October 10, 2009
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Peter BreslowNarcocorridos: Ballads Of The Mexican Cartels
()The news of Mexico's bloody cartel war is reflected in a controversial folk-music genre called narcocorridos, or drug ballads. They're like journalism put to song — telling stories of drug lords, arrests, shootouts, daring operations and betrayals. But, like the cartel war itself, writing corridos about drug traffickers can be risky business.
Simon Says
Gandhi, King, Walesa, Mandela — Obama?()
"I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize," President Obama said of his Nobel Peace Prize. He deserves to be taken at his word.
Author Interviews
A Hidden Teen Pregnancy, An Unthinkable Crime()
The protagonist of After, Amy Efaw's new novel for young adults, is a 15-year-old straight-A student and Olympic hopeful who winds up in jail, charged with trying to murder her newborn baby.
Business
Teen T-Shirt Entrepreneur Wins $10,000()
Kalief Rollins, a 17-year-old from Carson, Calif., took home a $10,000 grand prize from the National Youth Entrepreneurship Competition for his business selling custom T-shirts with inspirational designs. One of his shirts reads, "Caution: Educated African American Male."
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