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Detroit Mayor Duggan announces he won’t seek re-election, doesn’t disclose future plans
November 15th, 20240 DETROIT – After 12 years of leading the city of Detroit, Mayor Mike Duggan announced during a press conference Wednesday that he will not seek a fourth four-year term in next year’s municipal election. However, he did not specify his future political plans following the conclusion of his term at the end of 2025. Speculation has...
Israeli aggression faces firm resistance in Lebanon and Gaza amid escalation and internal pressures on Netanyahu
November 15th, 20240 The Israeli offensive in Gaza and Lebanon continues to face significant challenges on multiple fronts. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is grappling with an intensifying internal political crisis and a looming corruption trial while the Israeli military faces an emboldened and well-organized resistance on the ground. Military stalemate...
Trump’s promise to deport undocumented immigrants threatens Michigan’s agriculture sector, signals higher prices for fruits and vegetables
November 15th, 20240 The return of former President Trump to the White House in January has raised growing concerns over his plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants from the United States. Immigration advocates have sounded the alarm, warning of social and economic repercussions across various states, including Michigan. According to the Pew...
Congressional elections: Republicans win additional seat in Michigan, moving toward retaining majority in U.S. House
November 9th, 20240 Alongside the presidential race, elections for all 13 of Michigan’s U.S. Congressional Districts were held Tuesday. The results favored the Republican Party, which increased its share of Michigan seats in the House of Representatives to seven members after Republican candidate Tom Barrett in District 7 (Lansing area) defeated his...
Slotkin’s wins Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat, Republicans flip majority in the Senate
November 9th, 20240 Despite Democrat Elissa Slotkin's victory in Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, the national red wave on Tuesday ran counter to Democratic hopes, as Republicans took over the Senate majority by securing at least four seats in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Montana and West Virginia. Preliminary figures also indicate they may gain an additional...
Voters return Crestwood School Board members to their seats, approve bond proposal to upgrade school buildings
November 9th, 20240 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – On Tuesday, voters in the Dearborn Heights Crestwood School District approved an election proposal to issue more than $120 million in bonds to upgrade school facilities and buildings, and they also renewed their confidence in five current school board members who ran to retain their seats on the seven-member...
Two Arab American candidates secure seats on Dearborn Board of Education, making Arab American majority for first time
November 9th, 20240 DEARBORN – The Dearborn Board of Education race concluded with the success of two Arab American candidates out of 10 contestants vying for two full six-year terms. This result will give Arab Americans a majority on the Dearborn Board of Education for the first time, with four Arab Americans out of seven members, starting in...
Two new members join Hamtramck School Board
November 9th, 20240 HAMTRAMCK – On Tuesday, Hamtramck voters approved a referendum to renew the property tax dedicated to funding public schools in the city for 10 years. This decision came as the number of Arab American members on the local school board decreased, with the current board president, Yemeni American Jihan Aiyash, losing her bid for one of...
No surprises in tri-county elections: Elected officials retain seats in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties
November 8th, 20240 Alongside Michigan's statewide races, local elections were held Tuesday in several counties, municipalities and school districts. Here’s an overview of the key results in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties: Wayne County The elections for government positions yielded no surprises, as incumbent Democratic officials retained all their...
Republicans sweep Michigan educational board races, takes seven seats out of eight
November 8th, 20240 LANSING – Aside from businesswoman Denise Ilitch, who retained her seat on the University of Michigan Board of Regents, Democratic candidates for the boards of Michigan’s top three universities faced surprising losses, extending also to the State Board of Education, which oversees K-12 schooling. In Tuesday’s elections, partisan...
Reich warns voters to beware Trump’s “red mirage” Election Night trick
November 3rd, 20240 In a four-minute YouTube video, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich warned of a “dirty Trump trick” voters need to look out for on Election Night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XEQ_7zZ-bw “He used it in 2020 to try to overturn the election and he’s going to do it again,” Reich said. “But it doesn’t work if you know...
Bernie Sanders disagrees with Harris on Gaza, but argues she’s the better choice than Trump
November 3rd, 20240 In a six-minute YouTube video posted on Oct. 28, titled Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said that a vote for Kamala Harris is the better choice for those angry about the war in Gaza. “I understand that there are millions of Americans who disagree with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on the terrible war in Gaza; I am one of...
