Saving the Big Cats |
| Aug 30 | How to Live to be 100 |
| Sep 6 | George W. Bush |
| Sep 13 | The Struggle Within Islam |
| Sep 14 | Style & Design: Luxury Fever |
| Sep 20 | America's Border |
| Sep 27 | Who Owns the Truth? |
| Oct 4 | The Tragedy of Sudan |
| Oct 11 | Visions of Tomorrow |
| Oct 18 | George W. Bush & John Kerry |
| Oct 25 | The God Gene |
| Nov 1 | The Morning After |
| Nov 8 | The Joy of Sox |
| Nov 15 | George W. Bush |
| Nov 22 | Street Fight: The Battle for Fallujah |
| Nov 29 | The Most Amazing Inventions of 2004 |
| Dec 6 | The Stealth Killer |
| Dec 13 | Secrets of the Nativity |
| Dec 20 | The New Science of Sleep |
| Dec 27 | George W. Bush, Person of the Year |
2005
| Date | Name(s) |
|---|---|
| Jan 10 | Tsunami |
| Jan 17 | The Science of Happiness |
| Jan 24 | They Just Won't Grow Up |
| Jan 31 | Iraq: How Soon Can We Get Out? |
| Feb 7 | The Most Influential Evangelicals in America |
| Feb 14 | Merchant of Menace |
| Feb 21 | What Teachers Hate About Parents |
| Feb 28 | The Right (and Wrong) Way to Treat Pain |
| Mar 7 | Women and the Math Myth |
| Mar 14 | How to End Poverty |
| Mar 21 | Hail, Mary |
| Mar 28 | Has TV Gone Too Far? |
| Apr 4 | The End of Life: Who Decides? |
| Apr 11 | John Paul II |
| Apr 18 | The 2005 TIME 100 |
| Apr 25 | Ann Coulter |
| May 2 | Benedict XVI |
| May 9 | The Last Star Wars |
| May 16 | A Female Midlife Crisis? |
| May 23 | Bill Gates |
| May 30 | The Class of 9/11 |
| Jun 6 | How to Get Fitter & Faster |
| Jun 13 | Home $weet Home |
| Jun 20 | Inside the Wire at Gitmo |
| Jun 27 | China's New Revolution |
| Jul 4 | Abraham Lincoln |
| Jul 11 | The Supreme Battle |
| Jul 18 | Rush Hour Terror |
| Jul 25 | Karl Rove |
| Aug 1 | Eyewitnesses to Hiroshima |
| Aug 8 | Being 13 |
| Aug 15 | The Evolution Wars |
| Aug 22 | The 25 Most Influential Hispanics in America |
| Aug 29 | Kanye West |
| Sep 5 | How to Stop a Heart Attack Before it Happens |
| Sep 12 | An American Tragedy |
| Sep 19 | System Failure |
| Sep 26 | Is It Too Late To Win the War? |
| Oct 3 | Are We Making Hurricanes Worse? |
| Oct 10 | The Battle Over Gay Teens |
| Oct 17 | Andrew Weil |
| Oct 24 | Steve Jobs |
| Oct 31 | The Great Retirement Ripoff |
| Nov 7 | How to Save a Life |
| Nov 14 | The Secrets of Ambition |
| Nov 21 | The Most Amazing Inventions of 2005 |
| Nov 28 | New Orleans Blues |
| Dec 5 | The Year in Medicine from A to Z |
| Dec 12 | Steven Spielberg |
| Dec 19 | The Best Photos of 2005 |
| Dec 26 | Bill Gates, Bono & Melinda Gates |
2006
| Date | Name(s) |
|---|---|
| Jan 9 | The Secret Agony of Martin Luther King Jr. |
| Jan 16 | Jack Abramoff |
| Jan 23 | Bode Miller |
| Jan 30 | Bill Ford |
| Feb 6 | Inside America's Secret Workforce |
| Feb 13 | Is America Flunking Science? |
| Feb 20 | Larry Page, Eric Schmidt & Sergey Brin |
| Feb 27 | Dick Cheney & George W. Bush |
| Mar 6 | Iraq Breaking Point |
| Mar 13 | Daria Werbowy |
| Mar 13 | The Untold Saga of Early Man in America |
| Mar 27 | Are Kids Too Wired for Their Own Good? |
| Apr 3 | Global Warming: Be Worried. Be Very Worried |
| Apr 10 | Who Gets to Be an American? |
| Apr 17 | Christine Harden |
| Apr 24 | The Ways of Opus Dei |
| May 1 | What Doctors Hate About Hospitals |
| May 8 | The TIME 100 |
| May 15 | Nick Furth |
| May 22 | Michael Hayden |
| May 29 | Radical Chicks |
| Jun 5 | Congo: The Hidden Toll of the World's Deadliest War |
| Jun 12 | Haditha |
| Jun 19 | Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi |
| Jun 26 | India Inc. |
| Jul 3 | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Jul 10 | How Your Siblings Make You Who You Are |
| Jul 17 | The End of Cowboy Diplomacy |
| Jul 24 | Why They Fight and Why It's Different This Time |
| Jul 31 | The Way Out...Of This Mess. The Six Keys To Peace In The Middle East. |
