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...immigrants became more comfortable with the language and the culture around them. They realized that unlike many of their homelands, one could express political or cultural opposition here and still be regarded as a good American. And finally, they gave birth to a generation, now in its 20s and 30s, whose primary identification is American, albeit with a "Muslim" prefix. "The feeling is," paraphrases Haddad (who is not Muslim), "'We are American. We participate in this America. We cannot live off America and not be part of it, and we have something to contribute...
...aging infrastructure handles it. Eventually, resources that need to be rebuilt or expanded will be, but if we don’t do anything now, we will have lost the opportunity to renew our public works in broad, ambitious strokes like those of Roosevelt in the ’30s...
...open structure in which everyone can contribute. Milo is used to his two homes, and I don't think this bothers him. Stefan and I may not have chosen for each other, but we have chosen for Milo." The rise of unmarried women, particularly those in their late 30s and 40s, who decide to raise a child on their own is one of the most striking social phenomena of recent decades, with celebrities like Madonna (pre-Guy Ritchie) bringing single parenthood out into the open. In general the stigma attached to unmarried women raising children is fading. "I think there...
...conversely, is a diplomat's daughter who grew up around the world but uses her native tongue, Bamanan, and Malian instruments on spare and lovely songs like the feminist Mancipera, which calls for the liberation of African women from subservience. For Traore as for the American folkies of the '30s and '60s, mastering the traditional music of her homeland figuratively allows her to claim a true connection to her people and her native roots even as she seeks to redefine their traditions...
...acts in recent years to crack the charts with an unfiltered political message. They were, in their words, "calm like a bomb." Even higher-profile, socially conscious artists like Billy Bragg and Bruce Springsteen have seemed increasingly like museum docents in their recent work, curating the legacy of '30s-era populism...