Source: Boston Globe By Brian MacQuarrie The Archdiocese of Boston has agreed to settlements involving cash and counseling with seven people who say they were sexually abused by priests, including […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla An Associate Editor of HuffPost Religion. Prior to joining The Huffington Post, Carol was a reporter at the New York Daily News covering a range of topics. Years of discrimination have taken a toll on Muslim American communities. More hate-fueled incidents — from physical attacks, […]
Source: BBC The FBI has managed to unlock the iPhone of the San Bernardino gunman without Apple’s help, ending a court case, the US justice department says. Apple had been […]
Source: BBC Several Republican senators have taken steps to consider Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court despite calls from their leadership to leave the selection to the next president. […]
Source: Washington Post D.C. police and fire officials are responding to a report of shots fired at the Capitol Visitor Center at the U.S. Capitol complex, according to authorities. The person believed to be the gunman has been shot by police, according to two D.C. police officials. He was taken […]
Source: CNN By John D. Sutter A columnist for CNN Opinion who focuses on climate change and social justice. Follow him on Snapchat,Facebook and email. The opinions expressed in this commentary […]
Source: CNN CNN)Tweet by tweet, Donald Trump could undermine the GOP’s efforts to close the gender gap, a strategy that is critical to the party’s hopes of retaking the White House in November. Miffed that an anti-Trump super PAC targeted his wife by using a racy photo of her, Trump […]
Source: Huffington Post As the lacy cherry blossoms bloomed along the majestic Tidal Basin in Washington, marking the renewing rites of spring, the capital’s political class turned its attention to … CLEVELAND. Yes, though four months away, the Republican convention dominates the turbid thinking of candidates, handlers and reporters alike. You know […]
Source: Aljazeera The 2016 presidential election in the United States may lead to a sea change in foreign policy. Each of the five main Republican and Democratic candidates have their own opinions on how to handle issues from Israel/Palestine to relations with Russia. The way the next US president […]
Source: The Guardian By Rose Hackman Ahsan Samad sits on the sofa in the living room of his small family home in Brooklyn, New York. The 30-year-old plumber leans forward […]
Source: RNS HOUSTON (RNS) For the last 12 years I have worked as an election clerk in my precinct, which has about 4,300 registered voters. I greet voters, confirm their registration status and send them to the booth. My precinct is about 4 square miles in size, so the […]
Source: RNS (Reuters) Governor Mike Pence signed a bill into law making Indiana only the second state to prohibit abortions based on a prenatal diagnosis of disabilities such as Down syndrome. The bill, which was approved by the state Republican-led legislature, bans any disability-related abortion along with terminations of pregnancy […]
Source: Time TIME columnist Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player. He is also a celebrated author, filmmaker and education ambassador whose life and career are […]
The Muslim Times has the best collection to refute Islamophobia Source: Miami Herald By Leonard Pitts Jr. An open letter to American Muslims: In April 1944, a Cpl. Rupert Trimmingham […]
Source: The Guardian The second case to thrust the supreme court into a showdown over religious beliefs, contraception and Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law unfolded on Wednesday, in a tense […]
Source: Time Why hasn’t America’s economy recovered more robustly? Economists have an unsettling answer In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, conventional wisdom among economists, business leaders, and policy […]
Source: CNN (CNN)Women with confirmed cases of the Zika virus or who have had symptoms of the virus should wait at least eight weeks after the start of their symptoms before trying to get pregnant, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Men with confirmed cases of the […]
Source: Huffington Post By Salam Al Marayati; President of the Muslim Public Affairs Council On March 9, The Huffington Post posted an article by Soorah Hassan on the growing Islamophobia […]
Source: NPR By Beenish Ahmed Beenish Ahmed is a reporter and writer. She covers international affairs forThinkProgress and is the founder of THE ALIGNIST, a new media platform that connects […]
Source: Religion News Service SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) The University of California’s regents declared on they would not tolerate anti-Semitism on campus but rejected a proposal to equate anti-Zionism with religious […]