On Monday, Kimberly Sotelo Ochoa, Dolores Lara Villegas and his U.S. citizen daughter from Washington and 31 other undocumented mothers, fathers, children, and students attempted to cross the border into the United States at the Otay-Mesa Point of Entry in … Continued
By Faiza N. Ali On November 5, 2013, New Yorkers voted overwhelmingly for Bill de Blasio, buying into his vision for a more progressive and fair city. It was de Blasio’s commitment to reform the nation’s largest police department that … Continued
By Christoph Schultz On November 4, Russia’s radical nationalist movement came together to celebrate the annual “Russian March” in Moscow. The event attracted an estimated 10,000 people - a mixture of neo-Nazis, Orthodox Christians, monarchists, and anti-immigrant activists. The motto … Continued
By Christoph Schulze While neo-Nazi rap music started in the United States, it was and still is too obscure to make it into mainstream white power music culture. Meanwhile, the style has spread in Germany and become a growing yet controversial … Continued
By Nashiha Alam Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, a group notorious for attracting Islamophobic funders, has recently launched a new project to monitor pro-Palestine activists. Alex Joffe, a fellow and assistant editor at the Middle East Forum, an anti-Muslim … Continued
Earlier this year, members of the Republican party announced intentions to rebrand their image. Losing yet another presidential election forced them to reevaluate their platform and strategies for success - or failure, as it were. And in one of the … Continued
By Esmeralda Dominguez for Driver’s Licenses for All Driver’s Licenses for All is a grassroots group of documented and undocumented Colorado residents who grew out of the Initiative 52 ballot campaign, which collected more than 30,000 signatures with 1,200 volunteers … Continued
By Dan Weiss We didn’t need more evidence that outspoken Islamophobe Pamela Geller is filled with hate. But this week we got it nonetheless. Geller viciously attacked the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an organization with a venerable history of defending civil … Continued
By Mickey Fitzpatrick As we attempt to distance ourselves from the collective responsibility of national tragedies such as the Newtown, CT school shooting, a common strategy is to examine the mental health of the perpetrators, particularly if they are white. … Continued
By Kalia Abiade A Fort Collins, Colo., high school principal is the target of angry and threatening phone calls and emails after he gave the go-ahead last week for a student group to lead the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic. … Continued