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Jen Marlowe  Apr 24, 2018 12:22PM EDT

How One American Muslim Woman's Instinct Led to the Uncovering One of the Largest FBI Probes in U.S. History

In her new documentary, “The Feeling of Being Watched,” journalist Assia Boundaoui sought to find evidence for the paranoia she felt growing up in her Arab-American hometown. She ended up uncovering one of the largest counterterrorism investigations in United States history. 
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Sameer Rao  Apr 3, 2018 5:04PM EDT

#LoveAMuslim Trends in Response to Islamophobic Message

The campaign grew out of reports of people receiving “Punish a Muslim Day” letters in their mailboxes.
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Sameer Rao  Mar 27, 2018 12:24PM EDT

Muslim Women's Day Founder Fights Islamophobic Sexism Through Narrative

“Muslim Women’s Day is a call to action.”
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Sameer Rao  Mar 26, 2018 4:52PM EDT

WATCH: Get Into the Supernatural, Muslim Women-Led 'The Girl Deep Down Below'

The new web series follows a group of Black and Brown Muslim women in Chicago who take matters into their own hands after several people disappear.
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Alfonso Serrano  Jan 31, 2018 10:26AM EST

Trump Urges 'Compromise' on Immigration in State of the Union Address. Critics Aren't Buying It.

The president’s hardline immigration proposals panned as divisive by Democrats and immigration advocates.
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Alfonso Serrano  Dec 27, 2017 10:07AM EST

The New Normal: Fear and Loathing as Immigration Policy

It only took President Donald Trump one week in office to turn fear into a policy provision.
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Catherine Lizette Gonzalez  Nov 30, 2017 2:58PM EST

Trump Tweets Anti-Muslim Videos, World Calls Him Out

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.): “The president is racist. There’s no doubt about that in my mind.”
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Sameer Rao  Nov 14, 2017 11:54AM EST

FBI: Hate Crimes Are Up

The bureau’s latest report assesses violence in 2016, a year marked by the election of President Donald Trump.
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Sameer Rao  Nov 13, 2017 12:03PM EST

Marine Sentenced to 10 Years for Abusing Muslim Recruits

Ex-Sergeant Joseph Felix’s behavior allegedly pushed one Muslim recruit to commit suicide during a drill exercise.
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Sameer Rao  Oct 18, 2017 4:56PM EDT

Muslims Celebrate Their Diversity With #MuslimAnd Campaign

These seven tweets speak to the youth-driven social media campaign’s goal of celebrating Muslims in all their complexity.
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Kenrya Rankin  Oct 17, 2017 5:28PM EDT

Judge Blocks Trump's 'Muslim Ban' For Third Time

Judge Derrick K. Watson ruled that the ban “plainly discriminates based on nationality.”
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Sameer Rao  Oct 16, 2017 11:06AM EDT

Kumail Nanjiani Tells Racists to 'Do the Research' in 'SNL' Opener

“An informed racist is a better racist!”
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Nikko Viquiera  Sep 29, 2017 2:21PM EDT

Airport Racism Has Stolen My Joy of Flying

For Nikko Viquiera, air travel once symbolized freedom. But racist and anti-immigrant sentiment has turned flying into a nightmare for this recent immigrant from The Philippines.
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Catherine Lizette Gonzalez and Sameer Rao  Sep 11, 2017 4:28PM EDT

10 Must-Read Tweets From the #MySept11MuslimStory Campaign

Sixteen years after the Semptember 11 attacks, Muslims—and those percieved to be Muslims—still endure racist violence and discrimination. This Twitter campaign chronicles their stories.
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Kenrya Rankin  Sep 11, 2017 10:47AM EDT

READ: Suman Raghunathan on 9/11, Racism and 'Toxic Patriotism'

From the executive director of South Asian Americans Leading Together: “This September 11, I will remember that this is the true patriotism—working with our communities to protect each other, and in doing so, to form a more perfect union.”
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Sameer Rao  Sep 8, 2017 4:27PM EDT

Queer, Muslim and APIA Advocacy Orgs Protest Post-9/11 Hate Violence With Weekend of #QueerAzaadi Actions

Checkpoint protests, community funerals and other actions in cities across the country will honor people impacted by state and White supremacist violence.
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Kenrya Rankin  Sep 8, 2017 10:46AM EDT

Appeals Court Says 'No' to 'Muslim Ban' Family Limits

“The government does not offer a persuasive explanation for why a mother-in-law is clearly a bona fide relationship, but a grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew or cousin is not.”
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Hilary Beard  Aug 17, 2017 5:32PM EDT

The Dos and Dont's of Talking to Kids of Color About White Supremacy

A primer for talking to children about racism—and systems that perpetuate it—in the aftermath of the violence in Charlottesville.
Spencer Sunshine  Aug 15, 2017 3:02PM EDT

I Almost Died in Charlottesville

Journalist and researcher Spencer Sunshine started observing racist hate events in the late 1980s. Last Saturday’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville almost killed him. Here, an unvarnished dispatch from the picturesque Virginia town—from the violent lead-up in Emancipation Park to the deadly aftermath downtown.
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Kenrya Rankin  Aug 7, 2017 1:58PM EDT

FBI, ATF Investigate Minnesota Mosque Bombing

The FBI has not yet ruled the bombing at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center a hate crime, but confirms that the explosion was the result of a “destructive device in violation of federal law.”