Washington group cancels Syria religious leader’s trip to U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A U.S. group promoting peace in the Middle East said Tuesday it had rescinded an invitation to Syria's top Muslim cleric after learning that he threatened suicide bombings in the West. Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin HassounThe Washington-based Foundation for Middle East Peace said that it had not properly researched the...Supreme Court upholds Obama Health Care Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday the Supreme Court passed Obama's healthcare law in a 5-4 ruling. The mandate which requires Americans to purchase healthcare insurance will not be under the commerce clause but rather will be levied as a tax.What is probably the most anticipated Supreme Court ruling in years will allow the government to...Administrative discipline recommended in Qur’an burning in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A U.S. military investigation is recommending that as many as seven U.S. troops face administrative punishments, but not criminal charges, in the burning of Qur'ans at a U.S. base in Afghanistan in February, The Associated Press has learned. U.S. military officials said the classified report and recommendations for...
U.S. Supreme Court upholds most controversial provision of Arizona’s Immigration Law
June 30th, 20120 On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed with lower courts that three provisions of Arizona's Immigration Law, S.B. 1070 improperly stomped on the federal government’s role of enforcing immigration law. However, the Court didn't block the most controversial provision of the law, Section 2(B) known as the “papers, please”...Anthony Shadid’s cousin blames The New York Times for Pulitzer Prize winning journalist’s death
WASHINGTON, D.C. -According to reports a cousin of Anthony Shadid is blaming the New York Times for the death of the two time distinguished Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. "The phone call the night before he left Turkey for Syria, there was screaming and slamming on the phone in discussions with editors," Ed Shadid, said at the...
U.S. high court delivers mixed verdict on Arizona immigration law
June 30th, 20120 WASHINGTON — In a long-awaited decision with potential electoral consequences, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday struck down three out of four provisions of a controversial Arizona law aimed against undocumented immigrants.A five-to-three majority of the court ruled that those provisions, including one making it a crime for undocumented...U.S. digs in Gulf, increases troop presence
The latest U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee report suggests the U.S. will seek to maintain its position as the only superior military power in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region for the time being.Despite the troop withdrawal from Iraq, the American military presence in the area is set to expand. The U.S. is planning to...Amer Bill heads to Washington
WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Congressman John Conyers will be introducing the Federal Amer Act Bill in Washington this week. The bill was originated by Ahmed and Rehab Amer, two local Dearborn residents who were estranged from their children after they were put in foster care by Child Protective Services, following the accidential death of...
THE KING OF ISLAMOPHOBIA RETURNS: Muslim radicalization hearing attacked by ranking Democrat
June 22nd, 20120 WASHINGTON - House lawmakers split along party lines at a hearing Wednesday (June 20) meant to gauge Muslim responses to earlier hearings on the "radicalization" of American Muslims. Peter KingTestimony by four witnesses was overshadowed by Republicans who defended the four prior hearings and Democrats who questioned whether they were...
The Changing Face of America: Asians surpass Hispanics as fastest-growing immigrant group
June 22nd, 20120 WASHINGTON — Asia has surpassed Latin America as the largest source of new immigrants to the United States, according to a major new report that found that Asian-Americans also enjoy the highest incomes and best education of any racial group in the United States.The 214-page report, released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center, said...
Obama’s ‘Dream’ policy hailed by immigrants, but with caution
June 22nd, 20120 Many believe the Obama administration's recent change in immigration policy that prevents about one million undocumented young people who came to the country as children from being deported, is mistakenly being regarded as comprehensive immigration reform."It's only temporary, this is not a law. The passing of the Dream Act is something...Satiric news decreases bias against Arab Americans and Al Jazeera
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Satiric news coverage—a format seen on programs such as "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"—decreases Arab American prejudice and bias against Al Jazeera English.A new University of Michigan study finds that Americans can change their views about Al Jazeera English, a global news network, depending on how it is...
