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Archives: Ethnicities
US Reputation under Trump Tanking, Costing Economy Billions
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…
Supreme Court Strikes down N. Carolina’s Racial Gerrymander
TeleSur | - - Ultra-conservative Justice Clarence Thomas sided with four liberal justices in the 5-3 majority decision. Yesterday the Supreme Court struck down North Carolina's congressional map. The court found the…
Even Conservative SCOTUS can’t Stomach N Carolina Voter Suppression
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer | Commondreams.org | - - North Carolina's Voter ID Law Meets 'Its Much-Deserved Demise' Decision by U.S. Supreme Court not to review appeals court decision on 2013…
How Middle Eastern Immigrants Boost US Competitiveness
Sami Mahroum | ( Project Syndicate) | - - DUBAI – In his 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein chose a Muslim linguist, “Dr. Mahmoud,” to…
To understand Muslim ban 2.0, think of Trump as a Crime Boss
By Amir Ahmadi Arian | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | - - Donald Trump is not an aberration. He is the extreme manifestation of an existing foreign policy doctrine - the ‘mafia principle’…
Dear Rep. King: Our Civilization isn’t White and American Babies aren’t Other
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Rep Steve King of Iowa (whose constituents should be ashamed to show their faces in public went full-on racist again, supporting hate-speech master…
Texas GOP tried Gerrymander away Latino, Austin Votes: Fed. Court
TeleSur | - - "Republicans in Texas have ensured that the dark days of discrimination in Texas continue to loom." Texas lawmakers drew up three U.S. congressional districts to undermine the influence…
Middle East Studies Assn., joins Md. Suit to block Trump Muslim Ban
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2017 Groups Challenge Revised Muslim Ban BALTIMORE —- Civil rights and refugee groups today asked a federal court in Maryland to block the Trump administration’s…It’s Racism, Stupid. America’s Persistent Racial Wealth Divide
By Josh Hoxie | ( Inequality.org ) | - - A new study shows the legacy of racism far outweighs individual financial decisions in driving the growing gap between black and white…
Would Trump let Oscar Winner Mahershala Ali back into the Country?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Mahershala Ali, 43, last night won an Oscar for best supporting actor, in Moonlight . The film treats themes of sexual repression, gayness,…
Trump endangering rest of Us to hunt down the Law-Abiding Undocumented
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Gen. John Kelly's ramping up of deportation measures against undocumented residents of the US, in accordance with Donald Trump's campaign promises, contains many…
Not Over: Trump Ban still ruining life of Iraqi Interpreter for US Military
by Megan Rose | ProPublica | - - In 2006, when I arrived at Camp Taqqadum in Iraq to embed with the U.S. Marines, I was immediately invited for tea by the…
Why Trump’s Immigration Order is a Tragedy for Everyone, Except Trump
By Barbara Elias | (Informed Comment) | - - For the moment, federal courts have interrupted the president’s immigration order. Judge Robart remarked in his Temporary Restraining Order that there is “no…
Life in an Arab-American community under Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’
By Tom Brocket | (The Conversation) | - - Life goes on for the parents who drop off their children at homework club, or those rushing in late for embroidery class. As…
Trump Can’t Make America Great Again without Immigrants
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In 2016, the US birthrate fell to 59.6 births per 1,000 women, the lowest ever recorded. Birth rates rise and fall over time,…
German Ambassador 1933: “Hostility to Jews Aimed Mainly at ‘Immigrants'”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Here are two newspaper articles from spring, 1933. They concern the issue of early Nazi policy toward Germany's Jews. In the first, the…
5 Images that refute Trump’s attack on Hero John Lewis
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - It began when Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) announced that he would not attend the inaugural of Donald J. Trump because he did not…
Obama’s Farewell Address: Racial Discrimination a Challenge Ahead
NBC | (Video Report) | - - "As President Barack Obama's time in office comes to a close, he delivers his Farewell Address from Chicago." President Barack Obama's Farewell Address (Full Speech)…