Berry went before the Senate to discuss the important issue of hate crimes, only to receive a torrent of abuse. She should be ...

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told an Arab American witness that she should “hide [her] head in a bag” after repeatedly asking ...

Berry, who also serves as co-chair of the Hate Crimes Task Force, sought to highlight the rise in hate crimes impacting ...

La., repeatedly suggested a leading Arab American activist is a Hamas supporter when she testified Tuesday at a Senate ...

On Tuesday, Republican Sen. John Kennedy provided a master class on delivering a racist line of questioning—and during a ...

Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.) on Sept. 17 antagonized Maya Berry, the executive director of the Arab American Institute, during a hearing on hate crimes. (Video: The Washington Post) Kennedy then ...

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 ...

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

In Washington, D.C., the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the rise of anti-Muslim and antisemitic hate crimes across the U.S. Republican ... out at the hearing’s Arab American witness, ...

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

Democrats have called Kenneth Stern, a former AJC leader who opposes the Antisemitism Awareness Act, and Maya Berry, the ...