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Absentee ballots for the August primary election now available
June 23rd, 20220 LANSING — Absentee ballots for the August 2 primary election are now available through local clerks' offices, the Michigan Secretary of State announced this week. The ballots will soon be mailed to voters who have already applied to vote absentee. To apply for an absentee ballot, track an absentee ballot or find more...
Biden calls for gas tax pause, with little likelihood of passage in Congress or of major relief at pump
June 22nd, 20220 WASHINGTON, D.C. — With resentment and desperation growing among Americans amid soaring fuel costs, the Biden administration is scrambling to ease the pain at the pump, and made a largely symbolic attempt to do so on Wednesday. In a move that economists believe will make little difference if any on actual prices at the pump,...
Lebanese PM Mikati likely to be nominated again amid deep crisis
June 22nd, 20220 BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker premier Najib Mikati will likely be nominated for a new term on Thursday, political sources said, keeping him at the helm as the country prepares for steep financial and political challenges in the months ahead. If re-installed, Mikati will have to steer Lebanon through an economic recovery plan that...
In a historic first, Arabic will appear on election ballots and materials in Dearborn this August
June 17th, 20222 DEARBORN — Voters in Dearborn can now expect translated materials in time for the August primary. An effort to translate voting materials, including ballots, into Arabic in the city of Dearborn is now well underway, thanks to the work of a committee appointed by Mayor Abdullah Hammoud and the City Council. The committee to...
Bullet that killed Shireen Abu Akleh was American made, used by Israeli forces
June 17th, 20220 PALESTINE — A photo of the bullet that killed renowned Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has been recovered by the news agency she long worked for. Al Jazeera said Thursday it had obtained an image of the bullet used to kill the veteran journalist in the occupied West Bank last month while covering an Israeli...
American “Aid” to Ukraine may hurt more than help
June 14th, 20220 — This article by retired Lieutenant Colonel William J. Astore originally appeared in Bracing War. It has been edited for style. “Follow the money” is sage advice in an America that prides itself on unfettered capitalism where everything is a commodity. A huge chunk of money, namely $54 billion, has already been dedicated...
Tlaib continues push for MENA category in census and federal data
June 14th, 20220 DETROIT — U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) is continuing her effort to include the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) category in federal population and health data, as well as the 10-year federal census. Talib joined U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) in leading the House Committee on Oversight and Reform to send...
20 Dearborn and Dearborn Heights students awarded scholarships through Hunting Bank, The Arab American News partnership
June 10th, 20220 DEARBORN — At an awards ceremony at The Summit Banquet Center in Dearborn on Wednesday, 20 students from Dearborn and Dearborn Heights high schools received scholarships in the first ever F.L.I.P (Future Leaders in Progress) Scholarship Program. The scholarships were given to seniors from Edsel Ford, Fordson and Dearborn High...
Court appearance reveals details on Ypsilanti man who killed 12-year-old Dearborn girl on Belle Isle
June 5th, 20220 DETROIT — Further details about the suspect in the hit-and-run crash on Belle Isle that killed 12-year-old Ghadir Saleh of Dearborn were revealed at an arraignment last Friday. Wayne County prosecutors approved charges of murder, reckless driving and more for 23-year-old Alexander Armond Smith of Ypsilanti, who drove off a road...
20 students to receive scholarships at award ceremony in Dearborn, June 8
June 5th, 20220 DEARBORN — Twenty students from Dearborn and Dearborn Heights high schools will receive scholarships amounting to a total of $75,000 at an award ceremony in Dearborn next week. The students were chosen to receive scholarships towards their college tuition after an application and selection process, through a program facilitated by...
Pro-Israel, pro-corporate outside funds thrown at campaign opposing Talib in 12th District primary
June 5th, 20220 A new political action committee, raising funds from wealthy, pro-Israeli occupation groups and individuals, is mounting attacks against U.S. Rep. Rashida Talib (D-Detroit), in her bid to represent the newly formed 12th District. Urban Empowerment Action is planning to spend upwards of $1 million in campaign funds on one of Tlaib’s...
