Jan 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri Despite all the negative gestures and statements he has made in the past 18 months, my personal and journalistic instinct is to see what US President Donald Trump actually defines and implements as policies before judging him conclusively. That should take just […]
Source: The Daily Beast Donald Trump is poised to turn his hate-filled and bigoted campaign rhetoric about Muslims into policy. The man who despicably declared that “Islam hates us,” lied that “thousands” of Muslims cheered in New Jersey on 9/11 and claimed despite facts actually proving the opposite that American […]
Source: CNN Washington (CNN)Donald Trump hasn’t even been president for a week and already the US-Mexico battle over a border wall is turning red hot. Not giving an inch, Trump bluntly said Thursday that it would be better to cancel his scheduled meeting later this month with the Mexican president […]
‘This is an immigrant town and we are a sanctuary city’ Rachael Revesz New York @RachaelRevesz Hours before President Trump enforces a Muslim ban and hours after he ordered federal agents to start building the wall along the Mexican border, Muslim leaders held an emergency rally to protest the executive […]
Reuters International JAN 25, 2017 – U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a meeting with business leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (reuters_tickers) By Julia Edwards Ainsley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting […]
Source:Asia Time ver the past year, Donald Trump has vowed to “utterly destroy” ISIS, considered lifting sanctions on Russia, promised to cancel the Paris climate agreement and “dismantle” the Iran nuclear deal. But many of his most inflammatory statements are directed at China. He has promised to label China as […]
Huff Post: by Christopher Mathias/Carol Kuruvilla — After Muslim activist Linda Sarsour was trolled, thousands showed support with #IMarchWithLinda. THEO WARGO VIA GETTY IMAGES “The opposition cannot fathom to see a Palestinian Muslim American woman that resonates with the masses,” Sarsour wrote of the articles. “Someone whose track record is […]
Source: The Guardian: By Sibylla Brodzinsky The Colombian port of Buenaventura is home to a small Muslim community who have successively embraced the Nation of Islam, Sunni and Shia interpretations […]
Source: ET It is no exaggeration to say that the politics of America have been transformed by the election of Donald Trump. He has stood his critics on their heads. The political Establishment were put on notice in his Inaugural Speech, which was little more than a polished version of […]
Source: ET As Donald Trump now takes over as US President from President Obama, a very important component of US foreign policy would be how Trump works with Russia in order to find common ground to seek resolution of enduring conflicts in the world. Together with Russia and China, the […]
Source: Daily Beast WhiteHouse.gov immediately wiped pages on LGBT rights, civil rights, climate change, and health care from its “issues” section after Donald Trumptook the oath of office. More:
Source: Dawn Donald Trump, who mocked a disabled reporter, said he would ban Muslims from entering the United States, referred to Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists, and made countless sexist statements, is now the 45th President of the United States. Where do Muslim Americans go from here and what […]
Source: ET Like it or not Donald Trump is going to be sworn in as President of the United States of America tomorrow, Friday 20th January 2017. He comes into office with the lowest approval rating of any president since Adam was a lad. Some of the scandals that dog […]
theguardian: by Anne Billson — Forget sobbing suffering beauties. From Rebecca Hall’s unlikable newsreader to Jessica Chastain’s ruthless lobbyist, this is the year of the unsympathetic, deeply flawed femme. Thank goodness for that. The good news is that there are some great female characters coming up in the cinema in […]
theguardian: by Donald McRae — The American star striker is an active campaigner for women’s equality off the field and has set her sights on becoming the world’s leading player on it, having taken the plunge with a six-month loan spell at Lyon Alex Morgan is a World Cup winner, […]
Reuters International JAN 18, 2017 – Chelsea Manning is pictured in this 2010 photograph obtained on August 14, 2013.Courtesy U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS (reuters_tickers) By Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday shortened the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. military intelligence […]
Source: National Park Service Rotunda “I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” -Excerpted from a letter to […]
Global Citizen: by Hans Glick — Flickr: sandeepachetan I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t always “get” the women in my life quite like I do my male friends and relatives—just ask my girlfriend, who is probably convinced I was raised by a pack of wolves considering how oblivious I […]
Source: Atlanta Black Star By Brianna Cox In her essay, “Mourning for Whiteness,” which was published in The New Yorker, Morrison’s central thesis is simple: Trump won because privileged white people, white men especially, feel threatened by a “rapidly” diversifying United States of America. Pulitzer prize-winning and prolific author Toni […]
Huff Post: by Karol Kuruwala — The video has a surprising (and haunting) twist. DONT NORMALIZE HATE / YOUTUBE Katy Perry executive produced a video telling the story of Haru Kuromiya, who was incarcerated by the American government during World War I Confronted with an increase in hate crimes and Islamophobic rhetoric, […]