via New York Daily News
Off-Broadway Show Plays Prison
Several hundred prisoners watched intently as four of their own sat on stag…
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Challenger Goes Grassroots Vs. Rangel
On a $13,000 budget, first-time candidate Craig Schley takes on 38-year incumbent Charles Rangel for Harlem's congressional seat.
via Huff Post's Off The Bus
Mak Hoi Yan v. Oh Ba Mah
In Chinatown, the McCain v. Obama race is the Mak Hoi Yan v. Oh Ba Mah contest. Meet Eddie Chiu, the Chinatown powerbroker who translates candidates' names into Cantonese characters.
A View From The Mosques
Most Muslims interviewed at city mosques say the are voting for Barack Obama. Their views are in keeping with a national trend: More Muslim and Arab Americans are voting blue than in years past.
Netroots Effort Shows Net Effect
Growing grassroots Internet activism – commonly referred to as the “Netroots” – is credited with helping energize the Democratic Party. Young Obama supporters are runnings phone banks, organizing "street teams," and hitting battleground states, using the Internet as an organizing tool.
via am New York
Halloween's Bad Luck for Black Cats
Some city pet shelters and adoption agencies ban black-cat adoptions around Halloween to protect the felines from abuse.
From Kenya to NY to Penn For Obama
Jackline Oluoch can't vote in the U.S. – but that hasn't kept her from participating in the presidential election.
New Citizens Beat Voter Deadline
More than 200 people were sworn in as U.S. citizens in Lower Manhattan on Oct. 10 – just in time to make the state voter registration deadline.