Source: Time By Samantha Cooney Hawaii State Rep. Beth Fukumoto doesn’t have plans to leave politics anytime soon. On Wednesday, Fukumoto announced that she would resign from the Republican Party […]
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump is heading for a too-close-to-call vote on his troubled healthcare bill in the House. Mr Trump would suffer a huge blow if one of […]
Source: BBC News There is a familiarity about this photo, and it could have been taken in many boardrooms around the world – men gathered around a table making plans […]
Source: http://www.louisvillecardinal.com/2017/03/a-muslim-marine-examines-intersectional-identities/ By Shelby Brown on March 22, 2017 By Shelby Brown— U of L’s Engage Lead Serve Board hosted “The Muslim Marine” Mansoor Shams March 21. Shams travels across the country to speak his time in the U.S. Marine Corps as an American Muslim. He also talks about carrying his […]
Source: Associated Press By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Does it matter whether a prayer opening a government meeting is led by local clergy or an elected official? […]
Source: Associated Press By KEVIN McGILL NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans will be asked to reconsider its ruling allowing student-led prayer at school board […]
Source: CNN By Dan Merica, CNN Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump will deliver the May commencement address at Liberty University, the largest Christian university in the world announced Wednesday. Trump, who […]
Source: CNN By Chuck Johnston and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN)Jurors in the trial of pharmacist Barry Cadden delivered a mixed verdict Wednesday in connection with a deadly 2012 nationwide fungal […]
Source: Time By Jennifer Calfas Mar 21, 2017 Supermarkets are slashing prices to the point where for the first time in nearly 50 years, prices on items decreased on average. The […]
Source: Time BY Jeff Horwitz and Chad Day/AP Mar 22, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests […]
Source: http://www.myrecordjournal.com/news/state/10126232-154/bill-to-toughen-hate-crime-laws-spurred-in-part-by.html By Mike Savino Record-Journal staff Bill to toughen hate crime laws spurred in part by Meriden mosque incident HARTFORD — Democrats are pushing a bill to toughen the state’s hate crime law and expand the number of groups protected, saying a series of high-profile incidents shows the changes are […]
Source: http://abc27.com/2017/03/21/local-muslim-community-hosts-meet-and-greet/ http://up.anv.bz/latest/anvload.html?key=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 MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Local Muslims met Monday night with residents on the West Shore. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community held a friendly conversation about current issues and promoting harmony at an event at the Silver Spring Township Administration. “A community is not a bunch of separate entities co-existing. […]
Source: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/03/20/2-faith-communities-come-together-to-discuss-recent-acts-of-hate/ MOUNT LAUREL, NJ (CBS) — Two faith communities met for an open dialogue in Mount Laurel, New Jersey Sunday after what they are calling recent acts of hate and bigotry. That includes vandalism of the Mount Carmel Jewish Cemetery in Philadelphia and threats against Jewish community centers nationwide. Members […]
Source: The New York Times By Carl Zimmer As biological research races forward, ethical quandaries are piling up. In a report published Tuesday in the journal eLife, researchers at Harvard Medical […]
Source: Associated Press By KEVIN McGILL NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas school board can open its meetings with student-led public prayers without running afoul of the Constitution’s prohibition against […]
Source: Associated Press By RACHEL ZOLL NEW YORK (AP) — They sat on either end of the congressmen’s couch, one a Jewish healthcare executive whose parents fled Germany in 1936, […]
Source: The Washington Post By Rick Noack, Lori Aratani and Luz Lazo March 21 at 2:23 PM LONDON — Britain joined the United States on Tuesday in banning passengers traveling […]
Source: Time By Ibtihaj Muhammad Muhammad is an American fencer and Olympic medalist Dear President Trump, Representing the United States in the Olympic Games was the greatest honor of my life. […]
Source: Time BY Sam Frizell For President Trump, the blows kept coming at a congressional hearing Monday. First, FBI Director James Comey told the House Intelligence Committee that his agency is […]
Source: baltimore.cbslocal.com BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The first 24 games of a season were played without a problem for 16-year-old Je’Nan Hayes. But a few weeks ago, she was barred from […]