La., repeatedly suggested a leading Arab American activist is a Hamas supporter when she testified Tuesday at a Senate ...

Berry went before the Senate to discuss the important issue of hate crimes, only to receive a torrent of abuse. She should be ...

The Louisiana Republican sparked an outcry after making the remark to an Arab American activist during a Senate hearing on ...

We speak with Maya Berry, the executive director of the Arab American Institute, after she faced racist and hostile ...

La., faces backlash from civil rights groups after telling an Arab American witness to “hide your head in a bag” following ...

Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.) on Sept. 17 antagonized Maya Berry, the executive director of the Arab American Institute, during a hearing on hate crimes. (Video: The Washington Post) Kennedy then ...

Berry, who also serves as co-chair of the Hate Crimes Task Force, sought to highlight the rise in hate crimes impacting ...

Berry says the experience illustrated the very problem of dehumanization the hearing was meant to address. Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If ...

During a Senate hearing on hate crimes, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) drew audible gasps from the audience after making racially ...

Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy grilled Arab American Institute founder Maya Berry during a Senate Judiciary hearing to discuss hate crimes on Tuesday.

Democrats have called Kenneth Stern, a former AJC leader who opposes the Antisemitism Awareness Act, and Maya Berry, the ...