Thirty reasons why voters should vote for Harris and not for Trump
November 2nd, 20240 Dear editor of the Arab American News: Palestinian American, Muslim and other voters who are justifiably angry regarding the U.S. supply of weapons to Israel, thereby making it complicit in Israel’s massive killing and destruction in Gaza and Lebanon, should think twice before staying home from the polls and not voting on November...Harris most likely to hear our voice
November 1st, 20240 Dear readers, I am a second generation Arab American with family originating in Lebanon and Syria. My stomach turns each time I see destruction anywhere in the Mid East. Despite this, I know that governance within America is more than foreign policy. Domestic policies protecting our civil rights are paramount to sound foreign policy....
White America’s defense of apartheid Israel is indefensible
November 1st, 20240 By Ahsen Khan As the recent exchange between Tony Dokoupil and Ta-Nehisi Coates illustrates, there is a deep disconnect between how many White people view Israel versus how people of color view it. Like Mr. Dokoupil, White Americans support Israel to a far greater degree than other demographic groups. This suggests they either do not......
Where Harris and Trump stand on key issues of importance to Arab Americans
November 1st, 20241 Here is a brief look at some of their policies as published by Reuters: Vice President Harris, a Democrat, faces former President Trump, a Republican, in the 2024 U.S. presidential election race that may be decided by a thin sliver of votes in seven battleground states. The two are sharply divided on the role the U.S. government should...Arab American support for Trump is misguided
November 1st, 20243 I was surprised to read of the reaction of some Arab Americans to VP Harris’ candidacy for president in “Harris, Trump campaigns continue their covert efforts to sway Arab and Muslim voters despite their overtly strong support for Israel.” Apparently, many think they will “punish” the Biden administration by voting for Trump.......
A bit confused
November 1st, 20240 Dear Mr. Siblani, I've been thinking about your statement in the recent Politico article and decided to write. Your community is being presented a rare opportunity due to the outsize power of its voting bloc this election. This might not come again. Yet rather than leveraging it, you’d prefer to just keep protesting? Politics are...Trump would allow Netanyahu to commit unparalleled genocide
November 1st, 20240 Dear editor, I am a Jew, born and raised in Detroit. I urge and feel it essential that fellow Detroiters and the Arab community to vote to elect Kamala Harris for president. Michigan can deliver the presidency to either Harris or Trump. If the Arab community, once a stalwart of Democratic support, refrains from voting for president or...Imam Bilal Alzuhairi: Voting for Trump…. really?
November 1st, 20240 In a few days, we Americans will become accustomed to the “F” word for the next four (or more) years. There exists a possibility that for the first time in the 250 years of its existence as a republic, a fascist will be installed as president of the United States! It sounds ominously hysterical, hyperbolic and overblown, but wait...Unique opportunity for the recognition of Arab & Muslim votes
November 1st, 20241 Irrespective of the colors of past, present and future U.S. administrations, the U.S. policy in the Middle East was and will remain biased against Arabs and their causes for at least the foreseeable future. The U.S. administration’s unlimited diplomatic and military support for Israel wasn’t only dictated by the organized......
AAPAC holds 27th annual banquet in Dearborn, calls for high voter participation on November 5 in response to Israeli genocide
November 1st, 20240 DEARBORN – On the eve of the Nov. 5 presidential election, the Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) held its 27th annual banquet at the Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn Wednesday. Many government, judicial and community figures from the Detroit area attended the event, emphasizing the importance of higher voter turnout among...Trump = genocide for Palestinians
November 1st, 20240 Pissed off over President Biden’s unquestioned support for Israel’s war upon Gaza? Feel that Biden is complicit in genocide against the Palestinian people? Angry at Kamala Harris for being part of the Biden administration and want to blame her for the suffering of the Palestinians? Understandable feelings, justified anger. So, what......
Key deadlines for registration and voting in Michigan
October 26th, 20240 Don’t miss the opportunity to vote! Although last Monday was the last day in Michigan to register voters online or by mail for the November 5 election, there is still a chance for eligible citizens to register by visiting their local clerk’s office in the county or city where they reside, provided they can show proof of...
Dearborn, Dearborn Heights voters to choose Board of Education members, consider Crestwood Schools bond
October 26th, 20240 On November 5, voters in the Dearborn and Dearborn Heights Crestwood Public Schools districts will head to the polls to fill several school board seats in both districts, which serve around 25,000 students, most of whom are of Arab descent. The elections include two open seats on the Dearborn Public Schools Board for a full term of......
