Politics
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Two decades after 9/11, Muslim Americans still fighting bias
Two decades after 9/11, Muslim Americans still fighting bias (INDEPENDENT) A car passed, the driver’s window rolled down and the…
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Hotels could become home for many Afghan refugees in Seattle area
By John Ryan (KUOW) Relief organizations in the Seattle area are having to get creative to find housing for an…
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Dave Upthegrove to Organizations That Didn’t Endorse Him: “Is It Because I’m a White Guy?”
By Rich Smith (THE STRNGER) In his bid to represent South King County on the council for a third term, Dave…
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CAIR Washington Asks Biden To Keep Promise To Afghan Refugees
A local advocacy group is calling on the White House to evacuate eligible refugees before withdrawing the remaining U.S. troops.…
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Maryam Monsef called the Taliban ‘brothers.’ Here’s what you need to know
By Amanda Connolly Global News Canadian Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef clarified her comments on Wednesday when she called the…
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Mosque bomber now identifies as a woman, says right-wing blogs fueled ‘inner conflict’ leading up to attack
By Andy Mannix Star Tribune (BELLEVUE HERALD LEADER) MINNEAPOLIS — The militia leader who’s facing life in prison for masterminding…
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Taliban have ‘Grown Up’ and Should Be Given a Chance, Says Islamic Scholar
BY KHALEDA RAHMAN (NEWS WEEK) An Islamic scholar says the Taliban have “grown up” since they were last in power and that they…
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Afghanistan shows the folly of mistaking Christian ideals for ‘universal’ ones.
By Robert Nicholson (WSJ) Historians, soldiers and politicians will debate for decades the particulars of what went wrong during America’s intervention…
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Op-Ed: Mistakes the U.S. made in Vietnam were repeated in Afghanistan. We must break the cycle
BY DAVID A. SUPER (LA Times) The rapid collapse of the Afghan government has lessons to teach us, if we will…
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I Should Have Listened to My Dad About Afghanistan
By Noah Feldman (WASHINGTON POST) The fall of Kabul reminds me of an argument I had with my father on Thanksgiving…
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