Bahia Amawi and the strangest loyalty oath Americans are forced to take

December 21st, 20181 Bahia Amawi works as children's speech pathologist for the Pflugerville Independent School District in Texas. Or, rather, she used to work as a children's speech pathologist for the district. After nine years, Glenn Greenwald reports at The Intercept, the district's administration declined to renew her contract because she refused to...

Texas speech pathologist loses her job after refusing to sign pro-Israel pledge

December 21st, 20180 AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin public school district told a children’s speech pathologist she cannot renew her contract because she refused to sign a statement pledging not to boycott Israel.  Bahia Amawi said that the no-boycott requirement is a violation of her First Amendment right of free speech. Amawi, a child language...