Among religious minorities, Muslim Americans were estimated to be 27% of the population, but they actually only make up 1%. The same is true for Jewish, and other racial and ethnic minorities, such as Native Americans, Asian and Black populations. Two recent YouGov polls asked respondents to guess the percentage of American adults who belong ...
Muslims in Orange County, California who are suing the FBI for sending an informant to spy on mosques will keep fighting the case in lower courts after a narrow US Supreme Court ruling favoring the FBI. The ruling could mean the FBI can invoke a secrecy privilege claiming a threat to national security, by publicly […]
A growing number of Asian-American women across the Unites States are speaking out about their experiences with racism and anti-Asian violence. The number of reported hate crimes and racist incidents has increased nationwide, according to statistics from advocacy groups. Protests are expected across the country against the rising racism and di...
The administration of President Joe Biden on Tuesday commemorated Equal Pay Day, symbolizing how much longer women must work to make what men earned in the previous year. President Biden announced a series of actions to enhance pay equity and transparency among federal workers. A proposed regulation would prevent federal agencies from using a...
WASHINGTON – The US Department of Justice has announced charges against five individuals for stalking, harassing and spying on US residents who have been critical of the Chinese government. The five individuals — Qiming Lin, Shujun Wang, Fan “Frank” Liu, Matthew Ziburis, and Qiang “Jason” Sun — allegedly work on behalf of Chi...
Justice for all, the largest human rights organization led by american muslims, and the council on american-islamic relations or CAIR, today condemned India’s Karnataka high court ruling that hijab is not an essential part of islam. Since January, muslim girls in the southern indian state have not been allowed in school wearing a hijab. There...
The CIA used a “black site” detainee as a training prop to teach interrogators torture techniques, a newly declassified U.S. government report revealed. Ammar Al-Baluchi, a CIA detainee in Afghanistan, was slammed against a plywood wall repeatedly by trainees so they could get certified, according to the report. Al-Baluchi’s head was injured ...
A new analysis of United States naturalization data reveals how often applications for citizenship are denied based on racial, ethnic, gender and religious identities. It found that among those seeking U.S. citizenship, women are favored over men, white people are favored over people of color, and non-Muslims are favored over Muslims. The stud...
Washington’s sanctions on Russia may affect Europe more than the US, an expert warns. Harry Tzimitras, a senior fellow at the US-based Atlantic Council, told Anadolu Agency, that Europe has had much greater dependence on Russian gas. He added that when it comes to the war on Ukraine, “That’s why we see them being much […]
More than 100 environmental and human rights groups sent a letter Tuesday to U.S. president Joe Biden urging him to pardon American attorney Steven Donziger. Donziger is under house arrest for refusing to hand over privileged client information in a high-profile environmental case. In the letter, the groups decry the prosecution of Donziger, w...
