Women plan to stay off the job, rally in anti-Trump protests
March 8th, 20170 Women in the United States plan to use International Women's Day on Wednesday to stay off the job and stage demonstrations across the country in an effort to seize on the momentum built from the massive marches held a day after President Donald Trump's inauguration. On "A Day Without a Woman," those who are able to do so will stay...
Muhammad Ali’s son detained at airport, questioned about religion
March 7th, 20170 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — Muhammad Ali, Jr., the son of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, was detained at a Florida airport for four hours in early February. Ali, who was born in Philadelphia in 1972 and holds a U.S. passport, said immigration officials who detained him on Feb. 7 repeatedly asked, "Where did you get your name from?" and...
Trump’s attorney general withdraws from probe about Russia
March 7th, 20170 WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions withdrew from any deep examination into suspected Russian interference in the 2016 general election. Sessions asserted that he did no wrong in withholding comment during Senate testimony regarding his meeting with Russia's ambassador last year. Sessions told reporters...
New York City reaches new deal over police surveillance of Muslims
March 6th, 20170 NEW YORK CITY- New York City's police department has agreed to a new settlement in a lawsuit accusing it of illegally targeting Muslims for surveillance, according to court papers filed on Monday, after a federal judge rejected an earlier deal. The new settlement gives additional powers to a civilian representative charged with...
Senator Gary Peters: Travel ban is outrageous and un-American
March 6th, 20170 DEARBORN — Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) called President Trump's executive order to ban immigrants and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries "outrageous" and un-American during a visit to Dearborn on Saturday, Feb. 25. Peters, a Democrat, met with a roomful of community activists and rights group leaders at...
Trump signs new travel ban order, Iraq left off
March 6th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order for a U.S. travel ban on Monday, leaving Iraq off the list of targeted countries, after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the courts, senior administration officials said. The new order, which the White House said Trump had signed, will keep a...
Palestine, campaign finance reform still deal breakers for DNC
March 3rd, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C.— In a turn of events paralleling the contentious rivalry between Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the Democratic Party primaries last year, Representative Keith Ellison(D-MN) lost his bid to become the next Democratic National Committee Chair to former Labor Secretary...
U.S. appeals court upholds suspension of Trump travel ban
February 9th, 20170 SAN FRANCISCO ― A federal appeals court on Thursday unanimously upheld a temporary suspension of President Donald Trump's order that restricted travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling came in a challenge to Trump's order filed by the states of Washington and Minnesota. The U.S....
Attack on Quebec City mosque leaves five dead
January 29th, 20170 Earlier, a witness told Reuters that up to three gunmen fired on about 40 people inside the Quebec City Islamic Cultural Center. Police put up a security perimeter around the mosque. Quebec police confirmed the shooting at a Quebec mosque in a tweet, and police on the scene said there had been fatalities. "There are many...
Highlights of Trump’s first week in office
January 29th, 20170 WASHINGTON D.C. - On Tuesday, Trump signed orders reviving the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, rolling back Obama’s executive actions to halt further construction on the pipeline. Applauding Trump’s order was the North Dakota Petroleum Council’s president, Ron Ness, who said, “We think this is a...
Arab and Muslim Americans outraged by Trump’s plan to ban immigration from selected Arab nations
January 29th, 20170 DEARBORN— It did not take long for President Trump to deliver on campaign promises to bar Muslims and refugees from entering the United States. On the fifth day of his presidency, Trump signed a slew of anti-immigrant executive actions and intends at press time to order a suspension on refugees and visas for citizens of Syria and six...
Referee makes disturbing comment to Muslim basketball team
January 26th, 20170 MEMPHIS, TN - A basketball coach at the Pleasant View School at the Muslim Community Center in Memphis hoped to teach her students a life lesson after a confrontation with a referee on Sunday night before their game. The referee addressed the crowd, bringing Bilquis Abdul-Qaadir, who is the athletic director at the school, to...
Former FBI agent drafted original ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ bill
January 26th, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Islamophobic website WND reported in 2014 that John Guandolo, former FBI agent and reputed Islamophobe, “helped draft the...anti-Brotherhood bill,” The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) reported Tuesday. The anti-Brotherhood bill refers to the “Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act,” a...
