American Muslims Tackle Terrorism With Teens’ Best Tool: The Internet
Source: NPR As the Islamic State uses social media and the Internet to recruit followers, a group of American Muslim millennials are also using the same tools to clear up […]
Why Bernie Sanders doesn’t participate in organized religion
Source: Washington Post Growing up, Bernie Sanders followed the path of many young American Jews. He went to Hebrew school, was bar mitzvahed and traveled to Israel to work on […]
Bernie Sanders Opens Up About God
Source: Huffington Post Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has mostly avoided discussing religion during his Democratic presidential campaign. Unlike some other candidates, he sticks to politics. But he offered a rare glimpse […]
Faith and the 2016 Campaign
Source: Pew Research Center GOP candidates seen as religious – except for Trump The conventional wisdom in American politics has long been that someone who is not religious cannot be elected president of the United States. Most Americans have consistently said that it is important to them that the president […]
Netanyahu says UN chief Ban Ki-moon ‘encouraging terror’
Source: BBC Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of “encouraging terror”. Referring to the Palestinians, Mr Ban said it was human nature for oppressed […]
Maine Gov. Paul LePage: Bring back the guillotine for drug traffickers
Source: CNN Washington (CNN)Maine Gov. Paul LePage says his state is too easy on drug crimes, suggesting it should bring back the guillotine for serious offenders. The Republican governor, known […]
Hillary Clinton Gets Personal on Christ and Her Faith
Source: The New York Times KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Hillary Clinton is Methodist, but she rarely talks about her faith on the campaign trail. On Monday, at a town-hall-style event in […]
Clinton Reacts To Muslim Vet’s Fears By Shutting Down GOP 2016ers
Source: Huffington Post Hillary Clinton delivered a fiery response to a Muslim veteran’s question about Islamophobia in the United States. At last night’s Democratic Presidential Town Hall in Iowa, Islamic Air Force veteran Erum Tariq-Munir asked the former secretary of state about the future of the U.S. in light of […]
Sikh-American Protester Removed from Trump Rally
Source: NBC News Two protesters were removed Sunday from a Donald Trump rally after holding up a banner that read “Stop Hate.” One of the protesters — Arish Singh, a […]
Hillary on Christian faith: it’s about love and service, not judgment
Source: RNS On Monday night in Iowa, Hillary Clinton encountered a self-identified Catholic Democrat named Jessica Manning. Mrs. Manning wanted to know how Mrs. Clinton aligned her politics and her […]
President Obama Bans Solitary Confinement for Juveniles in Federal Prison
Source: Time “In America, we believe in redemption” U.S. President Barack Obama has announced a ban on solitary confinement in federal prisons for juveniles and as a punishment for low-level […]
‘Putin is corrupt’ says US Treasury
Source: BBC The US Treasury has told a BBC investigation that it considers Russian President Vladimir Putin to be corrupt. The US government has already imposed sanctions on Mr Putin’s […]
Rev. Jim Wallis: Racism ‘Separates White Christians From God’
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Kennedy holds first live television news conference on Jan 25, 1961
Source: History channel On this day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy becomes the first U.S. president to hold a live televised news conference. From a podium in the State […]
Budget Deficit Slips as Public Priority
Source: Pew Research Center As Obama enters his final year, mixed views of his legacy As Barack Obama begins his final year in office, the goal of reducing the budget deficit, which the public once ranked among the most pressing objectives for his administration, has continued its recent decline in […]
US visa waiver changes decried as discrimination
Source: Aljazeera Washington DC – The US government has been criticised for changes to its visa waiver programme that targets dual national citizens of Sudan, Iran, Iraq and Syria. The new […]
US snowstorm: East coast struck by mammoth snowfall
Source: BBC Parts of the eastern United States have received 71cm (28in) of snow fall in a huge blizzard that is sweeping across the region. Heavy snow began falling on […]
Prof. Nadia Raza v. Lane Community College
Source: Press Release Nadia Raza, a long-time tenured faculty member and award-winning teacher at Lane Community College, filed a lawsuit against LCC today because of its failure to respond effectively […]
US snowstorm: Millions prepare for huge blizzard
Source: BBC A huge blizzard bearing down on the US east coast is expected to dump near-record levels of snow on Washington and the Mid-Atlantic region. More than 50 million […]
In busy first session of ’16, Philly Council calls for making Eid a city holiday
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer By Tricia L. Nadolny, Staff Writer As Philadelphia City Council returned Thursday for its first meeting of the new term, bills were offered that would add teeth […]