Target plans to stop asking prospective employees about their criminal records in initial job applications at all of its

U.S. stores, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Huffington Post on Tuesday.

The Minneapolis-based company had been facing pressure to do so from grassroots advocacy group TakeAction Minnesota.…

State District Judge Elizabeth E. Coker—who sits on the bench over Trinity, Polk and San Jacinto

Texas district Judge Elizabeth E. Coker is stepping down from the bench after being caught engaging in a massive perversion of justice. A whistleblower revealed that Corker was sending text messages to prosecutors with suggestions on questions to ask in court in order to secure a conviction.…

The rise in prosperity and self-confidence, coupled with the growing self-awareness of Turkey as an Islamic nation, is

Muqtedar Khan

Associate Professor of Islam and Global Affairs, the University of Delaware

leading to…

A Palestinian woman, Rasmieh Odeh, was arrested at her home this morning, Oct. 22, by agents of the

Department of Homeland Security.

She is charged with immigration fraud. Allegedly, in her application for citizenship, she didn’t mention that she was arrested in Palestine 45 years ago by an Israeli military court that detains Palestinians without charge - a court that has over 200 children in prison today and does not…

This week, 1.2 billion Muslims will celebrate Eid-al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, or Tabaski as it is known in West

by Sylviane A. Diouf, Curator of Digital Collections, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Africa. Very few among them will have a thought for the hundreds of thousands of…

WASHINGTON, October 18, 2013 —  A group of Americans visiting Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj were threatened and

by Rahat Husain

attacked earlier this week on Oct. 16 by a radicalized group of extremists. On one of the nights where Hajj pilgrims are required to stay overnight in the city of Mina, a group of young…

JNN 14 Oct 2013 Baghdad : Amid the rising flames of sectarianism, occasionally there are people and

         Grand Ayatullah Sistani

groups that hurl insults at other religious sects, fueling the fire and stoking the cycle of violence and hatred. In contrast, moderate Iraqi clergymen make every effort to thwart this trend and try, as much as possible, to limit its influence.

The extremist Wahabi…

After pleading so hard for our government to change direction and decide to preserve US economic sovereignty and the

           Dr. Anisa Abd el Fattah

After making the case for an economic solution that would have prevented default and also solved the US debt crisis, I think its fitting, considering that I lost the argument, to say a few words about what I think should be next.

right of our country and citizens…

Bus 174 The Tragedy Of Children Of African Decent In Brazil...the untold story..

Bus 174 (Portuguese: Ônibus 174) is a Brazilian documentary film released on October 22, 2002. It is the…

The world is in a state of anxiety as global leaders wait to see just how the US decides what to do…

Inside Out

Inside Out - Poverty & unemployment in Paterson…

Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, delivered a message to this year’s hajj pilgrims.

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Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, delivered a message to this year’s hajj…

Her story is one of triumph, faith and perseverance- reminding us of the power of God's mercy and grace.

Nicole Newman, President/CEO of Newman Networks is an inspiring motivational speaker, technology writer for the national on-line newspaper, The examiner and exceptional business networker. She was born in Washington DC and grew up in the City of Brotherly Love,…