The sudden cutoffs darkened traffic lights and led to traffic jams in communities from Orange County to San Francisco.
The outcry in communities from Anglesey to Cornwall has prompted calls for the entitlements to be abolished.
Latinos own more than 5,000 Long Island businesses, come from 26 different countries and live in communities from Riverhead to Freeport, Glen Cove and Brentwood.
"Time" told the case histories of Americans, living in communities from Frazier Park, California, to Burlington, Vermont, who have decided to live the new simpler life.
Most victims' families are of south Asian origin, though the problem also occurs in communities from other regions, such as the Middle East and Somalia.
The performances will begin in May and run through April 2013, taking place at 100 public libraries and arts centers in communities from Harlem and Washington Heights in New York to Miami, Houston, Seattle and several other cities and small towns in at least 20 states.
Most live in ordinary houses rather than forbidding fortresses, and in the US many have even given up living under the same roof, working in communities from their own flats.
BROOKLYN CENTER FOR THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT Sunday at 11 a.m. and 1 30 p.m., "A Great Day in Harlem" includes historic sites in communities from Washington Heights to Hamilton Heights, meeting at 3940 Broadway, at 165th Street.
All the activity has aroused concern in communities from Montclair, N.J., to Madison, Wis., to Birmingham, Ala., where companies have made deals with schools that let them promote their products to students.
Projects in communities from Yonkers to Sleepy Hollow and Peekskill are connecting people to the river and with recreational, residential and commercial projects that will invigorate local economies while improving the quality of life of residents.
