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...culturally and economically unified a group as non-blacks would like to believe: Some of us are rich and others are poor, some of us are of mixed race, some of us come from other countries, some of us live in the rural South while others live in the urban North. The thing that has really united us is a sense of being shut out from certain opportunities. No matter where we lived or how we behaved, we were all bound by the knowledge that there were things we couldn’t do and places we couldn?...
...holiday season, there’s a huge drop-off and you have to borrow money from the bank,” said MacDonald. “Some businesses will find they won’t be able to.”Store managers for larger retailers such as Urban Outfitters and restaurants such as Bertucci’s were not permitted to comment on their business this fall, but owners of smaller restaurants including Felipe’s Taqueria and b.good said that while their sales were holding steady or were even higher than last year?...
...participants are mostly middle-class professionals and students from Mexico City and other urban areas. While many have friends or family who have crossed illegally into the U.S., they all say they will not do it themselves: the simulated border-crossing is adventure enough for them. At one point the group walks through a nest of giant ants that bite people's legs. One girl starts screaming after injuring herself on the trip and has to be supported by friends as she hops along. The group slides down a steep ravine, a particularly hard task in the middle...
Between Pauley’s constant road trips—she’s a self-professed “urban hiker,” who confesses to live out of a bookbag—she’s put out two full-length CDs. The most recent one, “Elijah Drop Your Gun,” was funded entirely by fans, including seven $1,000 donations...
...OIP—listed the simple design and quality of materials as distinctive characteristics of the Swedish furniture company’s products. Meaker, who is currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark, drew connections between these observable qualities of IKEA furniture and the core tenets that Scandanavian architects emphasize in urban planning and design. “There is a concern for quality, simplicity, the elegant solution and detail.” Meaker said. “Architecture is for making things comfortable and cozy for society.” Meaker added that these elements of architecture are a reflection...