French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has been fined 10,000 euros for provoking racial hatred. Zemmour was convicted Monday by the Paris Criminal Court after he described migrants as “thieves,” “murderers” and “rapists” on a French news channel in September 2020. This is the third time Zemmour has been convicted of a hate offense. Despite...
Oxfam International’s latest report on global inequality shows how 21,000 people died each day of the pandemic, while the wealthiest collectively got $1.2 billion richer. Using data from Forbes, the report found the 10 richest people in the world more than doubled their collective wealth since COVID-19 hit in March of 2020. Meanwhile, the inco...
The Parliament of the World’s Religions, the world’s largest international interfaith group headquartered in Chicago, has denounced another namesake group’s hate speech. A meeting of the Dharma Sansad — called the “assembly of religions” in English — held in Haridwar, India last month, reportedly included calls for lethal violence agains...
Muslim American human rights group Justice for All joined Illinois faith leaders in signing a letter urging state lawmakers to enact bond reform. It led to the passage of the Pretrial Fairness Act in January of 2021 and was signed into law last February. On the anniversary of the law’s adoption, advocates plan to celebrate […]
The U.S. and U.S.-based Cuban organizations have sent roughly seven tonnes of powdered milk to Cuba. The island is suffering from severe shortages of food and medicine. This is the result of the tightening of a US embargo on Cuba by former president Donald Trump. President Biden has not lifted it. It is also because […]
The “largest mass assembly of poor people and low-wage workers in this nation’s history” will converge on Washington, D.C. on June 18. The event is being organized by the Poor People’s Campaign and its partners. That includes members and allies of organized labor, the civil rights movement, and religious communities from across the U.S. The [...
U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden packed food boxes while volunteering Sunday ahead of the national Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. They joined hunger relief organization Philabundance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The National Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is a nationwide effort to transform the federal holida...
That MLK was not born MLK might be news to some — as America celebrates the 36th federal holiday Martin Luther King Day today. USA Today is reporting that in 1934, his father Michael King Sr. changed his name and his son’s name. He would thereafter be known as the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. […]
Malik Faisal Akram, the man who caused a dramatic 10-hour standoff Saturday at a Texas synagogue last weekend, had mental health issues, according to his brother. The 44-year-old British national held four people captive at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. Akram wanted Pakistani neuroscientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui to be brought to...
In another setback to the President, the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority blocked a Biden administration rule requiring 80 million workers to get COVID-19 vaccine shots or periodic tests. The court, however, allowed the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for most healthcare workers in the US. Meanwhile, hospitals have ...