By Meg Bostrom, Michael Chameides, Elaine Mejia Two hundred fifty years ago, Americans rejected monarchy. They rejected the idea that power should rest in the hands of one person, one family, or a distant ruling class. Instead, they enshrined an American promise: Legitimate power comes from the people. Our Constitution opens with three words: ...
By Gloria Swindler Boutte, first published at Commondreams.org Juneteenth celebrations in my town were lit. There were so many events I had a difficult time choosing which ones to attend. As a grandmother, I ended up at the event on the grounds of the Historic Harriet Barber house (circa 1875) in Hopkins, South Carolina, where my daughter and ...
*Shabana Ayaz The scenes witnessed in London earlier this month were disturbing not merely because of what happened on stage, but because of the atmosphere surrounding it. During Tommy Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom” rally on May 16, activists associated with the French far-right group Collectif Némésis publicly removed niqabs from Muslim women...
By Ramzy Baroud U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to have little patience for questions that do not conform to his preferred style of declaring unsubstantiated victories, whether against South Americans or in the Middle East. In a charged press conference on March 13, Hegseth did more than attack journalists for questioning his unve...
By Shabana Ayaz The Middle East is no longer merely “dangerously close” to a wider conflict — it is increasingly moving toward one. Following the unprecedented joint U.S.–Israeli air strikes on Iranian strategic facilities and leadership infrastructure, the region has entered a period of heightened uncertainty. In the days since the strikes, m...
By Shabana Ayaz A quiet but potentially consequential shift is underway in the security politics of the Muslim world. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye are edging toward a structured trilateral defense arrangement that, if concluded, would mark one of the most serious attempts in decades to translate shared strategic concerns into an institu...
By Shabana Ayaz WASHINGTON (MNTV) – When the U.S. abducted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a dramatic cross-border operation, it claimed fidelity to the rule of law and vowed to bring him to justice. Yet on the other part of the globe, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defies every law on earth and moves freely […]
By Shabana Ayaz Muslim Network TV The terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach during a Jewish religious gathering was a brutal crime against innocent people. Fifteen lives were lost on Dec. 14. There is no justification for that violence, and it must be condemned without qualification. The grief of the families deserves dignity, compassion, and ...
By Shabana Ayaz (MNTV) – The Pakistan-Afghanistan border has once again become a flashpoint of tension, pushing two brotherly Muslim nations to the brink of confrontation. What began as a glimmer of hope after the Taliban’s 2021 return to Kabul has spiraled into cross-border militant attacks, drone strikes, trade blockades, and mutual a...
By Richard Eskow for Commondreams Here’s something for New York City residents to consider as they vote for Mayor, and for observers outside New York to consider as they watch the vote count: for the most part, Zohran Mamdani’s plans for the city are surprisingly affordable. Despite the frantic tone of mainstream media coverage (and […]...