Trump moves ahead with wall, puts stamp on U.S. immigration, security policy
January 26th, 20170 WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered construction of a U.S.-Mexican border wall and punishment for cities shielding illegal immigrants while mulling restoring a CIA secret detention program as he launched broad but divisive plans to reshape U.S. immigration and national security policy. A draft executive order seen...
Trump expected to sign executive orders on immigration
January 26th, 20170 WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign several executive orders on Wednesday restricting immigration from Syria and six other Middle Eastern or African countries, according to several congressional aides and immigration experts briefed on the matter. In addition to Syria, Trump's orders are expected to......
Pew Research Center: Democratic support for Israel plummets
January 21st, 20170 WASHINGTON — A recent study by the Pew Research Center has shown that support for Israel plummeted nearly 25 percent among members of the Democratic party in the last nine months. Democratic party allegiance towards Israel has dropped 43 to 33 percent, according to the study. For decades, Democratic support for Israel has...
Executive actions ready to go as Trump takes office
January 21st, 20170 WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is preparing to sign executive actions on his first day in the White House on Friday to take the opening steps to crack down on immigration, build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border and roll back outgoing President Barack Obama's policies. Trump, a Republican elected on Nov. 8 to succeed Democrat Obama,......
Pew Research Center: Democratic support for Israel plummets
January 20th, 20170 DEARBORN — A recent study by the Pew Research Center has shown that support for Israel plummeted nearly 25 percent among members of the Democratic party in the last nine months. Democratic party allegiance towards Israel has dropped 43 to 33 percent, according to the study. For decades, Democratic support for Israel has been...
Texas State Rep. sends letter to Muslims that questions their beliefs
January 19th, 20170 TEXAS - Texas Muslims have taken offense to a letter from a State Rep. that surveys their beliefs and questions if they support radical Islam. Just weeks into office, it appears State Rep. Kyle Biedermann, R-Fredericksburg, is concerned about Muslims first and foremost. He sent a letter to mosque leaders and Muslim student...
Homeless man charged for torching seattle mosque
January 19th, 20170 SEATTLE, WA - A homeless man suspected of setting fire to a Bellevue mosque on Saturday, January 14 was charged with second-degree arson Tuesday by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Bail was set at $1 million. who has an extensive history of mental illness and property damage, was found in a parking lot behind the...
Wife of Orlando nightclub shooter arrested
January 19th, 20170 SAN FRANCISCO - The FBI on Monday arrested the wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub last year, a massacre that intensified fears about attacks against Americans inspired by Islamic State, officials said. Noor Salman, 30, is being charged with obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting by providing......
Delta employees to receive diversity training
January 19th, 20170 ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines will begin diversity training for all of its flight crews after a series of publicized incidents in which passengers, including Muslims and African Americans, said they were discriminated against or treated uncivilly on its flights. Those incidents include a flight attendant appearing reluctant when a Black...
Trump meets with Martin Luther King III
January 19th, 20170 NEW YORK- On Monday, President-elect Donald Trump met with Martin Luther King III to discuss voting rights at Trump Tower after spending the weekend arguing with civil rights activist and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga). Celebrate Martin Luther King Day and all the many wonderful things that he stood for. Honor him for the great man that......
Public education crisis felt in Dearborn schools
January 5th, 20170 Dearborn—For decades, Betsy DeVos test-ran privatization campaigns in Michigan before assuming her role as Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education. Having funneled millions to lawmakers and the state Republican Party to assist in shepherding legislation that especially focused on privatizing education, the school of choice...
“This is for Trump:” Florida man attacks Hispanic gas station attendant
December 2nd, 20160 FLORIDA - Civil rights groups are calling for law enforcement officials to charge a white man for a hate crime, after he attacked a Hispanic gas station attendant in the name of Donald Trump.The Gainesville Sun reported that the incident occurred on Nov. 10 while the victim was cleaning the parking lot at a Gate Food Post store in......
