Berry says the experience illustrated the very problem of dehumanization the hearing was meant to address. Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If ...

Republican Senator John Kennedy attacked Arab American Institute Director Maya Berry with racist rant during her Senate ...

The Louisiana Republican sparked an outcry after making the remark to an Arab American activist during a Senate hearing on ...

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy played the role of concerned politician with consummate flair when he made his way around southeast ...

La., faces backlash from civil rights groups after telling an Arab American witness to “hide your head in a bag” following ...

The White House slammed Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) for asking if an Arab American witness supported Hamas and Hezbollah during ...

The White House blasted Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) for asking the director of the Arab American Institute whether she supports ...

"You should hide your head in a bag," the Louisiana Republican sniped at Maya Berry of the Arab American Institute, after baselessly accusing her of backing terrorists.

At a U.S. Senate Judiciary hearing on hate crimes, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-MO, sparred with the executive director of Arab ...

A Republican senator accused an Arab-American advocate of supporting Hamas during a Senate hearing on hate-related incidents ...

The comment from the Senator has been called a direct racist attack. Calls for Kennedy to be censured have been growing since the hearing.

During a Senate hearing meant to address rising hate crimes in America, Republican Senator John Kennedy launched an unfounded ...