As part of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Sept. 11 anniversary package, reporter Moustafa Ayad talked with community organizer and African-American Muslim Rashad Byrdsong about what life has been like.
Newsday's Merle English outlines community dissent around a radio station's format change.
The Boston Globe's Lisa Wangsness quotes Massachusetts Attorney General Deval Patrick on outsiders' view of his gubernatorial campaign.
The Birmingham News' Tom Gordon writes about a poll of Alabamans on President Bush's Iraq policy and on immigration: "Among white voters, 57 percent said they approved of Bush's handling of Iraq, while 33 percent said they did not. Among black voters, only 4 percent said they approved, while 84 percent said they did not. ... 62 percent said they favored building a fence along the Mexican border to increase security, while 24 percent expressed opposition. A majority of subgroups within the survey sample favored the fence idea. Black voters, of whom 48 percent supported the fence, were the only exception."
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Let me see if I get this, 48 percent of black Alabamans think that building a fence along the Mexican border will "increase security." Hmm, I think I missed all those news reports that connected Mexico with terrorism.
Sing along with me "Shame, shame, shame" (to the tune of "Chain of Fools").
The Alabamans have the Gulf of Mexico to worry about, but the Tennesseeans just think they do.
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