After Barack Obama’s decisive 2008 victory, Democratic Party strategists became convinced that their party’s future dominance was insured because “demographics are destiny”.Obama performed well among many groups, but his decisive performance among young voters, Black, Latino and

Former Congressman Pete McCloskey died last week at the age of 96.

Palestinian Fayez Sayegh once wrote that when pro-Israel groups appeared to be at their strongest, they were masking their weakness.

The US reaction to Iran’s retaliatory drone and missile launches against Israel was predictable and unhelpful. More sanctions against Iran and more weapons to Israel, while calling for de-escalation, was at best contradictory.

University student protests against US support for Israel’s war in Gaza have spread like wildfire. At last count, over 200 campuses have seen sustained demonstrations.

One Sunday afternoon, my father-in-law was on the Long Island Expressway driving the family to an event. With surprisingly little traffic on what would ordinarily be a congested highway, they were cruising along at a good speed.

It took over a half century to strengthen the Arab American identity and build organisations to meet community needs.

Two seemingly unrelated recent events have caused me to reflect on the long journey to Arab American empowerment: the death of former Senator Joseph Lieberman on March 27 and the 28th anniversary of former Secretary of Commerce Ronald Brown’s tragic death on April 3.When Arab Ame

Land has always been central to the Palestinian national identity.