From MediaPost.com: When it comes to wooing Muslim Americans, U.S. marketers are pretty oblivious, leaving potential customers to scramble for product information on their own. Are Halal meals at Kentucky Fried Chicken Halal enough? How about Oreos? What’s new at Forever 21 that is hot and modest? Is that mutual fund compliant with Shariah investment […]
Authorities in Eastpointe are investigating a suspected arson fire in a home Thursday night on the same street where black residents received threatening letters with racial slurs this week, police said.
From JackAndJillPolitics.com: By Baratunde Thurston In July 2010 America came to a standstill and watched television as Lebron James held a much-hyped press conference to announce he would be leaving Cleveland to play for the Miami Heat. In January 2009 America came to a standstill and watched YouTube as BART transit officer Johannes Mehserle pulled […]
From Gawker.com: Mel Gibson allegedly ranted against “wetbacks” on tape. Previous tirades include the N-word and anti-Semitism. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could read every terrible thing Gibson has said, all in one place? Look no further. Updated with more quotes!
From TheRoot.com: Six-year-old Ja’Briel Weston was shackled by his ankle to a chair for disobeying his first-grade teacher. Two days later, he was apprehended by an armed security guard, dragged down a hallway and handcuffed to a chair for getting into a shoving match with another student. This didn’t happen at some medieval-age boarding school. […]
“Another cop got off easy.” That is undoubtedly the feeling of many people in Oakland after Johannes Mehserle, a former police officer for the Bay Area Rapid Transit subway system, was found guilty Thursday of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old unarmed man who was lying face down on a subway […]
From VOANews.com: North Korea says an American man being held for illegally crossing its border has tried to kill himself.
From NYDailyNews.com: President Obama suggested Thursday that his Muslim middle name – Hussein – makes a lot of Israelis nervous about his commitment to the Jewish state. When asked by an Israeli interviewer why many Israelis are “anxious about you,” and “feel like you don’t have a special connection to Israel,” Obama said, “Some of […]
From ESPN: LeBron James put the NBA on notice Thursday night, joining Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami.