Inside Climate News • 13th September 2021

Indigenous Tribes Facing Displacement in Alaska and Louisiana Say the U.S. Is Ignoring Climate Threats

About 31 Native Alaskan communities face imminent climate displacement from flooding and erosion, which could lead cultures to disappear and ways of life to transform, with four tribes already in the process of relocating from their quickly disappearing villages.

NPR • 18th August 2021

These Female Afghan Politicians Are Risking Everything For Their Homeland

Many Afghan political leaders, including former president Ashraf Ghani, fled the country, but several female politicians stayed to resist the Taliban on the ground.

NPR • 14th August 2021

Hundreds Are Dead After A Massive Earthquake Hits Haiti

A massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, raising fears of destruction similar to the devastating 2010 quake that shattered the country.

NPR • 10th August 2021

American Muslims Are 2 Times More Likely To Have Attempted Suicide Than Other Groups

For an entire year that involved emergency room visits, legal proceedings, involuntary unemployment and the death of loved ones, Mehran Nazir struggled with a depressive episode. He would find his mind flooded with self-destructive thoughts. He'd faintly hope his plane from Newark to San Francisco would crash or that he would doze off at the wheel of his car and end up in a fatal accident.

NPR • 1st August 2021

New Zealand Apologizes For 1970s Immigration Raids That Targeted Pacific Islanders

Beginning in 1974, New Zealand police armed with dogs woke up Pacific Islanders who allegedly overstayed their visas at dawn, pushed them into police vans for questioning, then often deported them and placed their children in state care homes. The early morning operation became known as the "Dawn Raids."

NPR • 29th July 2021

Parents Are Asking TikTok For Access To The Videos Their Kids Are Watching

A 12-year-old Oklahoma boy was found with ligature marks on his neck on July 19 after taking part in the "blackout challenge," a dangerous trend circulating on TikTok wherein TikTokkers film themselves holding their breath or choking themselves until they lose consciousness. He was taken to the Oklahoma Children's Hospital for treatment but died early the next morning.

NPR • 23rd July 2021

Repeatedly Confronted By A Bear, A Man Is Rescued After He Writes 'SOS' On A Shack

While flying between the Alaskan cities of Kotzebue and Nome, a Coast Guard helicopter crew spotted an SOS sign on top of a shack. Circling back over the remote mining camp, they found a man waving his hands in the air.

NPR • 22nd July 2021

The Gun That Killed Billy The Kid Is Going Up For Auction. Starting Bid: $2 Million

A revolver that killed one of the most famous wanted men in the Wild West 140 years ago is slated to be offered for millions of dollars next month.

NPR • 19th July 2021

The Latest Eid Fashion Trend? Sustainability

This week, Muslims around the world will finally be able to debut their finest abayas, salwar kameezes, kaftans and thobes they've been saving in the backs of their closets for three pandemic Eids. For a growing number who have rethought their fashion choices during that time, those glitzy, intricately woven pieces will be more sustainable.

Inside Climate News • 18th July 2021

To Flee, or to Stay Until the End and Be Swallowed by the Sea

The Rev. Roch Naquin grew up on this island along the Louisiana coast, trapping muskrats and mink in the marsh beyond his family’s home and cutting firewood from a stand of oak trees.

NPR • 14th July 2021

These Golden Retrievers Went To Surfside To Bring Comfort To First Responders

Over the last three weeks, teams of rescue workers have been deployed from across the U.S. and around the world to help with the recovery at the site of last month's condo collapse in Surfside, Fla. One of the latest teams to arrive brought a much different type of assistance.

NPR • 12th July 2021

There Are 11,073 Muslims In Federal Prisons But Just 13 Chaplains To Minister To Them

Abdul Muhaymin al-Salim converted to Islam during his incarceration on drug charges at a federal prison in South Carolina from 2004 to 2014. In his first year there, the 49-year-old remembers a Muslim volunteer coming to the prison a couple of times a month to lead religious services. Then, in the second year, during Ramadan, a holy month for Muslims, the volunteer was no longer allowed in the prison. Al-Salim never found out why.

NPR • 4th July 2021

The Newest TikTok Stars Are Exotic Pets, But Experts Say That's A Problem

Lance Corporal made his TikTok debut in 2018, seemingly shaking to high tempo music then quickly leaping to playfully nibble and rub his face on his owner's hand. Later, a post of the now four-year-old white fox — burrowing a hole into his favorite couch in order to hide — went viral, gaining 6.5 million views.

NPR • 18th June 2021

A Man Was Executed For An Alleged Crime When He Was A Teen. More Saudis Could Follow

Six years ago, Saudi Arabian authorities arrested Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and charged him with attending anti-government protests years earlier, when he was 17. According to Reprieve, a U.K. nonprofit that investigates human rights abuses, a court found al-Darwish guilty and sentenced him to death, despite the fact that he was a minor at the time he allegedly attended the protests.

NPR • 12th June 2021

Hate Wiped Away A Muslim Canadian Family. Here's How Friends Want Them Remembered

The attack was horrendous: Three generations of a Muslim Canadian family killed, leaving a 9-year-old child orphaned. The motive was horrific: Police say the pickup driver who mowed into them targeted them because of their faith.

Education Week • 7th June 2021

Who's Teaching the Children Crossing the U.S. Border? Answers to 5 Questions

Since 2014, more than 250,000 unaccompanied children have arrived at the southwestern border of the United States and the influx has risen in recent months. As the Biden administration struggles to accommodate the burgeoning numbers, the amount of time these children spend in U.S. care lengthens, raising questions about what is happening with their education status.

Education Week • 19th May 2021

Bus Driver Shortages Worsening for Many Districts as Schools Reopen

As more Americans receive COVID-19 vaccines and schools reopen, school districts across the country are struggling to find bus drivers to transport students back to school.

Education Week • 3rd May 2021

Proms During COVID-19: 'Un-Proms', 'Non-Proms', and Masquerades

With high school students wanting to experience the same rites of passage as their predecessors, schools across the United States are getting creative about finding ways to stage an end-of-year prom that is less risky than the traditional version dance held in crowded gyms and ballrooms.

USA TODAY • 23rd April 2021

'Lifting the ban is not undoing the injustice': How Muslim groups want Biden to fight Islamophobia

Muslim groups across the country are calling on President Joe Biden’s administration to name a special envoy to monitor and combat Islamophobia, which a U.N. expert says has escalated to “epidemic proportions.”

The Texas Tribune • 20th April 2021

As Islamic holidays near, Texas Muslims back bill creating a more inclusive calendar for government employees

At the end of Ramadan in 2019, Zohaib Qadri was torn between keeping up with his hectic job planning a legislative agenda and compiling policy research as a Texas legislative aid or using paid time off to go to Houston to celebrate Eid al-Fitr with family and friends.