The invitation by the Lebanese Muslim Association, and the intense criticism it received, reveal that, despite a shared sense of collective grief, the Australian Muslim community currently lacks a unified strategy for interacting with a political system that continues to marginalises it.   The post United in grief, divided in strategy: the limits of Australian Muslim political engagement appeared first on…Read More

The East Wing of the White House is gone. Construction was set to begin in two weeks, but then something happened in the lawsuit involving Trump’s construction of a ballroom at the White House.PoliticusUSA’s news and opinions are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Subscribe nowThe preservationists who are suing Trump won. Not only did the judge block construction…Read More

Growing up as a typical American Jew, I had it drilled into my head from a very young age that a strong Israel was a necessary condition for my safety. America was our home, sure, but as the grandson of a Holocaust survivor, I knew the history—at any moment our security could be shattered. Only the guaranteed protection of a…Read More

Lakshya Jain, in The Argument:Despite his reputation as a working-class whisperer, Platner is actually doing far better with upscale Democratic whites than with non-college Democrats. Each primary poll with regional breakdowns has shown a common theme: Mills does far better among the blue-collar Democrats in the rural north of the state, while Platner cleans up with wealthy, coastal liberals who…Read More

Seems to be a bit of a kerfuffle down Chester way. It goes back a couple weeks, but it hasn’t been noted beyond local press accounts. At its March 18 meeting, the Chester select board was doing a bit of routine annual business: designating newspapers of record, where official notices are to be published. And boy, did board chair Lee…Read More

Child poverty is a stain on our pride as a state and a nation. Children are not workers. They are not responsible for their own economic wellbeing. Yet their early years are highly determinative of their future success in life. Childhood poverty impacts brain development and school readiness. Setbacks in both create lifelong reverberations. Fighting… The post We Don’t Have…Read More

From pay parity to workplace safety, critics say Brooke van Velden leaves behind a deeply controversial legacy. Source link thedailyblog.co.nzRead More