Hounds and Heroes pairs veterans with therapy animals
Hounds and Heroes works to pair rescue dogs with veterans coping with post-traumatic stress disorder. Bonnie-Jill Laflin, the group's founder, joined News Nation's “Morning in America” to share how the animals offer not only healing but also life-saving companionship. U.S. Army specialist Nick Dolan says the bond with his service dog Guinness has h…
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Veterans find healing on horseback
The burden of war often follows veterans home, where traditional therapy and medicine don’t always reach. But as Adam Longo reports for ABC 7, in the peaceful countryside of Loudoun County, Virginia, a different kind of therapy is turning the tide — one hoofbeat at a time. At Loudoun Therapeutic Riding (LTR) , a 90-acre thoroughbred horse farm in Lovettsv…
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Veterans art festival serves to change lives
The 44th event co-hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs and American Legion Auxiliary celebrates award-winning artwork of veterans as Cameran Richardson reports. David Seligman created something tangible to give him understanding of his invisible wound from war. It’s a handblown piece of clear glass brick with black nails protruding from the top tha…
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FNX unveils streaming service for Native American content
In a significant stride towards enhancing Indigenous representation in media, FNX (First Nations Experience) is excited to announce the launch of its dedicated streaming app and platform. As News from Native California explains, this groundbreaking service is tailored exclusively to showcase Native American and Indigenous voices and narratives from around…
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Rakwa provides a new window for the Arab-American community
With the growing number of Arab residents in the United States and their diverse needs, the Rakwa app has emerged as an innovative platform aimed at connecting them with various local businesses and services owned or operated by Arabs or offering services in Arabic. As Wafa Ghawari writes, this app helps Arab expatriates easily find everything they need, …
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Finding beauty in the mundane
For many Arab Americans in Southeast Michigan, Dearborn is a point of pride. For decades, immigrants from across the Arab world have left an imprint on the suburb bordering Detroit that continues to widen and deepen. As Robyn Vincent reported in The MetroToday, the city, which has an Arab majority, reflects the rich historical, cultural and ethnic diversit…
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Cooking with culture: honoring Arab-American Heritage Month
Celebrated throughout April, Arab-American Heritage Month pays tribute to the many contributions this group has made to the USA and as Caroline Staudle writes, today’s Arab American community is made up of individuals with roots in 22 countries located in the Middle East and North Africa, offering vast history and culture we can all learn from. In honor of…
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Will you join the Run to Remember?
The Run to Remember is more than a race: it’s a celebration of life that unites people from around the world. Their mission is to celebrate life, reach for the future, honor the memories of those killed in the 1995 Oklahoma bombing and unite the world in hope. Will you be taking part? All money raised through registrations, sponsorships and any other rac…
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Step on to the mats with wrestling history
America’s shrine to the sport of wrestling, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame opened in 1976 with a mission to ‘Preserve History, Recognize Excellence and Inspire Future Generations’. The museum honors the greatest names in wrestling and displays memorabilia, including Olympic gold medals. It also features interactive exhibits as well as the opportunity…
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Step in to a story with a closer look at MMA
Tough Guys is a 2017 documentary film that explores the development of mixed martial arts as a mainstream sporting event in the United States from 1979-1983. In 1979, more than a decade before the UFC , CV Productions created a new sport that involved an anything-goes fight league that recruited street fighters, wrestlers, martial artists, boxers and braw…
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Scholar highlights contributions of early Arab immigrants to US society
Linda Jacobs is a familiar scholar in the Middle East where she spent decades studying archaeological sites and economic development of the region. Later on, she became a historian whose main academic interest was the history of Arab diaspora in the US and how they integrated to the American society. As Saeb Rawashdeh explains, on Tuesday, the American Cen…
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Internet laws need regular updates, says UK science secretary
TECHNOLOGY Secretary Peter Kyle has called for regular updates to online safety laws amid increased fears of children being exposed to harmful content on Facebook and Instagram. As Berny Torre reported in the Morning Star, following Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that his social media platforms would do away with its content moderation…
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Genocide in Europe: It couldn’t happen again. Or, could it?
Is there an answer to Elon Musk and his question : “Could what happened to the Yazidi people one day happen to Europe?” Let’s remember it was St. Maximilian Kolbe, who died in Auschwitz but had stated: ’ The most deadly poison of our time is indifference .’ To get an insight, when answering such a question like the one asked by Musk, people should look at …
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Yazidi woman reunites with family a decade after ISIS abduction
A Yazidi woman kidnapped by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014 reunited with her family in Shingal’s Kocho village on Sunday after being rescued from Syria’s northwestern Idlib province last month. S.K, the 30-year-old Yazidi woman was rescued from Idlib with the assistance of the Office of Rescuing Abducted Yazidis, an organization affiliated with the Kurdi…
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New exhibition at Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum highlights ‘Hidden History'
A new exhibition at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum opened this month, telling a story some might not have heard, as Noelle Walker reports for NBCDFW. "It really is a story about emigration," Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum President and CEO Mary Pat Higgins said. "And it's a story about upstanders." The speci…
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Boston-based musician Yoni Battat on exploring his Jewish and Iraqi heritage
Boston-based musician Yoni Battat performed at this year's Lowell Folk Festival , in the United States, which ran from July 26 to 28. Radio Boston spoke with the oud and violin player about how his music reflects his Iraqi and Jewish roots. This is his story.
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Melissa Stockwell describes the Paralympian mindset
Melissa Stockwell knew from a young age she wanted to serve her country. After graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2002, the Michigan native was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. “It was April 13th of 2004. We’d been in Iraq for just three weeks, and it was a routine convoy that, that specific day, my vehicl…
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New tour explores America's Little Syria
Little Syria was once a thriving Arab American community in Lower Manhattan. But 50 years ago, the historic downtown enclave disappeared from its original location on Washington Street, just south of what is now the World Trade Center. Educator, historian and tour guide Asad Dandia tells the story of Little Syria on his recently launched walking tour of th…
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Music to reflect the diversity of Detroit’s parks
Transformation is always at the heart of Marcus Elliot’s work, writes Layla McMurtrie in the Metro Detroit Times. The Detroit saxophonist, composer, and educator says his upcoming project, Sounds from the Park, will be no different. Commissioned by the Detroit Parks Coalition , the collection of work will reflect the diverse stories, histories, and cultur…
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A win for Harris-Walz would also mean the first Native American female governor
If Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are elected this fall, not only would a woman of color lead the country for the first time, but a Native woman would govern a state for the first time in U.S. history too. Peggy Flanagan , the lieutenant governor of Minnesota and a citizen of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, is p…
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