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As I walked through the crowds of flamboyant males, I was somewhat self-conscious of my formal work attire (and gender), which marked me as a clear outsider. Customers in gay bars eyed me with bemused curiosity, but after a brief chat with the manager I was granted a seat...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill | Title: Press Pass | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

By contrast, the America that I knew growing up in California seemed to operate under different premises. What I have observed is a constantly evolving society that meets the immigrant halfway, thereby taking the edge off of the cultural confrontation and facilitating assimilation. What it has meant to be an...

Author: By Clay A. Dumas | Title: The Melting Pot Beckons | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

Even if that ratio is abolished, as appears increasingly likely, it's not clear that it will benefit offenders like Echols, who are already behind bars. The fates of tens of thousands of prisoners serving long sentences could hang in the balance as policymakers and politicians grapple with whether changes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Crack-Cocaine Sentencing Reform Help Current Cons? | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

50-50: The probability, according to City Secrets New York City, that the young person sitting next to you at one of the many new hipster bars on Ludlow Street is either an artist recently profiled in The New York Times or a New York University student playing hooky.

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese | Title: Yesterday and Today | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

Today on the Lower East Side, cultures new and old butt up against one another in an uneasy but (to the outsider) exhilarating whorl: a mere corner of a city block can contain a Mexican vendor selling sweet flavored ice, a Middle Eastern cart full of fresh mangoes, a Dominican...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese | Title: Yesterday and Today | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

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