Sarah Lazare

Rights Group Says Disregard For Civilian Life By US And Saudi Arabia ‘Appalling’

Human Rights Watch blasts Saudi-led coalition for apparent war crimes and failure to investigate.

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By Sarah Lazare
A March 30 airstrike on a public bus in the Khormakser district of Aden, Yemen, left four dead, including one child. Photo: Iona Craig

The United States has been party to numerous apparent war crimes committed by the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen, yet—along with all nations responsible—is violating international requirements to investigate bombings of homes, schools, and refugee camps, Human Rights Watch (HRW) declared on Monday. Coming just hours after peace talks

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On Both Sides of Atlantic, Muslims Organizing to ‘Reject Dehumanization’

‘For some of us, organizing and resisting against this system of anti-Muslim violence is survival’

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By Sarah Lazare
An American protester in Washington, D.C. holding a sign saying he's Islamophobic.

Amid rising anti-Muslim attacks across the United States, many from within targeted communities are calling on U.S. society to address the root causes of this violence by examining deep and "structural" Islamophobia, manifested in modern U.S. history—from the War on Terror to the 2016 presidential race. "For some of us, organizing and resisting

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‘Off The Charts’ Violence Against Muslims Ravaging US Communities

New data confirms anecdotes of rising Islamophobic violence reflect nationwide trend.

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By Sarah Lazare
Police tape marks off the burned front lobby of the Islamic Center of Palm Springs in Coachella, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Flames were reported just after noon on Friday. The fire was contained to the small building's front lobby, and no one was injured. (AP Photo/David Martin)

From an attack on a hijab-wearing sixth grader in the Bronx to the arson of a mosque near Palm Springs, reports of hate crimes targeting Muslims are more than troubling anecdotes, but rather, reflect a measurable nationwide rise in Islamophobic violence, according to two separate studies released this week. Researchers with the Center for the

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Making Presidential Campaign History, Sanders Breaks Individual Contribution Record

‘You can’t level the playing field with Wall Street banks and billionaires by taking their money.’

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By Sarah Lazare
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. listens as Imam Talib Shareef speaks during an interfaith roundtable hosted by at Masjid Muhammad, the Nation's Mosque in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, for a discussion on standing up to anti-Muslim rhetoric. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Bernie Sanders campaign announced Thursday that the Vermont senator has officially received two million contributions, putting him ahead—at this point in the election season—of every other candidate in U.S. history who was not a sitting president. Top aides say Sanders could even beat President Barack Obama's 2012 record. "In his run for a

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Oil Giant Shielded From War Crimes Charges By US Supreme Court

The oil giant Occidental and the security contractor AirScan faced a lawsuit stemming from their role in the 1998 cluster bombing of a Colombian village,

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By Sarah Lazare
U'was along the Caño Limon-Covenas oil pipeline running through their ancestral territory. Photograph: Asou'wa

Striking a blow to a decades-long fight for justice, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday shielded the oil giant Occidental and the security contractor AirScan from charges of human rights violations stemming from their role in the 1998 cluster bombing of a Colombian village that killed 19 civilians. In refusing to revive the lawsuit, the top court

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Hundreds Of U.S. Groups Join Forces To Stand Against ‘Dangerous Tide Of Hatred, Violence’

‘This feels like a tipping point for our nation.’

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By Sarah Lazare
"When public figures demonize whole swaths of people for their own political gain, they are complicit in the escalation from words to deeds that follow," said Heather McGhee, president of Demos. (Image courtesy of We Are Better Than This)

It is incumbent on every public figure, elected politician, and media outlet to stand up against the "dangerous tide of hatred, violence, and suspicion" taking hold in the United States, over 700 prominent organizations and people declared in a full-page ad in Thursday's New York Times. "We grieve the many lives that have been lost or painfully

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Chicago Cover-Up Deepens As 80 Minutes Of Footage Confirmed Missing

‘You can say it’s corruption and cover-up, but at the end of the day, without a culture of white supremacy, things like this wouldn’t be real.’

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By Sarah Lazare
Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke leaves the Cook County Jail after posting bond on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, in Chicago. Van Dyke has been locked up since Nov. 24, when prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Chicago's cover-up scandal is deepening after city officials were forced to release additional surveillance footage of the deadly shooting of 17-year-old African American Laquan McDonald by a white officer—and it showed an unexplained 80-minute gap covering the time the teenager was killed. The missing footage aligns with the account of Jay

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