Yemeni American high school soccer player earns scholarship to Division I Butler University
July 13th, 20190 DEARBORN — Edsel Ford High School senior Hammam Nasser is on his way to play soccer for the NCAA Division I Butler University in Indianapolis. Nasser, 17, who earned a scholarship to Butler, is the son of Mohamed Nasser, founder of the Michigan Yemen Sports Association (MYSA), who also organized many tournaments and programs for...
Study: Social media linked to surges in anti-minority sentiment in the Trump era
July 10th, 20190 PRINCETON, N.J. — A new study from researchers at Princeton University and the University of Warwick in England has uncovered a link between social media use, President Trump's campaign and anti-minority sentiment. Researchers set out to find direct links between anti-minority sentiment on social media, and after examining Trump's...
Woman faces 20 years in prison for licking ice cream tub in Walmart
July 5th, 20190 LUFKIN, TX — A Walmart customer who licked a tub of ice cream before putting it back in a supermarket freezer could face up to 20 years in prison, police said. The woman, whose name has not been confirmed yet, was seen outside of a Walmart store around 11 p.m. on June 28. An arrest warrant was issued on a charge of second-degree...
There are no ‘quick fixes’ to clean up your credit
July 5th, 20190 By Lisa Lake If you're trying to clean up your credit, you'll come across plenty of companies offering an easy fix. But any company promising instant results for a price is likely a scam. The FTC says Grand Teton is one of those companies. In its lawsuit, the FTC says Grand Teton tricked people into paying hundreds — even thousands...
Trump’s tweet brings the citizenship question on 2020 census form back to square one
July 5th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Justice Department is now looking for ways to include the citizenship question back to the 2020 census form after President Trump vowed to stay the course on the issue on Wednesday. Trump ignored the time limitations and legal opinions issued at the end of last month by the U.S. Supreme Court that indicated...
Trump announces plan to pursue controversial citizenship question for 2020 U.S. Census
July 4th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump announced his intention to move forward with a plan to add a controversial citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census on Wednesday, a dramatic reversal just a day after Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the plan had been scrapped. “The News Reports about the Department of Commerce...
Oscar winner Rami Malek refused to play Arab terrorist in new James Bond film
July 4th, 20195 Egyptian American actor Rami Malek became the first Arab American Best Actor winner at the Oscars in 2019 for his role in Bohemian Rhapsody. Now, he's primed for a role in the upcoming James Bond film 'Bond25,' a series where legendary villains often steal the spotlight. Malek will be playing a villain in the film, but not the...
Detroit head of FBI to lead Washington Field Office
July 3rd, 20190 DETROIT - Timothy Slater, former head of FBI in Detroit, is going to lead the agency's Washington Field Office. AP reported Monday that Slater is the new assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington office. Slater began his career in 1999 and was the special agent in charge of the Criminal/Cyber Division at the Washington...
Jared Kushner’s ‘deal of the century’ fails in Bahrain
July 3rd, 20190 MANAMA - The so called "deal of the century" proposed by President Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, which sought to deal with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, was met with minimal interest from the attending crowd. With the Palestinians absent from the conference table, in addition to the refusal of many Arab...
2019’s best and worst places for Fourth of July celebrations
July 3rd, 20190 With the Fourth of July just days away, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2019's Best & Worst Places for 4th of July Celebrations on Tuesday, as well as accompanying videos to go along with interesting stats about the holiday in its 4th of July Facts & Figures infographic. To determine the best...
Senator Peters secures commitment to probe traveler screening complaints for systemic issues
July 3rd, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — During a recent hearing, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) questioned Chad F. Wolf, the Trump administration's nominee to serve as under secretary for strategy, policy and plans at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on the agency's policies that repeatedly subject some travelers to obtrusive and time-consuming...
Muslim women changing American scenes with a clothing line at Macy’s
June 30th, 20190 DEARBORN— Designer and Muslim convert Lisa Vogl, who launched her Verona Collection in February 2015, brought it to Macy's at Fairlane Mall in Dearborn this past spring. Vogl and Verona Collection Co-Designer and Co-Director Alaa Ammuss launched the brand out Vogl’s apartment. “We launched our brand to help make modest...