Hamtramck Schools Superintendent Jaleelah Ahmed accuses board members of discrimination, conspiracy to get her fired
June 4th, 20220 HAMTRAMCK — Hamtramck Public Schools Superintendent Jaleelah Ahmed, who has been on leave since last October, has filed a lawsuit accusing five board members and the teachers union of conspiring to get her fired. Ahmed is also accusing the parties, which include two board members who, like her, are Yemeni Americans, of...
Maker of Pillsbury products divests from Israel, after multi-year boycott campaign
June 3rd, 20220 After two years of calls by human rights campaigners, General Mills, the company that produces the popular Pillsbury brand of products, has divested its Israeli business. The calls came from a diverse set of organizations and interests, including the Quaker organization American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), which promotes "a...
Dearborn’s new public health dept. gives 500 units of baby formula to area families
May 27th, 20220 DEARBORN - The city's new Department of Public Health (DPH), and its director, got a sort of unveiling at a baby formula food distribution event on Friday. The distribution event, which comes amid a national formula shortage, took place at the west entrance of the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. Families were able to...
Muslim woman who had her hijab forcibly removed by Ferndale police reaches settlement with city
May 27th, 20220 FERNDALE — A Muslim woman who was forced to remove her hijab and subjected to a cross-gender search by the Ferndale Police Department has won a settlement with the city. Last summer, Helana Bowe, who is African American, was stopped by Ferndale police while she was traveling on Eight Mile road inside the city of Detroit. Police......
Governor’s order bars agencies from cooperating in other states’ abortion prosecutions, asks them to look into increasing reproductive protections
May 27th, 20220 LANSING — As the U.S. Supreme Court gets set to reveal a decision that could overturn the federally established right to abortion access nationwide, states are taking actions to continue those protections on their own. In Michigan, the Democratic officials have taken steps over recent months as the high court presides over a case...
Dearborn government and non profit partners to hold baby formula distribution on Friday
May 27th, 20220 DEARBORN — Dearborn officials are holding an emergency baby formula distribution event on Friday, spurred by a nationwide formula shortage. Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, Public Health Director Ali Abazeed, other city officials and non profit partners will host the event from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday at the west entrance of the Ford...
Judge Yvonna Abraham thanks mentors, inspirations, family at investiture ceremony
May 22nd, 20220 DEARBORN – Hundreds of community members, supporters, judges and elected officials were at the investiture ceremony for Wayne County Third Circuit Court Judge Yvonna Abraham on Monday, May 16. The ceremony for Abraham, the first Palestinian American judge in Michigan, took place at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in...
Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders join local community to commemorate the Nakba, ask justice for slain Palestinian journalist
May 20th, 20220 DEARBORN — Hundreds gathered at the Second Annual Metro Detroit March for Jerusalem Palestine rally in Dearborn, commemorating 74 years of the Nakba, last Sunday. The rally, which occurred in front of the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, was one of two such events in the city last weekend. The rally had been organized......
Tlaib introduces congressional bill recognizing, commemorating the Nakba
May 17th, 20221 On Monday, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) introduced a resolution in the U.S. House commemorating and recognizing the 74th anniversary of the Nakba this past Sunday. The Nakba, or “catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the mass expulsion of Palestinian Arabs from British Mandate Palestine to make way for Israel’s creation...
CUNY Law faculty, several law organizations, endorse students’ BDS resolution against Israel
May 17th, 20222 NEW YORK — Law school faculty at a major university in New York have joined the ranks of educational and professional organizations supporting the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and recognition of Palestinian rights. Last week, the City University of New York (CUNY) Law Faculty unanimously endorsed a CUNY Law Student......
Free and reduced-cost high speed Internet available to many: Here’s what to know
May 14th, 20220 The Biden administration, Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress have created the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provides eligible households $30 per month off their Internet bills. The government has secured commitments from 20 leading Internet providers to offer ACP-eligible households a high-speed Internet...
Israeli occupation forces murder renowned Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
May 12th, 20220 OCCUPIED WEST BANK — Israel drew international condemnation over its forces' targeted killing of prominent Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. The 51-year-old Palestinian journalist had been with the news organization since 1997 and had covered numerous notable events in the region, like the Second Intifada between the......
