In response to President Trump toying with the idea of a Muslim registry, Bay Area groups pushed for the ordinance to block city from creating or implementing a a database based on religion, national origin or ethnicity.
Human Rights Campaign: “We cannot afford a justice who will roll back our rights, or who will be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump’s unconstitutional actions.”
The Intercept published data from classified FBI documents that it says shows White supremacists are embedded in police departments across the nation and that the Bureau continues to profile suspects based on race and religion.
Two days before Donald Trump's inauguration, SCOTUS is hearing Ziglar v. Abbasi, a case that could have broad influence on the accountability of executive power.
Trump and his surrogates have pledged to register and track Muslims. That potential policy has many current Muslim government employees, including those in defense and national security, worried about their futures.
Even though our Muslim-, South Asian- and Arab-American communities have been confronting and surviving backlash and criminalization in the 15 years since 9/11, our lives, identities and futures are at stake like never before.
The actor/rapper and ex-Das Racist member join forces as the duo Swet Shop Boys. They endure a surreal TSA "random search" in the video for a song off their upcoming album.
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