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El-Sayed’s Win in Michigan Is the Most Consequential Election This Year

Dr. James J. Zogby Arab American Institute
In what will be seen as this year’s most significant election Dr Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza and massive US military support to Israel became central themes actively debated across the state

El-Sayed’s Challenge: Overcoming ‘Otherness’

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
If the economy is the issue, he can win Michigan in November. El-Sayed's overriding message has to be that his election will help end Trump’s disastrous control of the economy. Halley Stevens concession and endorsement; Mallory McMorrow endorsement.

Cuomo Embraces Islamophobia in Waning Days of Mayoral Campaign

Yoav Gonen and Claudia Irizarry Aponte The City
The former governor participated in a radio interview on Thursday where he laughed with the cohost imagining mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim, cheering on a future 9/11 attack against the city.

When I Look at Zohran Mamdani, Here’s What I See

Meher Ahmad The New York Times
It’s a confounding time to be Muslim in this country. A degree of Muslim culture I would have never thought possible when I was a kid is now imbued in the lexicon of Americans. I’m still a little shocked every time I hear non-Muslims say “inshallah.”

25 Islamic Imans and Clerics Urge Muslims Across US To Defeat Trump

Brett Wilkins Common Dreams
"Knowingly enabling someone like Donald Trump to return to office, whether by voting directly for him or for a third-party candidate, is both a moral and a strategic failure." [Full letter from Islamic Imans and Clerics, listing signers is below]
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