By Fatimah SIlhan Omar has won her Democratic primary for Minnesota’s 5th district with 57% of the vote. After Rep. Omar’s high profile first term in Congress, she faced challenger Antone Melton Meaux in the Democratic primary. Melton Meaux, who is a first time political candidate, ran as a candidate “focused on the fifth,” and has called…
By Fatimah SRepresentative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) successfully defended her House seat for District 13 in Michigan’s Democratic primary against challenger Brenda Jones. Tlaib won 66% of the vote in a landslide victory. She will face Republican David Dudenhoefer in November. Tlaib made history with Ilhan Omar as one of the first Muslim women to be elected to…
By vanessaelshamyAt the start of this week, Bernie Sanders announced that he is running for the office of the President of the United States for a second time. Along with that announcement, Bernie also announced that his 2020 campaign manager is going to be Faiz Shakir, a progressive, Muslim advocate, and National Political Director of the…
By manalmoazzamLast night, the United States was swept up in a “midterm election” frenzy. Supporters on both sides of the aisle remained riled up, promising the arrival of a “blue wave,” or alternatively, a “red wall,” referring to a potential tsunami of Democratic individuals being voted in, or having the Democratic tsunami blocked by a wall…
