Aversion to illegal immigrants is intensified by discussions on repealing constitutional provisions that guarantee citizenship to every individual born in America, although politically speaking, the chances of overthrowing the 14^th Amendment are very small. more>

The source of hostility comes from the larger society, but sadly, too frequently they come from within our own community. more>

Pakistan's greatest flood disaster offers a unique window of opportunity to the international community, particularly the U.S. and other western powers, to make good on their claim of friendship with Pakistanis. Public opinion polls released by the PEW research institute revealed that a majority of Pakistanis consider the U.S. an enemy. more>

The City of New York owes more than $2 million to Alianza Dominicana. There are 300 employees whose salaries are not being paid as a result of this debt. Not one political leader says anything? Where then is the leadership that they praise so much? more>

Competing rallies were held in Lower Manhattan yesterday, over the proposed Islamic Cultural Center to be constructed two blocks from the site of the September 11 terrorist attacks. more>

Although Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein have claimed various successes with regards to closing the racial gap in public education, the truth is that blacks and Latinos are falling even further behind white and Asian students.  more>

The American Muslim community must also answer the million dollar question: Why did they feel the need to build a mosque neat Ground Zero in utter disregard to America's current charged political and social environment? 

VIDEO :: A proposed Islamic cultural center just blocks from the World Trade Center continues to inspire fiery debate. CBS's Michelle Miller reports.

AUDIO :: Competing rallies were held in Lower Manhattan August 22nd over the proposed Islamic center near the WTC site. more>

The President takes what should have been a local issue and turns it into a national debate. Worse, after enthusiastically backing the mosque, Obama backpedals, clarifying that he was speaking only on general principle.  more>

Our soldiers are battling for the hearts and minds of the peoples of two Islamic countries, and yet the word "mosque" is treated as an epithet in sections of our media and society.  Our nation has close political, military and business alliances with the world's many Muslim nations and yet Islamophobia is exploited by some of our politicians. more>

Wyclef Jean clearly lacks the political wherewithal to deal with the complex situations he is likely to face in Haiti and abroad. more>

The ongoing attacks on Mexicans in Port Richmond and Staten Island are deplorable but somewhat unfathomable when the attackers are identified as black youths. more>

Those who want to deport children of undocumented immigrants and deprive them of the American citizenship might be advocating for the removal of people who will contribute to their retirement fund in the future.

VIDEO :: Many republicans want a major change in the Constitution targeting the 14th Amendment that grants citizenship to babies born in the U.S. even if their parents are illegal immigrants. Jan Crawford of CBS reports. more>

During the last few months, the so-called mainstream media not only has been a day late and a dollar short, it has missed the mark and often resorting to clearly biased reporting. more>

Fear and anxiety is on the rise in American Muslim community as Eid ul-Fitr festival, marking end of Ramadan, is expected to fall on or a day before 9/11 anniversary.

VIDEO :: There is some concern in the Muslim community that celebrating the end of Ramadan could draw criticism from those marking an American tragedy on September 11th. NY1 reports. more>

Before it became a cause célèbre for Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich and other rank opportunists, before the Anti-Defamation League sullied a once-noble reputation by siding against religious liberty, before tweets and satellite trucks spun this all out of control, the plan to turn an eyesore of an empty building two blocks from Ground Zero into a mosque and Islamic center was embraced as a sign of true healing. more>

Eight of the nine investigations in the past year have been against African-American members of Congress. With a House membership of 435 and just 42 African-American members, this is particularly troubling.

VIDEO :: In her report, former State Chief Judge Judith Kaye says Paterson did not break the law when he contacted Sherr-Una Booker, a woman who was allegedly abused by Paterson former top aide David Johnson. Erin Billups of NY1 reports. more>

Federal lawmakers are weighing a BP-type deregulation of new nuclear reactors – the one energy source in which damage from a major accident could dwarf harm done by a ruptured offshore oil well.

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Ambitions of immediate statehood for Puerto Rico appear on the verge of falling victim to the rise of ultra-conservative groups in the United States, groups in which leaders of the "New Right" see the Island as yet another issue to defeat in the so-called "cultural wars" that dominate the landscape in this election year. more>