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.

Republican Senator John Kennedy attacked Arab American Institute Director Maya Berry with racist rant during her Senate ...

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy played the role of concerned politician with consummate flair when he made his way around southeast ...

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

On Tuesday, Sen. John Kennedy (R-Lousiana) repeatedly made offensive comments that Arab American activist Maya Berry is a ...

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 meant to address rising hate crimes in America, Republican Senator John Kennedy launched an unfounded ...

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 ...

Rashida Tlaib urged lawmakers to vote against the bill, saying that a 'yes' vote would be 'erasing Palestinians' existence'.

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 ...