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Somali Americans, many who fled war, now seek elected office
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoIt’s a busy Friday afternoon at a Somali restaurant on the northeast side of Columbus, home to...
Minnesota town is believed to be the first to elect a Somali American as mayor
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDeqa Dhalac of South Portland, Maine, was the first Somali American to serve as mayor of an American...
On This Day, Oct. 3: Battle of Mogadishu begins
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA U.S. Marine UH-1N "Huey" helicopter flies over a Mogadishu residential area on a patrol mission to look for signs of hostilities on December 1, 1992....
How Rich Is Congresswoman Ilhan Omar?
GoBankingRates via AOL· 1 year agoRep. Ilhan Omar was recently ousted from the House Foreign Affairs Committee over past remarks construed by critics as anti-Semitic. Omar is the first...
'Little America' Continues to Expand The Immigrant Narrative On TV
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoYoshiko (Shiori Ideta) assembles an all-woman baseball team in a scene from "Little America." Often...
A journalist for new Americans: Nigerian American finds role with Columbus immigrants
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDeba Uwadiae, the editor and publisher of The New Americans Magazine, sat across his desk from a...
The Midterm Results Show Muslim Americans Are No Longer on the Fringe of U.S. Politics
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMuslim candidates won at least 83 seats across local, state, and federal midterm elections,...
Four candidates running to replace state rep accused of lying about graduating from MIT
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 months agoTwo Republicans and two Democrats are competing for the chance to represent their party on the...
US warns of more retaliation if Iran-backed militias continue attacks
Military Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJERUSALEM — After a weekend of retaliatory strikes, the United States on Sunday warned Iran and the...
‘Captain Phillips’ Made Barkhad Abdi an Actor and Oscar Nominee, Now He Wants to Be a Director
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOne day, Barkhad Abdi was driving taxicabs in Minneapolis and the next, he was on movie sets in...
