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Bernie Sanders has made a concerted effort to meet with and listen to members of the Muslim community, and he has been at the forefront of advocating for our rights. Other 2020 candidates could benefit from taking a cue from him.

I don’t think we can separate antisemitism and Islamophobia from each other, as they both emerge from state racism and the history of imperialism. Houria Bouteldja lays out the choice facing the Jewish community: provisional privilege or solidarity.

Ilhan Omar calls Islamophobia and anti-Jewish hatred 'two sides of the same coin of bigotry'

The third Omar controversy in as many months concerns remarks that the congresswoman made during an event of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Then President Trump tweeted a video “WE WILL NEVER FORGET!!!”

All the Other Reasons Trump Is a Bad President. Seeds of Freedom | Manu Chao. Jacinda Ardern's Full Christchurch Speech. Brexit Teens: Coming of Age During Political Chaos. Movie | US.

Reader Comments: Saving the Planet - Youth Climate Strike; White Nationalism Deep Roots; New Zealand - How a Government Should Respond; Setting the Record Straight - Prof. Joseph Wilson; lots of resources and announcements...

Last week Portside posted Rosalind P. Petchesky's piece, An Appeal to Jewish Women to Support the 2019 Women’s March and Its Leaders. Preserving the unity and diversity of the anti-Trump movement is crucial. Here are responses from Portside readers.

The willingness of Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies to embrace American Islamophobia in their attacks on two progressive Muslim-American women, and others, reveals the deep schism between the autocracies of the Arab world and their expatriates.

The progressive Muslim wave thrived even as it faced one of the most Islamophobic elections of our time. These candidates ran on health care for all, protecting black lives, reversing our climate disaster and challenging US foreign policy.