| Aug 7 | The Truth About Stem Cells: The Hope, The Hype and What it Means For You |
| Aug 14 | Life In Hell: A Baghdad Diary |
| Aug 21 | Who Needs Harvard? |
| Aug 28 | Hillary Clinton |
| Sep 4 | How The Stars Were Born |
| Sep 10 | Doutzen Kroes |
| Sep 11 | What We Lost |
| Sep 18 | Does God Want You To Be Rich? |
| Sep 25 | What War With Iran Would Look Like (And How To Avoid It) |
| Oct 2 | How I Lost My Hand But Found Myself |
| Oct 9 | How We Became Human |
| Oct 16 | What A Mess... |
| Oct 23 | Why Barack Obama Could Be The Next President |
| Oct 30 | The United States of America |
| Nov 6 | George W. Bush |
| Nov 13 | God vs. Science |
| Nov 20 | Why the Center is the New Place to Be |
| Nov 21 | Style & Design Winter 2006 |
| Nov 28 | Benedict XVI |
| Dec 4 | Why We Worry About the Wrong Things |
| Dec 11 | George W. Bush |
| Dec 18 | How To Build a Student For the 21st Century |
| Dec 25 | You, Person of the Year |
2007
| Date | Name(s) |
|---|---|
| Jan 15 | The Surge |
| Jan 22 | China: New Dawn of a Dynasty |
| Jan 29 | Mind & Body Special Issue: The Brain |
| Feb 5 | Only 648 Days until the Election |
| Feb 12 | Back To Reality |
| Feb 19 | Haji Bashar Noorzai |
| Feb 26 | The Abortion Campaign You Never Hear About |
| Mar 4 | Style & Design Spring 2007 |
| Mar 5 | Sunni vs. Shi'ites: Why They Hate Each Other |
| Mar 12 | Forget Organic. Eat Local |
| Mar 19 | Dick Cheney |
| Mar 26 | Ronald Reagan |
| Apr 2 | Why We Should Teach The Bible In Public School |
| Apr 9 | The Global Warming Survival Guide |
| Apr 16 | Why Our Army Is At the Breaking Point |
| Apr 22 | Style & Design Summer 2007 |
| Apr 23 | Don Imus |
| Apr 30 | Trying To Make Sense of a Massacre |
| May 7 | America at 400 |
| May 14 | The TIME 100: The Most Influential People in The World |
| May 21 | Mitt Romney |
| May 28 | Al Gore |
| Jun 4 | Report Card on No Child Left Behind |
| Jun 11 | The Science of Appetite |
| Jun 18 | Why Amnesty Makes Sense |
| Jun 25 | Michael Bloomberg & Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| Jul 2 | John F. Kennedy |
| Jul 9 | Rupert Murdoch |
| Jul 16 | How We Get Addicted |
| Jul 23 | How The Democrats Got Religion |
| Jul 30 | Iraq: What Will Happen When We Leave |
| Aug 6 | The Myth About Boys |
| Aug 13 | Why New Orleans Still Isn't Safe |
| Aug 19 | Style & Design Visionaries |
| Aug 20 | The Political Confessions of Billy Graham |
| Aug 27 | The Genius Problem |
| Sep 3 | Mother Teresa |
| Sep 10 | The Case for National Service |
| Sep 16 | Hilary Rhoda |
| Sep 17 | David Petraeus |
| Sep 24 | The Running Mates |
| Oct 1 | Who Owns the Arctic? |
| Oct 8 | V-22 Osprey |
| Oct 15 | Why Breast Cancer Is Spreading Around The World |
| Oct 22 | John Roberts |
| Oct 29 | The Secrets Of Birth Order |
| Nov 5 | Why California Is Burning |
| Nov 12 | Best Inventions of 2007 |
| Nov 19 | Hillary Clinton |
| Nov 25 | Style & Design: The Luxury Index |
| Nov 26 | America by the Numbers |
| Dec 3 | What Makes Us Good/Evil |
| Dec 10 | Barack Obama |
| Dec 17 | Now They Tell Us? |
| Dec 24 | This Space Available |
| Dec 31 | Vladimir Putin, Person of the Year |
2008
| Date | Person(s)/Object | Caption |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 14 | Benazir Bhutto | No One Could Save Benazir Bhutto. Why We Need to Save Pakistan |
| Jan 21 | Voters in voting booths | New Hampshire Special: It's the Voters, Stupid |
| Jan 28 | Comic book style illustration of couple kissing | Annual Minds & Body Special Issue: The Science of Romance |
| Feb 4 | John McCain | The Phoenix: Can John McCain Keep Rising? |
| Feb 11 | Group of young voters | Why Young Voters Care Again |
| Feb 18 | Hillary Clinton & Barack Obama | Super Tuesday Special: The Battle For the Soul of the Democrats |
