Maqsood Khan challenges incumbent for Milwaukee County Board seat
Maqsood Khan, M.D., father of five and member of the Franklin Public School Board since 2021, is running for a Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors seat in the April 7 election. The first Muslim to win an elected position in Franklin is now challenging an...
Jewish figures across the globe call on UN and world leaders to sanction Israel
Wallace Shawn, Ilana Glazer and Jonathan Glazer. Composite: Getty Images Prominent Jewish figures around the world are calling on the United Nations and world leaders to impose sanctions on Israel over what they describe as “unconscionable” actions...
How the Gaza genocide is redefining world cinema
Bisan Owda rose to prominence for her videos on social media detailing life in Gaza since the beginning of Israel's war on the Palestinian enclave (Screengrab/AJ+)he UN recently published a report unequivocally documenting the fact that Israel is...
Telepsychiatric Physician Assistant brings tailored mental health care to Wisconsin community
Telepsychiatric Physician Assistant, Jamal Daher's mission is to help people reclaim their lives and find joy in living.Jamal Daher has been a successful mental health practitioner for several years, but he recently made two big moves—one professional and...
Mandela’s grandson: Israeli forces ‘singled out and humiliated’ South Africans on Gaza Flotilla
South Africa’s experience of apartheid and Palestine’s struggle against Israeli settler colonialism share deep links, helping drive a strong pro-Palestine movement in the African nation [photo credit: Joseph Chirume] Chief Mandla Mandela, grandson of...
Millions of US protesters hold anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ rallies
People rally at the 14th and U street corridor before marching to the national Mall during the "No Kings" protest in Washington, DC. [Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo] Huge crowds took to the streets in all 50 states of the United States to hold “No Kings”...
Louise Cainkar, Ph.D. — Leading scholar of the Arab/Muslim American experience
Louise Cainkar, Ph.D., poses with her 2009 book, "Homeland Insecurity: The Arab American and Muslim American Experience After 9/11." It's publication helped establish her as the nation's leading scholar of Arab and Muslim Americans.Community and political...
Situating Columbus in the Islamic World: A Forgotten Voyage of Conquest
Every October, as debates swirl around the legacy of Christopher Columbus, the focus often centers on his brutality toward Indigenous peoples and the colonial violence he unleashed. Yet another dimension of his voyages remains largely obscured: Columbus’s...
Inside America’s Academic Gulags (w/ Rashid Khalidi) | The Chris Hedges Report
This interview is also available on podcast platforms, Rumble and YouTube Historian Rashid Khalidi, author of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, joins host Chris Hedges to detail the dwindling academic freedom in American universities and society at...
Local peace activist focuses on healing and prevention
Shawn Muhammad, director of Asha’s Ujima Men’s Program shows his "Male Advocate of the Year” award presented to him at the Office of Community Wellness and Safety’s Love Without Violence Conference. Milwaukee anti-violence advocate and peace activist...
