VOICES OF NEW YORK

This is a terrific site I just learned about. You may be familiar with it, but if you’re not, I think you’ll find it extremely interesting, and very relevant to issues we’re discussing in the seminar. It’s a collection of articles from the city’s foreign press (translated), compiled through CUNY’s journalism school, and it gives a vivid portrait of issues involving immigrants and national groups around the city. (This is the site that helped spread the story of elderly Koreans hanging out in the McDonald’s in Flushing, Queens.) Take a look and tell us what you think.

Keep in mind that participation in the class website is an essential part of the coursework and will help determine your grade, so any responses to these articles will be helpful all around.