Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more
Switching to big tech alternatives is easier than you might imagine. Illustration: Jake Hawkins/The Guardian here’s not much to love about big tech these days. So many ills can be laid at its door: social media harms, misinformation, polarisation, mining...
Three Wisconsin Muslims celebrate Eid at the White House
Photo courtesy of Masood Akhtar Masood Akhtar, founder of We are Many--United Against Hate, was one of three Wisconsin Muslims invited to celebrate the Eid at the White House this year. Three Wisconsin Muslims joined more than 300 Muslim Americans May 1 to...
Rhiannon Giddens, Michael Abels on Winning Music Pulitzer for Opera About Muslim American Slave: “People Are Ready for These Stories”
OMAR courtesy of LA Opera/Cory Weaver Grammy-winning singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens was taking a walk after having dinner with her children and saw a tweet. She had won the Pulitzer Prize for music. “It was literally a total...
‘Ethnic cleansing’ on MSNBC– Nakba at 75 gains remarkable coverage by U.S. broadcasters
Rep. Rashida Tlaib speaks of Israeli Apartheid and he Nakba commemorations ceremony at the Capitol to Ayman Mohyeldin on MSNBC, May 13, 2023. Screenshot. The 75th anniversary of the Nakba has brought unprecedented coverage in American media of the...
Evers hosts first Eid celebration in Wisconsin’s executive residence
Photo courtesy of Gov. Tony EversGov. Tony Evers and First Lady Kathy Evers welcomed Muslim leaders from across Wisconsin to the Executive Residence to celebrate Eid-al-Fitr. (Front, left-right) Masood Akhtar, Janan Najeeb, Alder Nasra Wehelie, Tahseen...
On the Anniversary of Her Death, a Friend Reflects on Shireen Abu Akleh
Tunisian journalists protest the May 2022 killing of veteran reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. (Yassine Gaidi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) here are two days that are forever etched in my mind: the day I met Shireen Abu Akleh and the day she was killed. The...
EPA proposes rules to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Eric Kleiner, center, sorts samples for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research Feb. 16 at the EPA's Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response in Cincinnati. (Joshua A. Bickel/AP) The Environmental Protection Agency is...
Prayer rug design project aims to highlight Islam’s diversity in US and Latin America
Muslims gather in midday prayer on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, along the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana. RNS photo by Alejandra Molina.Mustafa Dustin Craun wants to create a conversation around family, place and belonging, asking: 'If you could design a prayer...
Beyond Capitalism and Socialism: Muhammad Baqir Al-Sadr’s Quest for an Islamic Economic System
Al-Sadr claims that moral and ethical principles, rather than purely self-interest, should govern economic activity.Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was a towering figure in Islamic scholarship, economics, and social justice activism. Generations of Muslims all over...
Grandson of anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela to commemorate the Nakba in Milwaukee
Photo courtesy of U.S. Palestinian Community NetworkNkosi Zwelivelile Mandela’s U.S. tour commemorating the Nakba’s 75th anniversary opens in Milwaukee Monday. Register to attend.Grandson of anti-apartheid activist and South Africa’s first president Nelson...
