U.S. President Joe Biden’s presidency has been a mixed bag for the American Muslim community. While campaigning, Biden promised to end the Trump administration’s discriminatory Muslim and African travel bans. He later signed a proclamation overturning them. Biden has also appointed several American Muslims to high-level government positions....
U.S. President Joe Biden urged Americans to work to safeguard voting rights while commemorating the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday. Biden said it’s not enough to just praise King on the federal holiday honoring him. He added, Americans must commit “to his unfinished work to deliver jobs and justice, to […]
Oxfam International’s latest report on global inequality shows how 21,000 people died each day of the pandemic, while the wealthiest collectively got $1.2 billion richer. Using data from Forbes, the report found the 10 richest people in the world more than doubled their collective wealth since COVID-19 hit in March of 2020. Meanwhile, the inco...
The volcano that erupted on the Pacific island nation of Tonga has almost disappeared from view, new images revealed Tuesday. Swathes of the country are smothered in gray ash and dust or damaged by a tsunami. Tonga is still virtually cut off from the rest of the world since Saturday’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano explosion. [...
Hundreds of thousands of Hindu worshippers flocked to the banks of the Ganges river in India’s West Bengal state Friday despite a surge in COVID-19 infections. The Gangasagar Mela is a nine-day festival that runs Jan. 8 through 16. The age-old ritual of bathing in the waters of the holy river traditionally draws millions of […]
Muslim American human rights group Justice for All joined Illinois faith leaders in signing a letter urging state lawmakers to enact bond reform. It led to the passage of the Pretrial Fairness Act in January of 2021 and was signed into law last February. On the anniversary of the law’s adoption, advocates plan to celebrate […]
The U.S. and U.S.-based Cuban organizations have sent roughly seven tonnes of powdered milk to Cuba. The island is suffering from severe shortages of food and medicine. This is the result of the tightening of a US embargo on Cuba by former president Donald Trump. President Biden has not lifted it. It is also because […]
U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden packed food boxes while volunteering Sunday ahead of the national Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. They joined hunger relief organization Philabundance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The National Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is a nationwide effort to transform the federal holida...
South Africa launched three locally produced nanosatellites into space Thursday. It was part of U.S. aerospace company SpaceX’s Transporter-3 mission. It marks the first launch of a satellite constellation developed entirely on the African continent. According to a government statement and a live webcast by SpaceX, the nanosatellites were lau...
On Jan. 17, Illinois will for the first time mark Muhammad Ali Day along with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Illinois Muslim Coalition worked to get Muhammad Ali Day recognized statewide. The move is part of a new state law that requires history courses to include the study of the contributions made by Muslim […]
