On Tuesday, Republican Sen. John Kennedy provided a master class on delivering a racist line of questioning—and during a ...

Brenda Abdelall also said Zionists controlled a lot of American politics but a spokesperson for Harris' campaign said the ...

Always a key issue for American Israelis, ensuring Israel’s security has taken on even greater significance since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, about a contentious exchange at a Senate hearing on hate crimes.

Maya Berry, executive of the Arab American Institute, repeatedly denied Kennedy's allegations of supporting the Israel-Hamas ...

Republican Senator John Kennedy attacked Arab American Institute Director Maya Berry with racist rant during her Senate ...

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy played the role of concerned politician with consummate flair when he made his way around southeast ...

Hanaan Shahin came to D.C. only to hear more of the same anti-Palestinian bigotry that got her son Wadea killed.

The comment from the Senator has been called a direct racist attack. Calls for Kennedy to be censured have been growing since the hearing.

The White House slammed Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) for asking if an Arab American witness supported Hamas and Hezbollah during ...

Kennedy asked Berry, “You are the executive director of the Arab American Institute, are you not?” She agreed that she was a ...

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 ...