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

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

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

Maya Berry came to testify as an expert on hate crimes. She ended up the target of blatant anti-Arab racism by Republican ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

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

US Senator John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) told Arab American Institute Executive Director Maya Berry during a Senate Judiciary ...