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

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

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told an Arab American witness that she should “hide [her] head in a bag” after repeatedly asking ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

In Washington, D.C., the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the rise of anti-Muslim and antisemitic hate crimes across the U.S. Republican ... out at the hearing’s Arab American witness, ...

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