| Feb 25 | Julie Court, 6th grade teacher at Queens Village, NY, Middle School | How To Make Better Teachers |
| Mar 3 | George Clooney | The Last Movie Star: How George Clooney Plays the Game |
| Mar 10 | Barack Obama | How Much Does Experience Matter? |
| Mar 17 | Hillary Clinton | The Fighter: How she came back - and why it could be too late |
| Mar 24 | The number 10 with the Earth in place of a zero | 10 Ideas That Are Changing the World |
| Mar 31 | Dalai Lama VII | The Dalai Lama's Journey |
| Apr 7 | Ear of corn with dollar bills instead of husks | The Clean Energy Myth |
| Apr 14 | Benedict XVI and American landmarks | Why the Pope Loves America |
| Apr 21 | Ann Dunham & Barack Obama | Raising Obama |
| Apr 28 | Flag raising at Iwo Jima with tree in place of flag | Special Environmental Issue: How to Win The War On Global Warming |
| May 5 | Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton split in half | There Can Only Be One |
| May 12 | Collage of TIme Covers | The TIME 100 |
| May 19 | Barack Obama | And the Winner* Is... (*Yes, we're pretty sure this time) |
| May 26 | Skinny piggy bank | Surviving the Lean Economy |
| Jun 2 | Baby making face at vaccine | The Truth About Vaccines |
| Jun 9 | Fire alarm | How to Survive a Disaster |
| Jun 16 | Prozac pill in Army camouflage | The Military's Secret Weapon |
| Jun 23 | Obese child on skateboard | Special Health Issue: Our Super-Sized Kids |
| Jun 30 | United States-Mexico border wall | The Great Wall of America |
| Jul 7 | American flag pin | The Real Meaning of Patriotism |
| Jul 14 | Mark Twain | Annual Making of America Issue: The Dangerous Mind of Mark Twain |
| Jul 21 | Nelson Mandela | Mandela at 90: The Secrets of Leadership |
| Jul 28 | U.S. soldier in Afghanistan | Afghanistan: The Right War |
| Aug 4 | LeBron James | Beijing '08 Summer Olympic Preview |
| Aug 11 | Barack Obama & John McCain | Special Report: Job #1 - The Economy |
| Aug 18 | Rick Warren | The Purpose Driven Pastor |
| Aug 25 | Russian soldier on road to Tbilisi | How to Stop a New Cold War |
| Sep 1 | Barack Obama | Special Issue: The Democrats |
| Sep 8 | John McCain | Special Issue: The Republicans |
| Sep 15 | Sarah Palin | The Education of Sarah Palin |
| Sep 22 | Barack Obama & John McCain as construction workers | Second Annual National Service Issue: 21 Ways to Fix Up America |
| Sep 29 | Legs sticking out of hole | How Wall Street Sold Out America |
| Oct 5 | Tom Ford | |
| Oct 6 | Ballot with options of John McCain, Barack Obama, and None of the Above | Who Can Rescue The Economy? |
| Oct 13 | Soup line during Great Depression | The New Hard Times |
| Oct 20 | Barack Obama split into white half and colored half | Campaign Special: Why the Economy is Trumping Race |
| Oct 27 | Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, John McCain & Franklin D. Roosevelt | Does Temperament Matter? |
| Nov 2 | Sylvia Tamburo | |
| Nov 3 | Electronic voting machine | 7 Things That Could Go Wrong on Election Day |
| Nov 10 | Barack Obama & John McCain | Special Issue: The Choice |
| Nov 17 | Barack Obama, Chicago, November 4th, 2008 | Commemorative Issue: "Change has come to America" |
| Nov 24 | Barack Obama as Franklin D. Roosevelt at his 1933 inauguration | The New New Deal |
| Nov 30 | The Luxury Index | |
| Dec 1 | Patient having throat examined with tongue depressor | Annual Checkup: The Sorry State of American Health |
| Dec 8 | Michelle Rhee | How to Fix America's Schools |
| Dec 15 | Wrenches tightening bolts in a rusty GM logo | The Case for Saving Detroit |
| Dec 22 | Collection of lists | The List Issue |
| Dec 29 | Barack Obama in style of Hope poster | 2008 Person of the Year |
2009
