Ethnicities

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and other bigots on the far right are nothing new in American history. Rather, they remind us of the worst and most shameful detours of the American Republic in the past. From the mid-nineteenth century racial theory became prominent in European and […]

Arab Americans

Americans’ views of Islam depend on whether they’re at war overseas

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The Bridge Initiative | – – Washington, DC The Bridge Initiative, a Georgetown University research project on Islamophobia, releases today its inaugural report which traces 20 years of polling data on Americans’ views on Islam and Muslims. The Super Survey finds that Americans have tended to be more wary of Islam and Muslims when they’re […]

Arab Americans

Dem Candidates reject War Talk, Islamophobia in wake of Paris Attacks

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – At the CBS Democratic Party debate on Saturday night, the Paris attacks dominated as a concern. Unlike the Republican field, which is somewhat divided on the necessary response, the Democrats agree that all-out war is undesirable as a response. (In the GOP, Rand Paul is cautious […]

Immigration

Trump’s “Deportation Force” Too Nuts For Even Bill O’Reilly

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Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump has elaborated on his immigration policy. He plans on assembling a “Deportation Force” to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. Bill O’Reilly thought it was a bit far-fetched. Ana Kasparian (The Point) and John Iadarola (Think Tank), hosts of the […]

African-Americans

SC Cop Flips Black Student In Her Desk

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Cenk Uygur, Brett Erlich, and Hannah Cranston | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “A cop in South Carolina was called in to deal with an unruly student at a high school. The student was on her phone and not listening to teachers or administrators. The officer tried dealing with the student verbally but […]

Arab Americans

Palestine – The Exception To Free Speech In The U.S.?”

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AJ+ | (Video News Report) – – “University campuses are the front line of Palestinian human-rights advocacy in the U.S., but a new report by the Center for Constitutional Rights and Palestine Legal documents hundreds of cases in which students and scholars have been punished for their free speech.” AJ+: “Palestine – The Exception To […]

Arab Americans

Can anti-Muslim Bigotry Help Donald Trump Or Ben Carson Win The Republican Race?

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AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “Donald Trump may still lead the Republican polls, but Ben Carson is now only a point behind. What do the two candidates have in common? Well, for one thing, they’ve both been involved in anti-Muslim sentiment this month.” AJ+: “Can Bigotry Help Donald Trump Or Ben Carson […]

African-Americans

Alabama Requires Photo IDs for Voting, Then Shutters DMV Offices in Black Counties

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By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – “The ‘decision to cut out ID services to almost all counties with a majority black population is discriminatory and wrong,’ says ACLU of Alabama.” Some observers say that Alabama’s move to close dozens of drivers license offices is a discriminatory move that could trigger […]

Arab Americans

Do the Republicans need the Muslim Vote?

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by Julie Poucher Harbin, EDITOR | ( ISLAMiCommentary) | – – Over the past week-and-a-half Islamophobia seemed to dominate the headlines; first when a 14-year-old Texas student who was arrested for bringing “a hoax bomb” to school that was really a home-made clock, and capped off by GOP presidential contender Dr. Ben Carson saying a […]