Jewish Voice for Peace condemns Israeli siege of Gaza
Oakland — American peace group Jewish Voice for Peace expressed outrage and sadness this week at the latest escalation of violence and collective punishment in Gaza...
The problem with keeping Gates
November 22nd, 20080 Press reports say Barack Obama may retain George W. Bush's Defense Secretary Robert Gates as a gesture to war-time continuity, bipartisanship and respect for the...
Emanuel apologizes for father’s anti-Arab comments
November 15th, 20080 Obama's newly appointed Chief of Staff calls ADC to repudiate statements President-elect Barack Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel Just a week after he was......
Have we been conned again?
If the change President-elect Obama has promised includes a halt to America's wars of aggression and an end to the rip-off of taxpayers by powerful financial interests,...You can stop the foreclosures
It was always happening to them, not us. Hurricanes, tornadoes, factory closings and foreclosures. We paid attention but didn't really care. People who had their......
The Obama revolution
November 8th, 20080 Abraham Lincoln, another president from Illinois, fought a civil war that divided a nation and succeeded in uniting it again. But when he tried to take on the bankers,...Reading the subtext: Muslims and American politics
…all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect......
Pumping up Muslim voter turnout
SAN FRANCISCO — American Muslims are feverishly working for the largest-ever Muslim voter turnout on Nov. 4, with a particular focus on battleground states. Muslim...War, economic collapse, peak oil and climate change
Is it writers' block, or is it that the world is in such a mess that it has simply short-circuited my mind? So many bad news scenarios present themselves on several......
Next president will inherit Guantanamo dilemma
NEW YORK (IPS) — Leading human rights groups reacted with outrage Tuesday to media reports that the administration of President George W. Bush has decided not to...Forgive us our debts
Federal Reserve headquarters Four cowboys wanted to play a game of poker, but they didn't have a deck of cards. A banker offered to lend them a deck of......
Third party and independent presidential candidates
October 26th, 20080 In last week's issue of The Arab American News, we took a fair look at Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, detailing where they stand on several issues, as the two major...Powell marks latest Republican defection
WASHINGTON (IPS) - The announcement by former Secretary of State Colin Powell Sunday that he will vote for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president Nov. 4 marks the......
“We have to share this pain”
PORTLAND, Oregon (IPS) - Veterans from the U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, along with Iraqis, Afghanis, Vietnam veterans, and family members of U.S. military...
Weighing the candidates
October 17th, 20080 With only two weeks left before the election, and after the two major US presidential candidates have debated for the third and final tme, The Arab American News......
Going out with a whimper, not a bang
WASHINGTON (IPS) — With only three months left in office, U.S. President George W. Bush appears increasingly determined to calm the international waters he so...Coalition speaks out against anti-Muslim DVD
Los Angeles — Sheriff Lee Baca, actor Mike Farrell and nearly 20 members of the newly formed Coalition for Renewing American Democracy held a press conference last......
Two American journalists held in Syria released
Two American journalists who were missing for more than a week were released by Syrian authorities and reportedly on their way home Thursday, after being detained while...America’s right-wing zealots will not fade away
In 1964, Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona ran for president as a rock-ribbed conservative who yearned to roll back both the Soviet Empire and FDR's New Deal. He carried......
Come to the polls Nov. 4 with knowledge — and confidence
While the results of the Nov. 4 election won't be known until the polls close, one thing already is certain: All eligible Michigan voters have the opportunity...
Hathaway aims for state Supreme Court
October 3rd, 20080 Candidate for Michigan Supreme Court Diane Marie HathawayWhen people go in to fill out their ballots on November 4th, most of the attention will be on the......
McCain gives up on Michigan in major retreat
October 3rd, 20080 John McCainJohn McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty...
November ballots will be loaded
October 3rd, 20080 All the attention right now is on the monumental upcoming presidential race, but when the moment of truth finally comes and voters are presented with the ballots......
