ISIS

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Kenrya Rankin  Oct 25, 2017 9:29AM EDT

Troops Say White Nationalism is Greater Threat to Nation Than ISIS Conflicts

And nearly half of troops of color surveyed said White nationalism is thriving in the nation’s military.
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Sameer Rao  Dec 5, 2016 9:09AM EST

WATCH: President Obama Explores Legacy in New Interview

Fareed Zakaria’s “CNN Special Report: The Legacy of Barack Obama” premieres Wednesday, December 7 on CNN. 
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Sameer Rao  Aug 8, 2016 10:38AM EDT

Somali-American Man to Donald Trump: 'I Am No Danger to the Community'

Somali Americans across the country responded to Trump’s allegation during a Maine campaign event that the refugee community drains resources and promotes terrorism.
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Sameer Rao  Jun 23, 2016 4:07PM EDT

Omar Mateen's Alleged Former Lover Describes Pulse Massacre as 'Revenge' for Rejection

“He adored Latinos, gay Latinos, with brown skin—but he felt rejected,” the man told Univision.
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Kenrya Rankin  Jun 13, 2016 10:41AM EDT

What You Need to Know About the Orlando Massacre, the Latinx LGBTQ Community and Islamophobia

From Coalición Unida to the Justice Department to the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity, here is the conversation surrounding the mass murder of members of the Latinx LGBTQ community.
Kenrya Rankin  May 9, 2016 10:52AM EDT

Muslim Student Misidentified as 'Isis' in Yearbook

Bayan Zehlif: “The school reached out to me and had the audacity to say that this was a typo. I beg to differ.”
Kenrya Rankin  Feb 17, 2016 12:54PM EST

Ben Carson: Muslims Can Only Embrace Islam and Democracy if They’re Schizophrenic

He also says that he’s not Islamophobic.
Shani Saxon-Parrish  Jan 13, 2016 8:55AM EST

State of the Union: 7 Key Moments From Obama’s Grand Finale

An optimistic POTUS focused on his own acheivements, a changing economy and the role he thinks America should play on the global stage.  
Sameer Rao  Dec 17, 2015 2:58PM EST

Feds Say San Bernardino Shooters Did Not Belong to a Terrorist Cell

And the FBI will reportedly bring charges against a friend of shooter Syed Rizwan Farook for purcashing some of the weapons used in the massacre.
Sameer Rao  Dec 16, 2015 2:13PM EST

Store Clerk Survives Being Shot in Face by Thief Who Called Him a 'Terrorist'

The clerk says that the robber told him, ”I used to kill people like you in Iraq.” 
Sameer Rao  Dec 8, 2015 3:17PM EST

Muslim Girl Reportedly Attacked, Called 'ISIS' at Bronx Public School

A spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations says Muslim youth “have been experiencing this for quite some time.”
Sameer Rao  Nov 23, 2015 4:14PM EST

Dallas Mayor 'More Fearful of Large Gatherings of White Men' Than Syrian Refugees

Mike Rawlings attacked Islamophobic hysteria and hypocrisy on MSNBC. 
Waleed Shahid  Nov 23, 2015 10:59AM EST

Syrian Refugees and America's Long History of Selective Immigration Policy [OP-ED]

If the Senate votes yes to the American SAFE Act that Congress passed last week, it will be much more difficult for Syrian civil war refugees to come into the United States. It’s just the latest in American immigration policy shaped by xenophobia and racism. 
Sameer Rao  Nov 19, 2015 5:59PM EST

ICYMI: Someone Made President Obama's 'Pop Off' Comments Into an EDM Song

Let’s just say it’s damn catchy. 
Sameer Rao  Nov 16, 2015 12:56PM EST

Police Found Woman Who Threatened Dearborn's Muslims

The woman compelled readers to “send a message to ISIS.” 
Jamilah King  Jan 8, 2015 12:02PM EST

Don Lemon to Muslim Human Rights Attorney: 'Do You Support ISIS?'

New year, same guy.
Imara Jones  Oct 16, 2014 7:00AM EDT

ISIS and the Cost of War

Unfinished business in Iraq and Afghanistan shows us that scaling up the military campaign against ISIS will create severe costs that won’t be shouldered equally by all Americans.