racism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Many of the reactions to Stephen Miller’s announcement of Trump’s proposed immigration policies have pulled at the heart strings. People on social media have been remembering their own grandparents, who came to the US without knowing English and without higher degrees but made something of themselves. […]

Donald Trump

Racist DOJ under Sessions targets Campus Diversity

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By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – The Justice Department’s plan to “challenge efforts that colleges and universities have undertaken to expand educational opportunity is an affront to our values as a country.” In a development civil rights groups characterized as “deeply disturbing,” the New York Times reported on Tuesday […]

African-Americans

Trump’s US sees Spike in Hate-Fueled Violence, as Tweets distract Public

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By Joe Sexton | ProPublica | – – Last Wednesday, July 19, was something of a busy news day. There was word North Korea was making preparations for yet another provocative missile test. The Supreme Court, in its latest ruling in the controversial travel ban case, said that people from the six largely Muslim countries […]

Arab Americans

Federal Judge strikes down Granny Exclusion in Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0

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By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org)) | – – Judge writes that “the Government’s definition [of ‘close familial relationship’] represents the antithesis of common sense.” A federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration’s interpretation of what qualifies as “bona fide relationship” defies common sense. (Photo: allison_dc/flickr/cc) A federal judge in Hawaii late […]

Featured

London Mosque attack: Did Trump’s Tweets embolden Bigots?

Juan Cole

by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A man driving a white van swerved just after midnight early Monday morning into a crowd of Muslims coming out of Finsbury Park Mosque in North London, severely injuring British Muslims. The Muslim Council of Britain called it a “violent manifestation of Islamophobia.” The organization asked […]

Authoritarianism

Does Watching too much TV turn you into a Trump Voter?

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By James Shanahan. | (The Conversation) | – – Many gallons of ink (and megabytes of electronic text) have been devoted to explaining the surprise victory of Donald Trump. Reasons range from white working-class resentment, to FBI Director James Comey’s decision to reopen the Hillary Clinton email investigation, to low turnout. All likely played some […]

racism

In Trump’s DC, Noose Found in African American Museum

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TeleSur | – – It’s the second time this week a noose has been discovered on the grounds of a Smithsonian museum. A noose was found on Wednesday in an exhibition on segregation at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution officials said. The exhibit gallery at the […]

Far Right

Roger Ailes: The Man Who Destroyed the News

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By Neal Gabler | ( Billmoyers.com) | – – The founder of the right-wing network inflicted harm on the body politic that may be impossible to heal. Fox News creator and former chief Roger Ailes, who died at 77 last week from complications after a fall in his Florida home, may have been the most […]

Arab Americans

US Reputation under Trump Tanking, Costing Economy Billions

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By Daniel Korschun, Boryana V Dimitrova, and Yoto V. Yotov | (The Conversation) | – – U.S. News and World Report recently published its annual “Best Countries” ranking, based on how thousands of people around the world perceive other nations. Switzerland topped the 80-country ranking, followed by Canada and the United Kingdom. One big surprise […]