Maya Berry came to testify as an expert on hate crimes. She ended up the target of blatant anti-Arab racism by Republican ...

On Tuesday, Republican Sen. John Kennedy provided a master class on delivering a racist line of questioning—and during a ...

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.

Hanaan Shahin came to D.C. only to hear more of the same anti-Palestinian bigotry that got her son Wadea killed.

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 ...

During a Senate hearing on hate crimes, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) drew audible gasps from the audience after making racially ...

We speak with Maya Berry, the executive director of the Arab American Institute, after she faced racist and hostile ...

An MSNBC host called for consequences for a Republican senator from Louisiana who launched into a racially charged line of ...

The Louisiana Republican sparked an outcry after making the remark to an Arab American activist during a Senate hearing on ...

Whether it's Republican senators disrespecting Muslim women or a Chicago detective posting racist and bigoted comments on ...

"The historic levels of hate crimes we are experiencing harm individuals, communities, and our country—we can and must ...

US Senator John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) told Arab American Institute Executive Director Maya Berry during a Senate Judiciary ...