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The Minutemen could be heard before they were seen. First came the bullhorns barking "This is America, not Mexico" and "No work today. The Minutemen have arrived." Then the group of two dozen men and women, holding U.S. flags and cameras in their hands, turned the corner and started bearing...
What happens next? Leaders on Capitol Hill will spend the rest of the year trying to reach an agreement between the House's legislation and the Senate's, whose version cuts only around $35 billion from the budget. Among the roadblocks: the Senate's bill authorizes drilling in the Arctic...
Last Friday, the ever-widening cracks in the conservative coalition forced the Republican House leadership to table a $54 billion budget-cutting bill. This frozen bill should not be revived; rather, it should be left in cold storage because it cuts critical social programs for the poor in order to...
The spark for last week's chaos came on Oct. 27, with the deaths of two teenagers from the jumble of apartment blocks that make up Clichy-sous-Bois. Bouna Traore, 15, of Malian origin, and Zyed Benna, 17, whose parents are Tunisian, thought they were being chased by police...
Murakami journeyed to the States over 10 years ago to escape these photo shoots and other trappings of fame. But this time around, it seems that the U.S. will be no refuge from the spotlight. As humble as his novels’ trademark narrators, Murakami seems dazzled at the turnaround...