We went into this election cycle knowing that both political parties faced real challenges.Republicans had created and fostered a radical populist movement they intended to use to oppose President Barack Obama but which, in the end, turned on the GOP and devoured their establishm

This week, without debate or an actual vote, the US Senate stealthily passed a disturbing and dangerous piece of legislation introduced by senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Bob Casey (D-PA).Called “The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016” (AAA), the Scott-Casey bill requires the Depa

Last week, I joined several hundred protesters in a sit-in in front of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Headquarters in Washington, DC.

Commentary on the US elections has shifted from post-mortems to predictions; from how did Donald Trump win to what will he do now that he has won.Projecting what any president-elect will do is often a fool’s errand and in Trump’s case, it is made even more difficult by the fact t

My wife came down to breakfast on Thursday morning still in a daze over the outcome of the election. She said, poignantly: “I feel just like I did after my father died.

For years, Arab American voters, like most other ethnic communities, slightly leaned towards the Democratic Party but were swing voters in national and local elections.This was the pattern we observed in the early years of our more than two decades of biannual surveys of the comm

For years, Arab American voters, like most other ethnic communities, slightly leaned towards the Democratic Party, but were swing voters in national and local elections. This was the pattern we observed in the early years of our more than two decades of biannual surveys of t

Citizens in several Arab Gulf states appear to have a higher appreciation for the quality of life available to them in their countries than citizens in most European countries.This was one of the key findings of a Zogby Research Services (ZRS) study conducted earlier this year.&n

This past week, I travelled to Dearborn, Michigan, where I addressed a Hillary for America campaign event. Held at the Arab American National Museum, the gathering provided me with the opportunity to explain why I was endorsing Hillary Clinton for president.