| Date | Person(s)/Object | Caption |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 12 | Sweater with energy-efficient lightbulb in collar | Why We Need To See the Light About Energy Efficiency |
| Jan 19 | Star of David behind barbed wire and wall | Why Israel Can't Win |
| Jan 26 | Barack Obama | Great Expectations |
| Feb 2 | Barack Obama & Michelle Obama | President Barack Obama: January 20, 2009 |
| Feb 9 | Stem cells | How the Coming Revolution in Stem Cells Could Save Your Life |
| Feb 16 | Fish wrapped in issue of The New York Times | How to Save Your Newspaper |
| Feb 23 | Woman meditating | Mind and Body Special Issue: How Faith Can Heal |
| Mar 2 | Kate Winslet | Best Actress: Why It's Kate Winslet |
| Mar 9 | Hands grasping frayed rope | Holding On for Dear Life/The Economy & You: A Special Report |
| Mar 16 | Bottle of pills | So You Think You're Insured? |
| Mar 22 | Arlenis Sosa | |
| Mar 23 | The Earth | 10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now |
| Mar 30 | Bomb with AIG logo | The Bailout Bomb |
| Apr 6 | Reset button | The End of Excess |
| Apr 13 | Sumatran tiger | Special Environment Issue: Vanishing Act |
| Apr 20 | A U.S. soldier | How Not To Lose in Afghanistan |
| Apr 27 | Coin jar | The New Frugality |
| May 3 | Style & Design: The Green Design 100 | |
| May 4 | Barack Obama | 100 Days |
| May 11 | Collage of Time covers | TIME 100 |
| May 18 | GOP elephant | Endangered Species |
| May 25 | Man split into casual upper half and formal lower half | The Future of Work |
| Jun 1 | Michelle Obama | The Meaning of Michelle |
| Jun 8 | Sonia Sotomayor | Latina Justice |
| Jun 15 | Tweet advertising cover story | (no caption) |
| Jun 22 | Empty hospital bed | The Health Issue: It's All About Prevention |
| Jun 29 | Mousavi supporters | Iran vs. Iran |
| Jul 6 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Annual Making of America Issue: What Barack Obama Can Learn From FDR |
| Jul 7 | Michael Jackson | Special Commemorative Issue |
| Jul 13 | Wedding cake with couple figurines pushed inside | Unfaithfully Yours |
| Jul 20 | Sarah Palin | The Renegade |
| Jul 27 | Buzz Aldrin on the moon, 1969 | Moonstruck: 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11 |
| Aug 3 | Dick Cheney & George W. Bush | Special Report: The Final Days of Bush and Cheney |
| Aug 10 | Barack Obama in doctor's garb | Health Care Special Report: Paging Dr. Obama |
| Aug 17 | Woman exercising on treadmill visualizing cupcake | The Myth about Exercise |
| Aug 24 | Las Vegas sign with "Las" changed to "Less" | Less Vegas |
| Aug 31 | Package of hamburger meat | The Real Cost of Cheap Food |
| Sep 7 | Ted Kennedy | Ted Kennedy: 1932-2009 |
| Sep 13 | Style & Design: Fashion's Bright Side | |
| Sep 14 | Jay Leno | Jay Leno Is the Future of Television. Seriously! |
| Sep 21 | Jobless Americans | Out of Work in America |
| Sep 28 | Glenn Beck | Mad Man |
| Oct 5 | Derelict scene in Detroit | The Tragedy Of Detroit |
| Oct 12 | Chet Millard | The War Up Close |
| Oct 19 | 401(k) text amid rising waters | Why It's Time to Retire the 401(k) |
| Oct 26 | Elena Evangelo | The State of the American Woman |
| Nov 2 | Computer chip in shape of California | Why California Is Still America's Future |
| Nov 9 | Man with cartoon eyebrows, mustache, and mouth | Why Main Street Hates Wall Street |
| Nov 16 | Hillary Clinton | The State of Hillary |
| Nov 23 | Nidal Malik Hasan | Terrorist? |
| Nov 30 | Child with strings attached | The Case Against Over-Parenting |
| Dec 7 | Crying baby at New Year's party | The Decade from Hell |
| Dec 14 | President Obama amid West Point cadets | It's His War Now |
| Dec 21 | Collage of pictures | Special Issue: The Year in Pictures |
| Dec 28 | Ben Bernanke | Person Of The Year 2009 |
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