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Iran
Trapped by his own image: Trump’s Iran war and the politics of ego
The judgment on the Trump administration’s war on Iran is already largely settled across mainstream media, public opinion, and much of the analytical sphere. What remains supportive of the war is limited to two predictable camps: official...
U.S.A
Nationwide “No Kings” protests surge, with Michigan rallies reflecting growing opposition to Trump
DETROIT — The United States witnessed its largest wave of protests against Donald Trump since his return to the White House on the final Saturday of March, as more than 3,200 demonstrations took place nationwide, including roughly 100 marches...
Education
Lawsuit targets Henry Ford College Board over alleged secret deliberations in presidential search
A newly filed lawsuit in Wayne County Circuit Court alleges that the Henry Ford College Board of Trustees violated Michigan’s Open Meetings Act (OMA) during its ongoing search for a new college president. The complaint, filed Thursday by...
Iran
Yes, Iran is playing chess, but only after rewriting the rules of the game
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo The origins of chess are contested, but few dispute that while the game began in India, it was the Sassanian Persian Empire that refined it into a recognizable strategic system. It was Persia that codified its...
Iran
U.S.-Israel war on Iran and Lebanon enters fifth week with no clear end in sight
The war being waged by the United States and Israel against Iran has entered its fifth week, with no real prospect of a near end, amid the high thresholds set by Washington, Tel Aviv and Tehran. Meanwhile, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon continues...
Health
Mysterious respiratory illness barrels through U.S. without vaccine or cure
By Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media The U.S. is experiencing a dramatic surge in human metapneumovirus — HMPV — a little-known respiratory illness, which currently has no vaccine or antiviral treatment. Northern California...
Elections
Inkster Mayor Byron Nolen challenges U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib in Michigan’s 12th District primary
INKSTER — earlier this month Inkster Mayor Byron Nolen joined a growing list of Democratic candidates seeking to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District. Unlike the previous election cycle in...
In Our Opinion
Accusations of incitement: The Detroit News targets the Arab American community
On Thursday, the Detroit News published a report that can, without exaggeration, be described as a blatant example of inciting journalism that abandons even the most basic professional standards and ethics. Media incitement and manufactured...
Iran
The impact on the many fronts of the war on Iran will continue
The costs associated with any war — losses of lives, treasure and security — are to be expected. And so it is with the U.S.-Israel war on Iran. It was unnecessary. It has been massive. And it has been waged without any clear objective or...
Local
Plymouth-Canton Schools settle lawsuit over student’s Gaza protest during Pledge of Allegiance
Plymouth-Canton Community Schools has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit alleging a middle school student’s First Amendment rights were violated when she was reprimanded for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in protest of the war in...
U.S.A
Trump deploys ICE agents to major U.S. airports amid TSA staffing crisis
DETROIT — As the funding crisis at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues, the Trump administration began deploying agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday to some of the busiest airports in the country to...
Community
Rising Islamophobia: Two men arrested for threatening mosques in Ohio and Pennsylvania
CLEVELAND/PITTSBURGH — In a troubling sign of rising anti-Muslim hatred in the United States, federal authorities have arrested two American men accused of threatening separate mosques in Ohio and Pennsylvania, drawing praise from civil rights...
Iran
From Palestine to Iran: What Arab and Muslim silence really reveals
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo I have always found it interesting, and at times revealing, when seasoned activists and intellectuals in the West, including those who see themselves as deeply committed to Palestine, raise the same familiar...
Health
Steak at the top – The politics behind America’s new food guidelines
By Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media The government’s newly released federal food pyramid flips decades of nutrition guidance upside down. The guidelines are drawing sharp criticism from leading experts who say the emphasis on meat...
Iran
Strains emerge between Trump and Netanyahu as Iran war escalates, energy crisis deepens
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After nearly three weeks of intense military confrontation with Iran, early signs of divergence between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are beginning to surface, raising critical questions about the...
Iran
MAGA divide deepens as top official resigns over Iran war driven by Israeli pressure
WASHINGTON — In the first major rupture within President Trump’s administration over the war on Iran, National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent resigned from his post Tuesday, declaring that he could no longer support the conflict and...
Iran
U.S.–Israel war on Iran enters fourth week amid stalemate, energy crisis and rising regional risks
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S.–Israel war against Iran has entered its fourth week without achieving any meaningful breakthrough in subduing the Islamic Republic, while no clear path toward a near-term resolution has emerged. Instead, fears are...
Education
Gonko’s exit leaves four candidates in Henry Ford College’s presidential search
DEARBORN — The list of finalists for the presidency of Henry Ford College in Dearborn has narrowed to four candidates following the withdrawal of Interim President Dr. Lori Gonko, who was selected on Wednesday to lead Macomb Community College,...
Opinions
Trump and Hegseth cannot define the truth of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran
U.S. "War Secretary" Pete Hegseth appears to have little patience for questions that do not conform to his preferred style of declaring unsubstantiated victories, whether against South Americans or in the Middle East. In a charged press conference...
Community
Firing of Hamtramck’s clerk raises troubling question: Did the city follow the law?
When Hamtramck officials announced they were searching for a new city clerk after firing Rana Faraj, the explanation offered to the public seemed straightforward. City officials suggested the termination stemmed from the controversy surrounding the...
Opinions
Congress can halt the Iran war by doing nothing. It should.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wants $200 billion for the Trump administration's illegal, ill-advised, undeclared war on Iran. Well, maybe. "That number could move," he said, to get "properly funded for what's been done, for what we may...
Community
Dearborn to host major community fundraiser for displaced families in Lebanon
DEARBORN — Under the patronage of the Lebanese consul general of Lebanon in Detroit, Ibrahim Khalil Charara, and with the participation of a broad coalition of local organizations, the Bint Jebail Cultural Center will host a major solidarity and...
Iran
No time for losers: Why the war meant to save Israel may destroy it
When Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched their military aggression against Iran on February 28, they appeared convinced that the war would be swift. Netanyahu reportedly assured Washington that the campaign would deliver a decisive...
Community
Metro Detroit Lebanese American community rallies to aid the displaced and war refugees in Lebanon amid Israeli assault
As Israel’s continuing assault on Lebanon drives wave after wave of displacement, Lebanese American organizations in Metro Detroit have stepped up relief efforts to support families uprooted by the violence. While the resistance continues...
Iran
U.N. Security Council condemns Iran’s regional attacks as war spreads; Russia and China abstain
The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution condemning Iranian missile and drone attacks on several Gulf states as the rapidly escalating war between Iran, Israel and the United States spreads across the Middle East, raising fears...
Community
CAIR report records unprecedented surge in Islamophobia in the United States in 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Under the title “The Right to be Different”, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released its 2026 annual civil rights report on Tuesday, documenting what it described as an unprecedented rise in Islamophobia in...
Community