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Daoud Ibarahaem Hari is one of only three Darfuris who have reportedly been granted refugee status in the United States in the past four years. Daoud fled Sudan in 2003 after an attack on his village in northern Darfur. Then, he did something that few of his fellow hundreds of thousands of refugees have done: He went back to Darfur. In August 2006, he and American journalist Paul Salopek - a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for the Chicago Tribune - and their driver were imprisoned in Darfur b...

A coalition of Latino organizations have reached an agreement with the filmmaker Ken Burns on a forthcoming World War II documentary that had been criticized for ignoring the role of Latino soldiers. The 14-hour film, “The War,” initially included no interviews with any Latino veterans even though over 500,000 Latinos served in the war. Democracy Now! co-host and New York Daily News columnist, Juan Gonzalez discusses the controversy....

Who cannot question the motives of the restaurant owner who refused Simpson service. I am not convinced he would be so unforgiving to other unsavory characters....

We take a look at the forces behind the anti-immigrant movement with journalist Max Blumenthal of The Nation. Blumenthal says the ideas for the movement "did not come from a vacuum and they're not necessarily a rational response to a crisis. They come from the white nationalist movement, a movement that seeks to maintain what they consider the white character of then United States."...

* Verse: All Creatures Depend on God * VA: 'Towel Head Sniper' Threatens Muslim Women - Excerpts from 'Towel Head Sniper' E-Mail - Incitement: Brigitte Gabriel Smears 'Practicing Muslims' * CAIR Action Alert: Protect Civil Liberties, Promote Justice * Reminder: CAIR Hosts VA Town Hall Meeting on Airport Profiling * CAIR-OH: Muslims Reach Out to Local Communities (Dispatch) - CAIR-KY: Medical Workers Discuss Diversity - CAIR-MI: Mosque Ca...

Where racism has been expressed by a shooter, can slain victims be considered killed at random? While the nation mourns the Virginia Tech deaths, the 2003 shooting rampage in Meridian, Miss., has been all but forgotten -- if it was ever thought of at all....

On April 24, supporters of black death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered in Philadelphia to celebrate Mumia’s birthday, and to publicize the upcoming oral arguments before the federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia on May 17, for which Mumia’s international support network has called for a mass demonstration. The court will consider four different issues that it has already certified for appeal. It will then decide to either grant a new trial, affirm the life sentence,...

WASHINGTON – Following separate lawsuits filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the Department of Veterans Affairs today agreed to allow family members to include a Wiccan symbol on the headstones of deceased veterans....

I believe that race relations should be discussed more freely and more realistically among Bay Area residents....

Entrevista Tas el éxito de la marcha por la reparación de África y las comunidades negras del mundo celebrada el pasado 12 octubre en Madrid, nos ha llegado esto de España que creo que es interesante en una sociedad tan racista como la brasilera. Es entrevista a Abuy Nfubea, líder del movimiento negro y uno de los coordinadores de la campaña ITRAP tribunal internacional por la reparación esclavista a los pueblos africanos...