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Michigan hosts the largest population of Arab Americans in the country, and Dearborn is home to the country's only Arab American History Museum. (flowertiare/Adobe Stock)

New U.S. race, ethnicity standards include Middle Eastern, North African

Until recently, many Americans of Middle Eastern or North African descent were categorized as “white” in government surveys, making it challenging to accurately quantify this population ...

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Democracy BLEEDING HEARTLAND: Data show which Iowa counties have (or don’t have) representative juries By LAURA BELIN Bleeding Heartland – 11/06/23

Originally published on Oct. 5 Five of the eight Iowa counties with the largest Black populations “had trial juries that were fully representative of their jury-eligible Black population” during ...

Elections Potential Wisconsin Senate candidate set to speak alongside Moms for Liberty book ban activist By Richard Eberwein – 10/25/23

Probable Wisconsin GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde is set to speak next month alongside Scarlett Johnson, a prominent organizer for the far-right Moms for Liberty organization that routinely calls for book bans.

Crime Kansas City reassures residents after Missouri spike in religion-based hate crimes By FARAH SIDDIQI Missouri News Connection – 10/20/23

Some Missourians fear an increase in hate crimes in the wake of a six-year-old’s murder in Illinois this week – an incident authorities say was motivated by the Israel-Hamas war. The ...

Incarceration BLEEDING HEARTLAND: Iowa still among worst states for racial disparities in incarceration By LAURA BELIN Bleeding Heartland – 10/02/23

Originally published on Sept. 28 Iowa is tied for seventh among states with the highest disparities in Black incarceration rates, according to new analysis from the nonprofit Prison Policy ...

Education State officials testify in Senate on Illinois anti-book-ban legislation By MARK RICHARDSON Illinois News Connection – 9/13/23

A pair of Illinois state officials testified Tuesday before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on the state General Assembly’s adoption of a bill to protect libraries from book bans and other ...

Florida Jacksonville mourns after racist shooting leaves three dead By TRIMMEL GOMES Florida News Connection – 8/28/23

People in Jacksonville are mourning the deaths of three Black residents, gunned down by a white man who left behind “manifestos,” leading investigators to believe the shooting was a hate ...

Arkansas Arkansas schools defy the state’s education department, keep African American studies in curriculum By Richard Eberwein – 8/18/23

Several schools in Arkansas have announced they will continue to offer AP African American Studies classes after the state’s Department of Education planned to drop the class and implied that it supports “opinions” and “indoctrination.”

Michigan Art collaboration this weekend for Black August in Detroit By FARAH SIDDIQI Michigan News Connection – 8/17/23

Communities around the country and in Michigan are celebrating Black August and promoting liberation of all diversities. Anthony Baber, director of communications and culture for Detroit Action, ...

Alabama GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville struggles to denounce white nationalists By Richard Eberwein – 7/11/23

During an exchange with CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins Monday evening, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) argued that white nationalists being racist is an opinion. He continued to push that opinion until midday Tuesday.

Education Tribal education groups respond to SCOTUS ruling on admissions By MIKE MOEN Prairie News Service – 7/03/23

Advocates for underrepresented college students continue to assess the fallout from last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision dealing with affirmative action. That includes voices within the ...

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