August 28th, 20260There is a moment in every election cycle when the air grows thick with something other than debate. Not necessarily the clash of ideas that fills the room, but the murmur of suspicion, whispered warnings about the other, the outsider, the one who does not belong. This is the moment when democracy falters, not in its institutions but in...
August 21st, 20260OAK PARK — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit in Oakland County Circuit Court on behalf of a Muslim former municipal employee who alleges that the city of Oak Park and three of its employees subjected her to religious and national-origin discrimination, sexual harassment, privacy...
February 27th, 20260WYANDOTTE — Board of Education member Cindy Kinney has resigned following intense public criticism for sharing an anti-Muslim post on social media.
Kinney, who served on the board for 12 years, stepped down after widespread backlash from residents and civil rights organizations. The controversy erupted after she reposted an image on...
January 26th, 20190MIAMI — A Jewish American couple returning home from Miami to Detroit was kicked off an American Airlines flight for alleged “body odour” on January 23, prompting one man to accuse the airlines of religious discrimination.
Yossi Adler, his wife Jennie, and their 19-month-old daughter were kicked off after staff told them other...
December 8th, 20170By Amy V. Doukoure
The city of Detroit has had a sordid history with race relations, and it is true that many of the issues present in the 1960's remain relevant in the city today. People living in the communities of Detroit, many of them minorities, immigrants and Muslims, feel as though they are forgotten while the Downtown areas...
