NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, about a contentious exchange at a Senate hearing on hate crimes.
The exchange is featured across numerous TikTok accounts garnering over millions of views and strong reactions.
Republican Senator John Kennedy attacked Arab American Institute Director Maya Berry with racist rant during her Senate ...
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy played the role of concerned politician with consummate flair when he made his way around southeast ...
Hanaan Shahin came to D.C. only to hear more of the same anti-Palestinian bigotry that got her son Wadea killed.
La., faces backlash from civil rights groups after telling an Arab American witness to “hide your head in a bag” following ...
On Tuesday, Sen. John Kennedy (R-Lousiana) repeatedly made offensive comments that Arab American activist Maya Berry is a ...
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 ...