The left won the culture war. Will they be merciful?
Source: The Washington Post By Barton Swaim Barton Swaim is author of “The Speechwriter: A Brief Education in Politics” and a contributing columnist for The Post. A recent report on […]
Trump has taught me to fear my fellow Americans
Source: Washington Post By Richard Cohen Opinion writer What word comes to mind when you see the name Donald Trump? For some people, it might be “anger,” since he provokes […]
Noam Chomsky full length interview: Who rules the world now?
Cathy Newman’s full interview with Philosopher Noam Chomsky. From Trump and Clinton, to climate change, Brexit and TPP, America’s foremost intellectuals presents his views on who rules the world today.
Cities proposing taxes on sugary soft drinks
Source: USA Today By Hadley Malcolm, USA TODAY Some cities are singling out sugar-sweetened drinks for proposals to add taxes or warning labels, borrowing from the playbook used to largely stamp out smoking a generation ago. The […]
The Senate Passed a Unanimous Resolution Supporting Equal Pay for U.S. Women’s Soccer
Source: Slate By Christina Cauterucci For the second time this week, the U.S. legislative body best known for its obstructionist leanings managed to squeak out a unanimous vote for the […]
Paul Ryan: There Will Be No Religious Test For Syrian Refugees
Source: Huffington Post By Laura Barron-Lopez Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Legislation to restrict the flow of Syrian refugees into the United States will not include a religious test, […]
Can Libertarian Gary Johnson Be a Factor in 2016?
Source: Time By Alex Altman Donald Trump is almost certain to be the most unpopular presidential nominee of a major party in modern times. Hillary Clinton is running a close second. […]
Two Washington state church fires being investigated as arson: sheriff
Source: Reuters BY BRENDAN O’BRIEN Authorities in southwest Washington were investigating on Thursday fires at two churches they believe were deliberately lit over the past two days and put places of worship in the area on high alert, police said. The suspicious fires occurred at the First Congregational United Church […]
Meet The White House’s New Muslim American Community Liaison
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post With Islamophobia rampant in communities across the U.S., Muslim Americans now have a chief ally at the White House. Zaki Barzinji, former Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-Va.), recently assumed the new role as liaison to the Muslim […]
Obama exploring how to prosecute Islamic State for genocide
Source: Politico By NAHAL TOOSI The Obama administration, having declared two months ago that the Islamic State is committing genocide, is now grappling with how to actually prosecute the terrorist […]
5 facts about how Americans view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Source: Pew Research Center BY SAMANTHA SMITH AND CARROLL DOHERTY5 COMMENTS Far more Americans continue to sympathize more with Israel (54%) than with the Palestinians (19%) in the Middle East dispute, according to our recent foreign policy survey. And half of Americans (50%) think a way can be found for […]
100 Years Of Hijab Styles Video Brings A Century Of Fashion And Politics To Life
Huff Post: by Carol Kuruvilla — A video from MuslimGirl.com highlights women’s participation in political movements. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmuslimgirlarmy%2Fvideos%2Fvb.117231523398%2F10154183065558399%2F%3Ftype%3D3&show_text=0&width=560 Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, founder and editor-in-chief of MuslimGirl, told The Huffington Post that her team dreamed up the video after realizing that the hijab was being “commodified” by the Western fashion industry during […]
5 Important Issues That Matter to Women in the 2016 Presidential Election
TeenVogue: by Polly Mosendz — With the presidential election just eight months away, politicians are battling it out for the hearts and minds of voters across America. To win any election, candidates need women on their side: According to the Center for American Women and Politics, women have cast more […]
A Split Over Israel Threatens the Democrats’ Hopes for Unity
Source: The New York Times By JASON HOROWITZ and MAGGIE HABERMAN A bitter divide over the Middle East could threaten Democratic Party unity as representatives of Senator Bernie Sanders of […]
US counter-terrorism chief criticizes anti-Muslim political rhetoric
Source: The Guardian Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor One of the leading counter-terror chiefs in the US warned against the blanket political denigration of Muslims, saying the integration of American Muslims […]
The U.S. is still using floppy disks to run its nuclear program
Source: CNN By James Griffiths, CNN Want to launch a nuclear missile? You’ll need a floppy disk. That’s according to a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), […]
Obama: World leaders ‘rattled’ by Trump
Source: BBC US President Barack Obama has said that international leaders “have good reason to be rattled” by pronouncements made by the Republican White House contender, Donald Trump. Speaking on […]
Sen. Rand Paul: We Must Restore Congressional Authority on Declaring War
Source: Time By Sen. Rand Paul Paul is the junior U.S. Senator for Kentucky. ‘One generation cannot bind another generation to perpetual war’ This president has now been at war longer […]
Why Do Jewish Leaders Keep Ignoring Ultra-Orthodox Education Crisis?
Source: Forward By Seth Kaplan and Naftuli Moster The New York State Legislature is currently considering two bills, one introduced by Assembly woman Ellen Jaffee in early May , the other by Sen. David Carlucci and Assembly man Kenneth Zebrowski in January , to strengthen existing legislation requiring nonpublic schools to […]
Hollywood reworks Muslim stereotypes
Source: RNS By Julie Poucher Harbin Julie Poucher Harbin is a correspondent based in Cary, N.C. (RNS) As part of his “Islam in Film” class at the University of Nebraska, religious studies […]