Tag: Muslim ban
Trump ban leaves 12-year-old girl facing return to war-torn Yemen
The girl, whose parents are U.S. citizens, was barred from boarding a plane yesterday and is now in limbo in Djibouti.
Trump fires attorney general
The last president to fire an attorney general was Richard Nixon.
Trump order will block 500,000 legal U.S. residents from returning to...
The president's ban will affect those who are in the U.S. already on visas and green cards.
Just hours after Trump signs Muslim ban a Texas mosque went...
The mosque has been the target of hatred before and was burglarized just a week ago.
Bernie Sanders and others respond to Trump’s Muslim ban
“Trump's anti-Muslim order plays into the hands of fanatics wishing to harm America.”
Federal judge grants stay against Trump’s immigration ban
“This executive order runs contrary to really our most fundamental constitutional rights and human values in this country.”
Trump reaffirms Muslim ban proposal with Islam-bashing adviser standing behind him
“You’ve known my plans all along.”
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NYC releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 air quality records held back for 25 years
The documents settle two lawsuits from survivors and responders who spent decades seeking them.
Houthi seizure of Yemeni port pushes US diesel past $6 a gallon for first...
Saudi oil output has fallen to its lowest level since 1990 as the Iran war disrupts shipping.
Casino workers strike at Encore Boston Harbor after contract talks stall
More than 1,300 Teamsters and UNITE HERE members walked out after voting 97 percent to authorize the strike
Forever War: How 9/11 Unleashed U.S. Violence on Civilians Abroad & Attacks on Rights...
We look at how post-9/11 policies and the so-called war on terror reshaped the country and the world with two Columbia faculty members who convened a two-day symposium on “The Forever War and the First Amendment.” The symposium brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers and activists to explore the legacy of the “war on terror,” specifically focused on the impact on democratic rights, including the freedoms of speech and the press.
25 Years of War Was the Wrong Response to 9/11
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies tally the trillions spent and the millions killed in the quarter century of war that followed September 11.