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FEATURES

COVER STORY
After a long, steady decline, can America's labor unions win over a new generation of workers?

NATIONAL
A look at the complex case of a Muslim teenager who was sent back to her native Bangladesh after authorities said she was a threat to national security.

TIMES PAST
Fifty years ago, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat for a white passenger. The boycott that followed fueled the civil rights movement.

DEPARTMENTS

NEWS & TRENDS
French-fry warning; Mideast orchestra; Americans' ancestries; and more.

DEBATE
Should the U.S. adopt voter ID cards?

TECHNOLOGY
A future in repairing mechanical watches

OPINION
Excerpts from New York Times columnists

CARTOONS
Some lighter looks at what's in the news