September 20th, 20240WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, a Senate hearing on hate-related incidents was capped off by a male Republican Senator yelling at a witness and falsely accusing her of supporting terrorism.
The strange scene played out in front of the cameras at a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which met to discuss rising rates of...
April 22nd, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill that targets hate crimes directed towards Asian Americans on Thursday. The legislation comes amid an increase in discrimination and violence against Asian communities in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officially titled the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, the...
February 2nd, 20180"Accurate Census information ensures equal opportunity access to public resources, particularly for historically marginalized groups." -ADC
DEARBORN — A promising decade-long endeavor by America's most targeted communities to gain political and social leverage hit a roadblock after the U.S. Census Bureau rejected the addition of a...
December 8th, 20170WASHINGTON — A growing number of Americans hold favorable opinions of Arabs and Muslims, a new survey by the Arab American Institute (AAI) shows.
The survey released Tuesday found attitudes toward Arabs, Muslims, Arab Americans and Muslim Americans have risen to the highest levels in a decade.
Conducted two months after the White...
May 5th, 20171DEARBORN — Decades of efforts by Arab American organizations are paying off, as the U.S. Census Bureau officially approved a category that counts residents of Middle Eastern and North African origins (MENA) on the 2020 census.
After the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) welcomed public comments last October regarding the MENA...
