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Friday Nite Videos | June 17, 2022

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How Proud Boys Coordinated for Capitol Riot. Trump and John Eastman Knew Their Plan Was Illegal. The Wire Cast Members Talk Trump’s 'Mob' Tactics and 'Rats'. Why Is The Rent So Damn High In Florida? Marvel Studios’ Ms. Marvel.

Can Ms. Marvel Change the Image of Islam in America?

Juan Cole Informed Comment
In the first episode of this tv series, the 16-year-old Pakistani-American superhero despairs of being allowed to go to a comic book convention, saying, “Anyway, it is not as if the brown girls are the ones who save the world.” Obviously, the point of this series is to disprove this defeatist point of view.

Friday Nite Videos | Sept 17, 2021

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10 Years Since Occupy: What Did We Learn? High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America. 9/11 and My Immigrant Experience | Hasan Minhaj. The War in Afghanistan: What Else Should We Never Forget? My Name Is Pauli Murray | Movie.

Democratic Socialist Rana Abdelhamid Takes On a New York Incumbent

Aída Chávez The Nation
"I came to organizing both from a class perspective and also just growing up post-9/11 as a Muslim New Yorker,” the candidate told The Nation. She founded a women’s self-defense group after she was assaulted on the street for wearing a hijab...

Friday Nite Videos | August 28, 2020

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Kenny Smith Walks Off the Inside Set. Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Link to Trump. Ramy Youssef - Shattering Muslim Stereotypes on TV. Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn (Movie). Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues: A Voter Checklist.

The ‘Blue Wave’ Was Also A ‘Muslim Wave’

Domenica Ghanem Other Words
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.
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