United States Archives - Page 6 of 19

08 Jul 2020 | Terms/Tropes

COVID-19 Racial Disparities Are One of Many Outcomes of Structural Racism

Nearly two months after the first known death from the novel coronavirus was logged in the U.S., protests spread around the country in support of ending stay-at-home orders. Ohio, Minnesota, Virginia, Florida, Texas, and several... read the complete article

Factsheet

25 Jun 2020 | Individuals

Factsheet: Mark Kevin Lloyd

IMPACT: Mark Kevin Lloyd is a longtime Tea Party activist in Virginia who has a long track record of posting anti-Muslim and misogynist statements on social media. In May 2020 Lloyd was appointed the religious... read the complete article

Infographic

23 Jun 2020 | Politics

The Muslim and African Bans: by the numbers

Interactive infographic showing how the Muslim and African Bans impacted immigrant and non-immigrant visa issuances, refugee admissions, F1 student visas, and visa waivers. read the complete article

Factsheet

05 Jun 2020 | Law Enforcement

Factsheet: NYPD STOP AND FRISK POLICY

IMPACT: Stop and frisk is a policing tactic of temporarily detaining, questioning, and frisking individuals in search of weapons or contraband. The New York Police Department’s (NYPD) use of the tactic under Mayor Rudy Giuliani... read the complete article

Factsheet

02 Jun 2020 | Individuals

Factsheet: Peter King

IMPACT: Republican Representative Peter King of New York led the 2011 congressional hearings on the “radicalization” of American Muslims. The hearings added further stigmatization to the American Muslim community and were described by legal rights... read the complete article

Factsheet

22 May 2020

Factsheet: No-Go Zone Conspiracy Theory

IMPACT: The “no-go zone” is an anti-Muslim conspiracy theory claiming there are areas in Europe and the U.S. with dense Muslim populations that are governed by Sharia law and where police and non-residents are barred... read the complete article

Factsheet

14 May 2020

Factsheet: Paul Sperry

IMPACT: Paul Sperry is an American conservative journalist who previously served as a Washington bureau chief for the right-wing, conspiratorial website, WorldNetDaily. Sperry is a former media fellow at The Hoover Institution and has authored... read the complete article

Factsheet

11 May 2020 | Law Enforcement

Factsheet: The NYPD Muslim Surveillance and Mapping Program

IMPACT: The New York Police Department’s (NYPD) Muslim Surveillance and Mapping Program began under Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2001 and monitored Muslim communities in New York City and nearby states until 2014. A secret unit... read the complete article

Factsheet

28 Apr 2020

Factsheet: Zuhdi Jasser

IMPACT: M. Zuhdi Jasser is a Syrian-American physician, author, and commentator. He is the founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) and a co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement (MRM). Jasser has used... read the complete article

Factsheet

24 Apr 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: Muslim Reform Movement

IMPACT: The Muslim Reform Movement is an international coalition of Muslims that purportedly seeks to counter the ideology of Islamism by reforming Islam. The coalition and its members leverage ‘insider’ Muslim identities to advocate surveillance... read the complete article