National Palestinian organization denounces Trump’s Middle East peace plan
June 30th, 20190 WESTLAND — The American Federation of Ramallah, Palestine (AFRP) recently issued a statement saying that it stands united with the Palestinian National Authority in rejecting the pointless "Palestinian Investment Conference" directed by Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and Middle East envoy: This conference, which excludes...
Yemeni American business owners tell NY Post: Sell the hate somewhere else
June 30th, 20190 NEW YORK — More than a month ago, New York’s Yemeni-led bodegas began boycotting sales of the New York Post after the tabloid ran a cover story featuring Muslim U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s words, taken completely out of context, splashed over a photo of the burning twin towers. In response to that story, the Yemeni American Merchants...
Report finds nation’s wealthiest corporations connected to anti-Muslim organizations, candidates and policies
June 30th, 20191 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Crescendo Project at the Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE) released a new report on Wednesday, the anniversary of the infamous U.S. Muslim Ban, titled the “United States of Islamophobia”, exposing corporate ties in all 50 states to Islamophobia. The report was written in partnership with the......
U.S. Supreme Court blocks citizenship question from 2020 Census, sends issue back to Commerce Department
June 30th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. – A lack of an adequate explanation for the addition of the citizenship question to next year’s Census form has led the U.S. Supreme Court to rule against such an addition. The decision is a significant blow to President Trump’s efforts to undermine the count and prevent nearly 6.5 million people in the country...
Ending America’s endless war
June 30th, 20190 The United States has been at war for too long. Even today, we seem to be preparing for a new war with Iran, which would be the worst yet. Earlier this month, President Trump ordered thousands of additional U.S. troops to the Middle East to confront Tehran and its proxies. And we recently learned that the Pentagon had presented the......
U.S. launches cyberattacks on Iran
June 30th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. - It appears that the United States launched cyberattacks on Iran in response to that nation’s shooting down of an American drone aircraft. According to reports, President Trump had ordered a conventional military response, but had backed down upon learning that the attack would have caused over 100 Iranian...
Lebanon opposes U.S. plan for Mideast, not attending Bahrain conference
June 30th, 20190 BEIRUT — The Lebanese government and parliament both oppose a U.S. plan for settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Wednesday, the National News Agency reported. The first phase of President Trump’s plan to revive the peace process is being discussed at an economic workshop in Bahrain and...
New analysis shows AIPAC has spent millions to fund U.S. Congressional trips to Israel
June 27th, 20190 Washington – The American Israel Public Affairs (AIPAC) spends millions in all-expense paid trips for members of the U.S. House of Representatives to travel to Israel. A recent analysis conducted by Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep) looked at grant travel filings from the U.S. House of Representative to track...
How long can the federal debt keep rising?
June 27th, 20190 A few months ago, the federal debt we have accumulated over the past decades crossed the $22 trillion mark. That’s a record. And it’s surely not going to be the last. According to Congressional Budget Office estimates, annual federal deficits over the next decade — the deficit is the annual figure for how much more Congress and......
Opposition research: It’s not Trump’s fault that politics is a “dirty” game
June 27th, 20190 In a June 12 interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News, President Trump freely admitted that he would listen to foreigners offering him “dirt” on his political opponents. “I think you might want to listen,” Trump said. “There isn’t anything wrong with listening .... Somebody comes up and says, ‘hey, I have...
Muslim Caucus announces first ever national gathering of American Muslims in politics
June 26th, 20191 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Muslim Caucus will host a historic conference on July 23-24, featuring some of the most influential names in Muslim American politics. The lineup will include U.S. Rep Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit), U.S. Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Dr.......
Egyptian American on CBS show said to be the “first Arab American Muslim hero”
June 26th, 20190 Arab Americans and Muslims are overwhelmingly cast as background characters at best, terrorists, dictators and other negative roles at worst. But an Egyptian American actor named Zeeko Zaki has made headlines recently for his role as Special Agent Omar Adom Zidan, also known as “O.A.,” on the CBS crime procedural drama show...
Bernie Sanders proposes canceling entire $1.6 trillion in U.S. student loan debt
June 24th, 20190 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) proposed a bill on Monday eliminating all $1.6 trillion of student debt held in the United States, two days before the candidates' first debate in Miami, adding to the 2020 policy fight of the Democratic presidential primary. Sanders' proposal suggests that the federal government pay to wipe clean the student......
