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...Ramallah and Gaza, the threat of economic separation is regarded by most Palestinians with real horror. Mohammed Khatib, a 30-year-old father of four, hasn't worked since the violence began. He used to earn $30 a day as a construction worker in Jerusalem. A job in his hometown of Bethlehem would pay half that--if he could find one. But there are no jobs, and Khatib sits at home "smoking and drinking tea." Like a quarter of all Palestinian workers, Khatib either earns his money in Israel or earns nothing. "This separation idea is intended to break...
...Party balance in Congress is on the line, there is dissent among the White House staff...and what does the President spend the week obsessing about? The school-board election in his hometown...
Eight-year-old Sonny and his guardian, Hattie Carmichael, leave hardscrabble lives in Paris to attend a posthumous tribute in Brooklyn to his grandfather (and her former intime). In the 1950s, Sonny's grandfather found fame and temporary refuge from racism playing jazz in France; finally his hometown is giving him his due. But instead of a joyous reunion, Sonny encounters a multigenerational feud, which Marshall unfolds by moving deftly between present and past. If her narrative occasionally swerves into Young Adult territory, it's not at the sacrifice of complex characters or of her longstanding themes: the fundamental human...
Francisco started playing hockey at the age of six in her hometown of Duluth, Minnesota. She played in boys' leagues, and contrary to the difficulties that some might expect from playing only with males, Francisco loved every minute...
...party balance in congress is on the line, there is dissent among the White House staff... and what does the President spend the week obsessing about? The school-board election in his hometown...