Words you’ll never hear from Trump: Radical right-wing terrorism
Why is Donald Trump so afraid to say these words: radical right-wing terrorism? A week ago, we saw a repeat of the kinds of attacks that North Americans have been suffering for decades at the hands of radical racists. Alexandre Bissonnette sprayed…
Geert Wilders tweets fake picture of rival
Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders, know for his comments targeting Islam and Muslims, has triggered a row over fake news, after posting a Twitter message showing a digitally altered picture of another party leader at a rally. Some five weeks ahead of key elections in The Netherlands, Wilders on Monday posted the fake picture of […]
How to help an immigrant who’s under attack
I don’t need to tell people I’m an immigrant: My accent does it for me. Over the years, when Americans would hear me speak, they’d ask about my origins and what I thought of the United States. But since Donald Trump took up residence in the White House, I’ve gotten a new line of questioning:
Hungarian Village Bans Muslim Culture
At first glance, the town of Asotthalom may seem like any other sleepy Hungarian village. With colorful old houses and a population of just over 4,000, it sits in the southern Hungarian plains, and it takes only 11 minutes to drive to the Serbian border. But lately, Asotthalom has been making the news for less-than-harmonious […]
US Files Brief with Appeals Court to Reinstate Trump Travel Ban
The U.S. Justice Department has filed its brief with the federal appeals court in San Francisco on behalf of reinstating President Donald Trump’s travel ban from seven Muslim majority countries. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals plans to start hearing oral arguments from both sides Tuesday. The Justice Department’s brief contends the ban is […]
Homeland Security secretary: Chaotic rollout of Trump’s travel ban is ‘all on me’
President Donald Trump’s Homeland Security secretary took responsibility Tuesday for the haphazard rollout of Trump’s restrictions on entry into the U.S., a striking claim because he was largely left out of the crafting of the order. The confusion surrounding the execution of the order is “all on me,” Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly…
Syria hanged 13,000 in Saydnaya prison: Amnesty
As many as 13,000 people were hanged in five years at a notorious Syrian prison near Damascus, Amnesty International has said, accusing the government of a “policy of extermination”. Titled “Human Slaughterhouse: Mass hanging and extermination at Saydnaya prison,” Amnesty’s damning report, released on Tuesday, is based on interviews with 84 witnesses, including guards, detainees, […]
Kellyanne Conway Throws Gutter Ball, Massacres Facts
Kellyanne Conway, a senior advisor to President Donald Trump, wants the press and the public to stop commenting on her citation of the fictitious “Bowling Green Massacre” to justify the travel ban from seven majority-Muslim countries. No. In fact, the most important piece of the Conway statement has been lost amid the ridicule and jaw-dropping […]