Got sent a NY Times article about the local Bengali-language independent press, interesting in itself, but even more so its mention of the New York Independent Press Association's project, Voices that Must Be Heard, which runs weekly articles (in translation where necessary) from various local ethnic newspapers. Scrolling through the archives of news stories and editorials provides something of an overview of immigrant and minority experiences in New York (and the broader US). The overall feel of things is simultaneously small-towny and internationally engaged. Three samples that jumped out at me:
Why Bush must go: Armenians should wake up and smell the Turkish coffee
Don't call me Puerto Rican; I'm Ecuadorian
What is gained and what is lost in America?
Polish rollerblader crosses country to seek help from Bill Gates
Friday, October 8, 2004
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