Min Zhou – WNN Opinion (WNN/CGN) Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA, U.S.: Last July 2011, former Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke became the first Chinese American to be appointed US Ambassador to China, after having been nominated by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by Congress. His appointment was truly a history-making event for Asian Americans. As a […]
Nadia S. Mohammad – WNN Opinion (WNN/CGN) New York, N.Y. UNITED STATES: “Terrorist.” “Jihadist.” “Misogynist.” “Brown.” “Bearded.” “Un-American.” These are the terms and images often associated with Muslim men in America. A compilation of autobiographical essays by Muslim American men, All-American: 45 American Muslim Men on Being Muslim, presents a series of personal accounts that […]
Bernadette Cahill – WNN Opinion (WNN) Washington, D.C., UNITED STATES: Last May, an AP (Associated Press) news story reported that women were now moving into new jobs in previously all-male units in the United States army. The move opens up about 14,000 military jobs for women – making official the practice in Iraq and Afghanistan, […]
Christina Caldwell – WNN Opinion (WNN) U.S.: With the recent escalation of governmental policy changes along with impassionate and contentious political debates regarding the major issue of birth control in America, it is hardly unfathomable to know that $5 billion was spent on contraceptives in the US alone for the fiscal 2011 year. This number […]
Sandy Oestreich – WNN Opinion (WNN) St. Petersburg, FLORIDA, U.S.: “What war on Women?” some ask with a smirk. It’s not as if it’s enough that there’s been a steady drumbeat of regulations and legislation that increasingly restrict and demoralize half the U.S. population, American women. No, now they’ve come for the ultimate victory, women’s […]
Nadia S. Mohammad – WNN Opinion (WNN/CGN) New York, N.Y.: New York, New York – As the American public reads of yet another report released on governmental surveillance of Muslim American communities, it is refreshing to know that for the first time since the 9/11 attacks, the US Senate Judiciary Committee, along with various state legislatures […]
Katie Reilly with Marielle DeJong – WNN Opinion (WNN/PM) Washington, DC, U.S.: As a result of the unprecedented rates of violent crimes against Native American women, there has been an increase in legislation dealing with criminal investigations and legal procedures on Native American reservations. For example, the Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women Act (SAVE […]
Marwa Helal – WNN Opinion (WNN/CGN) New York, NEW YORK: ‘Love, InshAllah,’ a brand new anthology of personal stories about love and relationships, gives Muslim American women a chance to tell their stories themselves. If you’re looking for a fresh conversation on love, Islam and gender led by Muslim American women, look no further than […]
Barbara Slavin – WNN Opinion (WNN/CGN) Washington, D.C., UNITED STATES: After months of sabre-rattling rhetoric by Iran, Israel and the United States, there seems to be a collective, and welcome, time out. Since President Barack Obama’s 4 March speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), all sides have been stressing non-military means to […]
Anya Cordell – WNN Opinion (WNN/CGN) Chicago, ILLINIOS, U.S.: Martin Luther King, Jr., the renowned American civil rights activist, said, “Men hate each other because they fear each other, they fear each other because they don’t know each other, and they don’t know each other because they are often separated from each other.” Americans commemorated […]
