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During the weekend, Somali people, Muslim people, and people throughout the world with functional empathy, began a grieving process for those most impacted by an act of terrorism in a bustling East African area. On Saturday, a bomb attack was carried out—via an explosives-packed truck—in the capital city of Mogadishu. The attack caused an estimated […]

Heba Abolaban – a Muslim woman living in Boston – was attacked by a crazed man two days after the bombings at the Boston Marathon: “He was screaming, ‘F*** you Muslims! You are terrorists! I hate you! You are involved in the Boston explosions! F*** you!’”

Police arrested four white teenagers for an alleged plot to attack a predominately Black Muslim community, after one of them made an alarming remark to classmates.

In the same week which has seen the attempted mail bombing of prominent Democrats including Barack Obama and Maxine Waters and the shooting of two Black customers at a Louisville Kroger, there has been yet another attack by an alleged white supremacist. This time the target was a Jewish synagogue and community in Pittsburgh.

Federal prosecutors recently announced that four rural Illinois men were arrested and charged with possession of a machine gun. While that charge connects the four, three of the men were already of interest to the public.  Michael B. Hari, 47, Joe Morris, 22, and Michael McWhorter, 29, were each arrested and charged in connection with a […]

By Teju Adisa-Farrar Draylen Mason was a 17-year-old living with his family in Austin, Texas when he was killed by a bomb on March 12th. Many of the articles written about his death list all of his accolades and note how incredibly talented he was. The picture generally shared is one where he is playing […]

Police in Austin, Texas are scrambling following two bombings this week which they say are connected to an earlier bombing on March 2nd that killed 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House. Initially, the Austin police suspected that House may have put the bomb together himself until the last two explosions rocked the city and the country. The […]

Seven people have been killed along with another 48 injured following a terrorist attack on the London Bridge. BBC reports that a white van hit multiple pedestrians before the passengers got out and stabbed a number of passersby late Saturday night. Police shot and killed three men who were wearing fake bomb vests. Including a similar […]

A terrorist attack at the Manchester Arena in Hunts Bank, Manchester in England has sent chills across the world. At least 22 people, mostly children and teenagers, have died along with 59 others who have been injured, according to CNN. ISIS has taken responsibility for the attack and a 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection. 

On Sunday, the North Carolina GOP reported vandalism and firebombing at its Hillsborough office. Apparently, an unknown individual or group of individuals caused fire damage to the inside of the building and spray painted a swastika symbol and the words “Nazi Republicans Get Out of Town Or Else ” on the side of the office. […]

The Dallas sniper suspect who reportedly killed five police officers this past week has been painted as a sick individual with a vendetta against police. Police say that after conversing with the suspect in failed negotiators, they were unable to take him into custody and used a bomb to blow him up instead. While we recognize the tragedy […]

A peaceful protest was being held for the killing of Alton Sterling before shooting targeted 12 police officers in the area, five of which have died as well as two civilian injuries. According to CNN, three suspects are in custody while one was killed by a bomb during an attempt to apprehend. “We saw no other option […]