‘Set us free’: Ben & Jerry’s enlists support of fans to separate from parent company
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield want to reacquire the ice cream brand they founded in 1978, with the caveat they would retain autonomy over their social mission (AFP)Ben & Jerry’s has started a public campaign to try to separate from its parent company...
Record-Breaking 700 Muslims from 25 States Participate in 9th Annual #MuslimHillDay on Capitol Hill
During the three-day advocacy event, Muslims urged Congress to support the free speech rights of student protesters, advocated for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and called for the free flow of humanitarian aid to Palestinians, including the...
Protesters at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee anti-war encampment make their voices heard
Photos by Sandra WhiteheadMany Milwaukee news outlets covered a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee protest Monday. Students set up an encampment on the lawn of Mitchell Hall and have vowed to stay until their demands are met.After months of marching,...
How Columbia University’s complex history with the student protest movement echoes into today
Mark Rudd, a leader of the student protest at Columbia University in New Your City, is interviewed outside Low Memorial Library, background, April 25, 1968, which has been occupied by students since the previous day. Rudd said that the purpose of the...
The second life of Walid Daqqah
WALID DAQQAH (RIGHT), HIS DAUGHTER MILAD (CENTER), AND HIS WIFE SANA’ (LEFT). (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE FREE WALID DAQQAH CAMPAIGN)When he was diagnosed with Myelofibrosis in 2022, Walid Daqqah knew that his life had entered its final years. ًWhat few could...
Muslim American Society-Milwaukee’s 14th Annual Convention this weekend
Muslim American Society-Milwaukee's annual convention attracts about 1,000 attendees from across Wisconsin. Participants also come from Illinois and Michigan to hear national speakers. Returning for the first time since the pandemic, the Muslim American...
Talking Points And Thinking Points About The Free Palestine Movement
Assalamu Alaikum.A historic moment in the lives of Muslim Americans has arrived.Young Muslims, with their Jewish and other allies, are rising up in an unprecedented way across American campuses. They are striving for freedom and justice for Palestine. We...
The Freedom Flotilla Is Sailing Into Its Most Dangerous Waters Yet
Bread is carried on board as workers prepare a ship from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition while it anchors in the Tuzla seaport, in Istanbul on April 19, 2024. (Yasin Akgul / AFP via Getty Images)The voyage of the Free Gaza Movement began in 2008 when two...
Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine calls for media coverage of armed vandalism of Palestinian memorial at Marquette University
Photo by Mouna Rashid Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine co-chairs Janan Najeeb (left) and Rachel Ida Buff (right), with MU Students for Justice in Palestine vice president Zena Khatib (center), speak at press conference to bring attention to...
The media is advancing a false narrative of ‘rising antisemitism’ on campus by ignoring Jewish protesters
What is the mainstream U.S. media’s greatest single distortion about the protests at Columbia University and elsewhere? Here’s the winner so far: the media is ignoring the fact that Jewish students are participating in the pro-Palestinian protests, and...