BDS Victory : Retirement giant drops $73 million in Caterpillar stocks
June 21st, 20120 According to the Jewish Voice for Peace, retirement giant TIAA-CREF has dropped all $73 million in Caterpillar stocks from their socially responsible investment fund. For Jewish Voice for Peace the move is a major victory since it's been campaigning for the change because Caterpillar bulldozers have been used to destroy thousands of...Obama uses executive power to prevent young illegal immigrants from being deported
On Friday U.S. President Barack Obama announced a change in immigration policy that would enable hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people who came to the country as children from being deported back to their countries. The measure will allow 800,000 illegal immigrants to remain with their families. Obama used his executive...
Survey: Obama, U.S. image falls, but still better than Bush
June 15th, 20120 CHINA TOP ECONOMIC POWER, POLL RESPONDENTS SAY WASHINGTON — While confidence in Barack Obama overseas has declined — in some countries, quite sharply — since his 2008 election, the U.S. president and the U.S. in general still receive higher approval ratings among publics abroad compared to 2008, George W. Bush's last......
Federal judge bans Obama from indefinitely detaining Americans
June 8th, 20120 NEW YORK — A U.S. Federal judge has clarified a decision made last month confirming that the White House cannot use the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to indefinitely detain American citizens. Judge Katherine B. Forrest has answered a request made by President Barack Obama last month to more carefully explain a May 16...List of words released that the government monitors on social media sites
After a failed FOIA request and a lawsuit, the Department of Homeland Security finally released a list of words that it uses to monitor online media and social networking sites. Some words are understandably listed, and include Al Qaeda, assassination and attack, but others are more simple such as agriculture, San Diego and smart.......
Arizona State University students divest from Israel
TEMPE, AZ - The student body Arizona State University has become the latest Western institution to back divestment from companies involved with the Israeli army. Arizona State University's student union unanimously passed a bill demanding the university divest from and blacklist companies that continue to provide the Israeli army with...U.S. hawks push for arming Syrian rebels
Clinton defuses military intervention talk on Syria U.S. Senator John McCain (L) speaks as Senator Joseph Lieberman (R) looks on during a press conferences at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur on May 31, 2012. U.S. hawkish senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman said Thursday it was time to arm Syria's rebels in the wake of last week's Houla...
Minority Report: White births no longer majority in the U.S.
May 26th, 20120 For the first time in U.S. history, racial and ethnic minorities outnumber its white majority – white births make up fewer than half the children born in the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The new 2011 Census, which was made public on Thursday, reveals non-Hispanic whites accounted for 49.6 percent of all births in the...Veterans symbolically discard service medals at anti-NATO rally
CHICAGO — Nearly 50 U.S. military veterans at an anti-NATO rally in Chicago threw their service medals into the street on Sunday, an action they said symbolized their rejection of the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of the veterans, many wearing military uniform shirts over black anti-war t-shirts, choked back tears......
Levin: Chinese companies flooding U.S. military with counterfeit parts
May 25th, 20120 WASHINGTON – A report released this week outlined more than 1,800 cases of suspected counterfeits coming into the U.S. Defense Department supply system, U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) noted this week. The investigation was conducted by the Senate Armed Services Committee, of which Levin is the chairman. The counterfeits included...
NDAA: Indefinite detention stopped? Not so fast
May 25th, 20120 A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday of last week that the indefinite military detention of American citizens, as allowed in the National Defense Authorization Act that President Barack Obama signed on December 31, 2011, is unconstitutional.For now, American citizens will be excluded from the NDAA’s nasty laws that allow the government to......
Ethnic minority youth lead new wave of student activism
TUCSON (IPS) — In December 1985, The New York Times reported on what was believed to be the first anti-apartheid conference of U.S. high schools discussing divestment from corporations operating in South Africa.Sixteen independent schools met at St. James Episcopal Church in Manhattan to discuss the divestment question, which was...Arab American sergeant among those honored by Obama
President Barack Obama greets recipients of the National Association of Police Organizations' top cops awards on Saturday during a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden. Detroit officers in the crowd: Sgt. Michael Ingels, to the left of Obama; Sgt. Marcellus A. Ball, in sunglasses; Sgt. Ray Toufic Saati, at far right. PHOTO: MANUEL......
