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...definitely this way," I say. We drag beach chairs and Food Emporium bags toward 81st. A guy selling old photos of New York in plastic covers shakes his head. He points farther downtown. "That entrance's better," he says...

Author: By Emily C. Graff | Title: The Summer of our Discontent | 7/14/2009 | See Source »

...keep pace with the issue, counting people who have fallen through society's cracks is no easy task. The Obama Administration's $787 billion economic-stimulus package allots $1.2 billion for combating homelessness, but without a full understanding of the problem's scope - and with the unemployment rate creeping toward double digits - the struggle to contain it will continue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The State of Homelessness in the U.S. | 7/13/2009 | See Source »

...Scientific Research, notes that while that kind of activity would bring about legal punishment and public denunciation elsewhere in the world, it's viewed with singular tolerance in France. That's due in part to lingering French admiration and respect for insurrectional and revolutionary movements, and a national inclination toward stroppiness. "French history is filled with examples of rebellion and insurrection sparked by injustice that, like the Revolution itself, involved excesses people tend to minimize as they approve the wider cause involved," notes Groux. "There are social, cultural, historical, even nostalgic reasons for France's acceptance of behavior that other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French Workers Facing Layoffs Threaten Explosive Action | 7/13/2009 | See Source »

...each location were allowed inside with bombmaking ingredients. Investigators then walked into restrooms, assembled the devices and freely strolled around with explosives in their briefcases. The report found other instances of neglect - such as a guard who passed an infant through an X-ray scanner - and a pervasive indifference toward training and certification by the FPS, which protects about 9,000 federal facilities across the country (not including the most important buildings, such as the Capitol and White House). As the GAO's Mark Goldstein told lawmakers recently, "I think we would be able to say that FPS is simply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Federal Government Cannot Protect Itself | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

...Kassem may be brave, but she's under no illusions about the Egyptian government's attitude toward the issue. "The government has always denied sexual harassment [happens] in the street," she says. So when Kassem is shown the new government-issued pamphlet titled Sexual Harassment: Causes and Solutions, her eyes widen. (See pictures of the women of Cairo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Egypt, Invoking Islam to Combat Sexual Harassment | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

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