Oct 25th, 2008 · Last week, Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio and a team of 30 deputies and 30 volunteer posse members stormed Mesa's City Hall in a pre-dawn raid for illegal immigrants on the city cleaning crew. Meanwhile, a Latino neighborhood has had its police force taken away because they protested Arpaio's tactics.
Oct 1st, 2008 · The Atlanta rapper has picked up a pad of paper for the first time since 2001 (a change from writing and keeping his lyrics in his head), and the result is a blur of intricately constructed rhymes. Paper Trail is an intensely personal album with a couple of commercial smashes muddying the waters; on the posse cut "Swagga Like Us," T.I. raps circles around three of the most popular rappers in the world.
Mar 12th, 2008 · Horror guru Stephen King talks about The Long Road Home, the latest installment in the comic book series inspired by his Dark Tower epic. Gunslinger hero Roland Deschain is on the run with his posse in the continuation of the saga, illustrated by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove.
Nov 19th, 2007 · A small town in Pennsylvania is recovering from a stampede. A woman in Stoystown found nine head of cattle wandering through her yard toward the town's main drag. Mayor Bill Boyd used his car horn to drive them off and a posse of neighbors and lawmen corralled the herd.
Aug 27th, 2007 · Social worker Laura Shipler Chico is about to have her first baby. In naming the traits she and her husband hope the child will posses, she believes she will discover the things she values the most.
Mar 15th, 2007 · On March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was murdered by a posse of Roman senators. On the 2050th anniversary of the killing, we imagine a raucous "Apres Slaying Party" hosted by Brutus. Perhaps the senators broke into "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" in Roman numerals?
Dec 14th, 2006 · A volunteer program in Compton, Calif., takes young people off the city's mean streets and into a corral. The Compton Junior Posse is a horse-riding club that, through competition, gives many young riders a chance to see a world beyond the inner city for the first time.
May 11th, 2006 · Confronted with illegal border crossing in Arizona, the Maricopa County Sherriff's office has turned to a traditional Western solution: the posse. Wednesday night, sheriff's deputies and members of the department's 300-member reserve force were sent to patrol the desert and round up illegal immigrants.