US leaving TPP: A great news day for China
Source: BBC The Chinese government will rejoice to hear Donald Trump promise that the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on his first day in the White House. For […]
The US homeless camps offering a lesson in democracy
Source: Aljazeera by Patrick Strickland FAST FACTS: HOMELESSNESS IN PORTLAND There are at least 4.000 homeless people sleeping on the streets of Portland on any given night But the true number could be much higher as the city only records the homeless on one night of the year Between 2014 and […]
Donald Trump Outlines Policy Plans for First 100 Days in Office
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Donald Trump released a video on Monday to detail his policy plans for his first 100 days in office, including withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. In the short message released online, Trump rehashed some of his campaign promises. Among the plans he addressed, Trump […]
Education Secretary Pushes to End Corporal Punishment of Students
Source: Time (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Education Secretary John B. King Jr. is urging governors and school leaders in states that allow student paddling to end a practice he said would be considered “criminal assault or battery” against an adult. King released a letter Tuesday asking leaders to replace corporal punishment […]
How Mayors Across the U.S. Are Defying Donald Trump on Immigration
Source: Time BY Josh Sanburn The day after Donald Trump was elected president, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray visited a local school. Many of the students, he says, were Latino, undocumented and upset about the new president-elect, who vowed during the campaign to deport millions of people just like them. In the […]
Trump team won’t pursue charges against Hillary Clinton
Source: BBC US President-elect Donald Trump will not pursue a further investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails, to help her “heal”, his spokeswoman has said. A Trump spokeswoman said he would back down from his pledge to appoint a special prosecutor to look into the former Secretary of State. Mr Trump […]
Trump says US to quit TPP on first day in office
Source: BBC President-elect Donald Trump says the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in the White House. He made the announcement in a video messageoutlining what he intends to do first when he takes office in January. The TPP trade deal was signed by […]
Mike Pence’s Hateful Laws Almost Kept Me From My Dying Wife
Source: Time By Amy Sandler Amy Sandler was a plaintiff in Baskin v. Bogan, which challenged Indiana’s denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples while Vice President-elect Mike Pence was governor ‘I want everyone to know the type of man he is’ As a resident of Indiana for five years, I […]
USA: Ahmadiyya-organized interfaith gathering promotes inclusion after divisive election
Source: ABC2News Baltimore – An open discussion to unite people against hatred. All faiths and races gather for nearly two hours Sunday to talk about how the nation feels after the divisive presidential election. The meeting had a simple message, inclusion. Religious leaders from many denominations including Islam, Judaism and […]
The Headscarf, Fear, And Islamophobia
Source: Huffington Post By Zainab Salbi Founder of Women for Women International, Media Host of The Zainab Salbi Project and Nida’a Show If you want to understand the rise of Islamophobia […]
Obama says he may comment as citizen on Trump’s presidency
Source: BBC US President Barack Obama has said he may speak out after leaving office if he feels his successor Donald Trump is threatening core American values. By convention, former […]
Reince Priebus Voices Support For Altered Muslim Ban
Source: Huffington Post BY Eliot Nelson HuffPost Hill Editor, The Huffington Post DON EMMERT/GETTY IMAGESIncoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus arrives for a day of meetings at the clubhouse of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Friday. GOP chairman and incoming White House chief of staff Reince […]
Judge Tells New Citizens They Can Leave The U.S. If They Don’t Like Donald Trump
Source: Huffington Post BY Sam Levine Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post A federal judge presiding over a naturalization ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday told new U.S. citizens if they didn’t like President-elect Donald Trump, they could leave the United States. “I can assure you that whether you voted […]
America’s Schools Have Been Hit With Bigotry And Anti-Semitism Since Election Day
Source: Huffington Post Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Reports of anti-Semitic, racist and anti-immigrant incidents at schools around the country have spread rapidly in the days since Donald Trump became President-elect Trump. These incidents are hitting not only colleges and universities, but high schools, middle schools and even […]
Here’s What President Obama Told His Daughters After Trump’s Victory
Source: Motto By Suyin Haynes President Barack Obama told his teenage daughters to “constantly affirm and lift up and fight” following the election of Donald Trump to the presidency last […]
Size of U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Workforce Stable After the Great Recession
Source: Pew Research Center Declines in eight states and increases in seven since 2009 BY JEFFREY S. PASSEL AND D’VERA COHN There were 8 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. […]
President Obama: Don’t Assume the Worst About Donald Trump’s Trade Policies
Source: Time By Darlene Superville / AP (LIMA, Peru) — Warning against a rush to judgment, President Barack Obama sought Saturday to ease concerns in Latin America that President-elect Donald Trump will wipe out trade deals and create other international problems. “Don’t just assume the worst,” he said. “Wait until the […]
USA: Women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community continues to serve despite fears of persecution in Frederick
Source: http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/lifestyle/religion/ahmadiyya-muslim-community-continues-to-serve-despite-fears-of-persecution/article_bb13b035-4881-594e-93a6-1720c525be88.html By David Frey Special to The News-Post Courtesy photo: From left, Shahina Bashir, Fauzia Rehan and Nabeela Malik volunteer at the soup kitchen in Frederick as part of their spiritual work. The women were more nervous than usual last Friday as they arrived to serve food at the Frederick […]
Pope Francis decries ‘epidemic of animosity’ toward minorities
Source: The Guardian Pope Francis made his comments during a Vatican ceremony in which he appointed 17 new cardinals. Photograph: Giuseppe Ciccia/Pacific Press/Barcroft By Peter J Walker and agencies Pope Francis has said an “epidemic of animosity” toward religious and ethnic minorities is hurting the weakest in society, in a thinly […]
Donald Trump Is Alarming Minorities With His First Presidential Hires
Source: Time By Errin Haines Whack / AP President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for leadership posts threaten national unity and promise to turn back the clock on progress for racial, religious and sexual minorities, civil rights leaders and others said Friday after his nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general. Comments […]