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The president and vice president of the University of Michigan’s student assembly were impeached after they demanded divestment and stopped funding campus activities. NY Times
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Many Arabs and Muslims became outspoken about the Palestinian cause and donned kaffiyehs, the headscarf that has come to symbolize solidarity with it. Washington Post
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ActivismCivil RightsForeign AffairsPalestine
St. Louis-area woman among several Palestinian Americans suing US government for abandoning them in Gaza
The plaintiffs seek to compel the federal government to make the same effort to evacuate Palestinian Americans as they do Israeli, Lebanese or Sudanese Americans. NBC News
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Foreign AffairsPalestine
Palestinian-American explains why he is suing the State Department over U.S. support for Israel
MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin is joined by Ahmed Moor, a Palestinian-American who is one of the plaintiffs in a newly-filed lawsuit against the U.S. State Department, and Sarah Leah Whitson, the …
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A New Jersey attorney who was denied a gun permit is suing Springfield Township and its police department in federal district court, alleging they violated his right to bear arms …
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Charges dropped against Oak Lawn, Illinois police officer accused of excessive force in teen’s arrest
All charges were dropped Wednesday against an Oak Lawn police officer accused of using excessive force in the beating of a 17-year-old Palestinian American boy after a 2022 traffic stop. …
“The primary objective of the ADC-RI Media Research Project is to research, track, and document anti-Arab and Islamophobic bias in the media, public discourse, and from public officials. This tracking project will serve as a resource tool which will highlight the prevalence of bias and bigotry. The project will expose xenophobia and hatred that target minorities in the U.S., particularly Arab and Muslim Americans.
The project will also celebrate achievements of Arabs and Muslims from around the world.”
