Opinion: Will Pakistan Vote for a New Direction?
The world is anxiously watching Pakistan's election. At stake is not just the control of parliamentary institutions, which will give birth to a new government, but the direction the country is headed into.
Opinion: Plans for Flushing Meadows Park Kick Off without Latino Players
Latino soccer fans and players are being excluded from the ongoing debate on the proposed construction of a soccer stadium and tennis courts in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens. A Queens Latino editorial says the debate should include those who use the park the most.
Opinion: Doors Closing on Russian Immigration
A Russian Bazaar opinion column looks at reasons behind the steady drop in the number of immigrants from nations of the former Soviet Union, much of which has to do with American reluctance to issue visas to citizens of those countries for a myriad of reasons.
Legal, but Not Enough to Work
In a piece for ImmigraNation, Bea Sabino shares her situation as a legal resident but without the ability to work, putting her in a tight space with only a step outside undocumented status.
Harlem Leaders Call for End of Gun Violence, Bury ‘Mentality of Thugism’
Amsterdam News and Carib News cover rallies, panels and editorials berating gun and youth violence. More than superficial criticism, the words that echo through activists and leaders tell the public to root out the sources of violence.
Kimani Gray Funeral Reignites Police Brutality Protests
The funeral for Kimani Gray, a teenager who was shot and killed by an NYPD officer, was followed by a demonstration in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, with plenty of police present, local news outlets report.
Opinion: On Stop-and-Frisk, Change ‘Needs to Happen Now’
The controversial stop-and-frisk policy that has led to more than five million people stopped in the streets of New York over the last 11 years "must stop," the Amsterdam News says in a scathing editorial.
El Diario Calls for Firing of Detective in Polanco Case
El Diario-La Prensa is calling for the dismissal of a police detective who fatally shot an unarmed national guardsman after pulling him over last October in Queens, in a scathing editorial entitled “Fire Dt. Hamdy from the NYPD.”
New Redistricting Lines Weaken LGBT Vote
An editorial from Gay City News criticizes population disparities and seemingly arbitrary boundaries in the recently-approved City Council district lines, which may dilute the voting power of the LGBT community in Manhattan for a decade.
Opinion: East Flatbush Police ‘Notorious’ for ‘Abuse of Power’
Giving context to the shooting of teenager Kimani Gray last Saturday, an opinion piece in The Indypendent, and originally in SocialistWorker.org, calls the police precinct in East Flatbush one with "a long record of abuse and brutality."
