the economy, and crime, while supporters of Clinton were concerned about inequality, gun violence and the environment as serious problems (Pew). Without a question, this election highlighted the racial divide in this country, as the majority of White americans including the majority of White women...
A former US mayor is fearful that people from the LGBT+ community no longer feel safe in her city after a seismic shift in demographics. Hamtramck, Michigan became the first city in the United States to elect a Muslim-majority council in 2015. But last year, the city council sparked furo...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) –A new opinion pollconducted by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, a Muslim-American think tank based in Michigan, finds that half of Jewish Democrats and a majority of Muslim Democrats agree on the need for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Some 78%...
It was an especially ugly night for Biden in Michigan’s Arab and Muslim population centres. “Uncommitted” blew out the incumbent president by a 17-point margin in Dearborn, Mich., the onlyArab-majoritycity in the United States. A further six in 10 voters went for “uncommitted” in...
"It’s important to remember that although we all happen to be practicing Muslims, we are elected through the processes set forth by the United States, Michigan, Wayne County and Hamtramck," Amanda Jaczkowski, one of the three newly elected Muslims on the council, told the Detroit Free Pr...
“Once again, national organizations’ endorsements aren’t matching up to what the people suffering from four years of Kamala Harris believe,” Victoria LaCivita, Trump’s communications director for Michigan, said Wednesday. She added that Trump had won the endorsement of...
Unable to stomach either candidate, many Arab Americans may stay home or vote for Green Party candidate Jill Stein — choices that could potentially sway the result, particularly in the state of Michigan. But anything other than a vote for Harris will be, in effect, a vote for Trump. There...
Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey and Pennsylvania also put Muslims in key local offices, with the city of Hamtramck in Michigan electing the country’s first all-Muslim city council. Further, President Biden nominated, and the Senate confirmed the appointment of Rashad Hussain as Ambassador-at-...
"Biden would be persona non grata if he entered Dearborn right now," Amer Zahr, a Palestinian American comedian and progressive Democratic activist,previously told ABC News, referring to a city in Michigan where half of the 110,000 residents are of Middle Eastern or North African Descent. ...
Earlier Friday, Trump had visited with members of the Lebanese community in Dearborn, Michigan, the country’s largest majority-Arab city. Arab and Muslim voters are facing a difficult choice in this election. Although Arab Americans tend to vote Democratic, Harris is ...