Holiday

For Street Vendor, Another Holiday in Shadows

By Alison Bowen ● Politics ● December 23, 2009

In New York City, a food vendor celebrates her 20th Christmas without the documentation she needs to visit family back in Mexico. To her, the warm rice and hot tamales that she cooks and sells preserve the cultural connection every day.

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Here’s Hoping the Holidays Catch Up With You Too

By Rita Henley Jensen ● Arts & Culture ● December 23, 2009

It was suddenly time to get ready for the office holiday party. Nothing was ready and the mood on the streets was bleak. Smack in the middle of all that, Rita Henley Jensen stumbled into the holiday spirit. Here’s how it happened.