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Research & Resources
Report: Muslims Most Negatively Portrayed Minority in US Media
The portrayal of minority groups in mainstream media can have a disparate impact on how they are viewed by the general public. In the eighteen years since 9/11, the American Muslim community has borne the collective brunt of negative media portrayals from cable news to Hollywood movies.  The Media Portrayals of Minorities Project (MPoMP) at…
Iran, and our not so distant past with Iraq / Colonel Wilkerson
From Georgetown University, this is Voices on Islamophobia, a podcast by the Bridge Initiative. I’m Hannah Sullivan. Since May 2019, the United States has experienced heightened tensions with Iran. Following a dispute over an attack on commercial ships in the Gulf of Oman on May 12th, President Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have exchanged…
The Rising Far-Right in Eastern Germany
This weekend, two major German states will go to the ballots. Sachsen and Brandenburg, two politically quite different states, will elect the next state parliament. And the last polls made by the ZDF Polit Barometer reveal no good news. Sachsen, which has been ruled by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since the reunification back in 1990, has to…