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  The 2008 presidential election has created a new kind of non-voter: one who cannot vote but is nonetheless active in politics. Young people and non-citizens are volunteering for political campaigns despite the fact that they are ineligible to vote. See the full story at NYC24.com.
 
 
Tibetans protested outside the Chinese Embassy in Manhattan against Chinese treatment of Tibetans in April 2008.
 
 
I reported and co-produced "Women in Transit," a multimedia project that tells the story of women yellow cab drivers in New York City, who make up 0.3% of the city's 45,900 licensed drivers.
   
On February 20, 2008, Dane Solomon, a gay immigrant from Guyana, received asylum in the United States because of persecution he suffered in his home country. See the whole story at NYC24.com.
 
Two out of five strays in N.Y.C. shelters are killed annually. See the full story at NYC24.com.
 
Capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art, first came to the United States three decades ago, and it is now dominated by non-Brazilians in New York City. Students of Abadá Capoeira performed their yearly initiation ceremony, known as the Batizado, at Riverbank State Park on February 10, 2008. See the whole story at NYC24.com.
 
Corona, Queens, has undergone swift changes over the last three decades. Its once predominantly African-American and Italian population has dwindled as Hispanic immigrants have moved in. See the full story here.
 

New York City taxi drivers went on strike on Monday, October 22, 2007,
in protest of GPS devices and credit card machines in taxicabs.