Immigration is a key issue of American elections, with Republicans and Democrats contending with the various facets of immigration throughout political history. With the 2024 election coming up, the issue of immigration has come up repeatedly, especially in regards to undocumented immigrants. According to a Pew Research Study, among those who support a Trump presidency, 82% see immigration as a …
Imam Mahdi Bray: Passing of an Unheralded Civil and Human Rights Icon
Inna lilahi wa inna lilaihi rajeoun From Allah we come and to Allah we return As a child of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s-1970s, Imam Mahdi was born in 1950 in Norfolk, Virginia, the state with the dubious distinction of having the most enslaved Africans in the country before Emancipation. His grandparents raised him in Richmond, VA, the …
Witnesses to Genocide
Some events that occurred on specific dates are so embedded into the collective consciousness of the American people that each calendar year, we recall how our individual and national consciousness was impacted. Usually, such occurrences take place on American soil, like the 911 bombing of the World Trade Center’s twin towers or the January 6th insurrection attempt to block the …
