Activists Organize Against Border Patrol Plans to Scrutinize Social Media of Chinese Travelers to US

Last month, US Customs and Border Protection announced a proposal to institute a “voluntary” social media check of Chinese travelers…

‘Designated Survivor’ Recap: Season 1, Episode 2, ‘The First Day’

By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) Shortly after the fifteenth anniversary of the 2001 World Trade Center attacks, The Week posted…

‘Doesn’t Mean We Bang’: Reckless Criminalization and Monstrous Peril in the Case of Dylan Yang

By Guest Contributors: Pao Lee Vue, Bee Vang, and Louisa Schein Last March, Wausau resident Dylan Yang, 16 – who…

The Institutionalization of Islamophobia: How Congress May Let Fear and Hatred Dismantle the Visa Waiver Program

GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has built his political platform on intolerance, Islamophobia, and nativism, but (at least for the moment) we…

Anti-Indictment Rallies for NYPD Officer Peter Liang Draw Smaller Than Expected Crowd in NYC

After over a month of build-up, a “National Day of Protest” that organizers said would involve coordinated rallies opposing the indictment of…

Fox News guest is sorry-not-sorry for comments supporting Japanese American internment and Hiroshima

Last week, I posted about a mind-numbingly horrible segment aired by Fox News’ Cashin’ In regarding anti-Muslim profiling. In it, hedge fund…

Fox News calls anti-Muslim profiling “a good start”, supports claim by citing Japanese American internment

I don’t even know where to begin. I really don’t. So, let’s just start at the beginning, shall we? Last…