Imprisoned With Her Baby, Bahraini Activist Is Victim of U.S. Silence, Sister Says
For charges of tearing up a picture of Bahrain’s monarch, human rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja will be imprisoned for up to three years.
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Chairman of Government Commission on Religious Freedom Unironically Endorses Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz advocated a ban on Muslim Syrian refugees. But Robert George said, “No one has been stronger in standing up for religious liberty” than Cruz.
Ted Cruz's New Foreign Policy Team Makes Him as Extreme as Donald Trump
Cruz’s team, full of conspiracy theorists and arch-neoconservatives, belies the argument that he is a moderate compared to Trump.
New Bill Would Turn GOP's Xenophobic Rhetoric About Refugees Into Law
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Sikh Americans Fight for Civil Rights in Donald Trump's America
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Bernie Sanders Promises "Level Playing Field" on Israel-Palestine
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New Film Delves Into FBI Arrests of Youths for Terrorism Crimes They Might Commit
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Huge Numbers of GOP Voters Favor Trump's Proposal to Ban Muslim Entry to U.S.
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