I’m a big fan of the Independent Press Association of New York. The clippings they get from smaller news outlets, especially those not in English, are phenomenal. I’ve just been catching with my reading of their site, and, perhaps because I was reading so many issues in such a short period of time, and interesting narrative emerged to me about the state of minorities in NY, particularly with respect to political involvement. There seems to be such a distinct sense of disenfranchisement, by that I mean a distance from the political process, that it’s frightening. Even the South Asian American fund-raising groups seem to be buying access, not participation.
The links are as follows:
- Giuliani’s prejudice distances Muslim voters from the GOP
- Turkish American runs for City Council
- Bush stands to lose 170,000 Arab-American votes in key battleground states, poll finds
- Support to Kerry linked to removal of Pakistan’s pres
- South Asians raise a cool million for Kerry
- Bangladeshi student killed in Ozone Park
- No beating about the Bush – Young Indian Americans want Republicans out
- Pakistanis among 170 inmates on hunger strike in Queens’ detention center
- Indian American group hopes to raise $2.5 million for Kerry, seek White House jobs
- Eleven Indian American Bush backers call the convention a milestone
- Marginalized Pakistani Christians of North America bid for equality
Also from IPA are the following excellent reads:
- Bill O’Reilly’s baseless beef with Hip-Hop
- Israel low on U.S. Jews’ radar – Surprising finding in new poll that shows strong support for Kerry
- Street renaming honors Arab American victim of 9/11
- Orthodox Feminists – Definitely no oxymoron
- “We started fighting about silly things”: Domestic abuse in the Arab-American community