California’s AB 715 claims to combat antisemitism but is a direct attack on free speech regarding Palestine
California Governor Gavin Newsom (Photo: Wikimedia)It’s not just Washington, DC that has sold out to the Israel lobby. In October of this year, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 715 into law, amending California’s education code,...
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...
Long live the student resistance
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDENT ORGANIZERS SET UP THE GAZA SOLIDARITY ENCAMPMENT ON APRIL 17, 2024. (PHOTO: SOCIAL MEDIA) Priscilla Yuen, Associate Director of Doctoral Affairs at Columbia Engineering, stands with papers flapping in hand, large sunglasses...
Milwaukee physician honoring the practice of ‘Namat Khana’ on Stop Food Waste Day
Food waste is a serious global issue being brought to light by Stop Food Waste Day. Once used a device to keep precious food from going to waste, a namat khana has become a phrase that nods at the respect and reverence for food. In the U.S. and around the...
The world cannot turn its back on Sudan and its neighbours any longer
Sudanese refugees who have fled from the war in Sudan get off a truck loaded with families arriving at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 13, 2024 [Luis Tato/AFP]At Renk in South Sudan, 40km (25 miles) south of the border with Sudan, I met...
3 things to learn about patience − and impatience − from al-Ghazali, a medieval Islamic scholar
Al-Ghazali’s book ‘Alchemy of Happiness,’ held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Al-Ghazali - Bibliothèque nationale de France via Wikimedia CommonsFrom childhood, we are told that patience is a virtue and that good things will come to those who...
Creating skilled, enthusiastic readers is the desire of IRC’s Summer Reading and Activity Program
Kids who participate in the IRC Summer Reading Activity Camp spend several weeks building positive feelings toward reading and frequenting a library that was specially created for them. Years of research has proven that summer reading programs translate...
Mental Health Effects of Video Games and Social Media in Adolescence
Playing video games can have both positive and negative effects on the mental health of children, depending on various factors such as the content of the games, the amount of time spent playing and the child's characteristics. Among the positive effects is...
