Human Rights Lawyer • Author • Dad Jokes • Creator of Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid
We've surpassed a horrifying moment when the word 'genocide' is not enough to describe the Israeli government's atrocities upon the Palestinian people I woke up to yet another gut-wrenching horror: Israeli airstrikes killed at least 52 people in Gaza Monday night—including 36 Palestinians
Democratic Party leadership needs to reckon with its inability to understand when it is time to step aside—because this model is enabling the collapse of our democracy Subscribe to Let's Address This This is an uncomfortable conversation but it’s one we must have. Democratic Congressman Gerry
A viral meme claims Jews and Muslims have warred for thousands of years, but the facts prove this myth dangerously false—and the exact opposite as true Subscribe to Let's Address This I have long, and proudly, worked on interfaith coalition building. When extremists attacked a Jewish cemetery
Why Trump's apparent plan to give $5000 to new parents is breathtakingly impotent America’s birth rate is in decline—and MAGA Republicans think they’ve found the solution. Donald Trump is apparently proposing a $5,000 check for parents who have a baby. On its face, this
It is important we understand this term, what it means for our personal safety, and why we must stand united to stop this fascism You may not have heard the term Structural Eugenics before, but sadly we live at a time where it’s critical we know what it means,
I attended the April 19 rallies and here are the three big takeaways protestors shared with me Yesterday I attended one of the 750+ nationwide pro-democracy rallies held on April 19. This movement is not slowing down. If anything, it’s just getting started. I was in Batavia, Illinois, surrounded
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Trump's fascist policies have already ensnared several U.S. citizens into jail and death camps—and horrifyingly it appears clear it will get worse Yesterday I wrote about the U.S. Government building concentration camps in El Salvador, where they’re placing legal residents like Kilmar Ábrego García.
Donald Trump is sending people to concentration camps in El Salvador and in defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court--this is a Constitutional Crisis The Holocaust Encyclopedia defines a concentration camp as follows: What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is that it functions outside
Debunking western propaganda and media whitewashing of the atrocities American tax dollars are funding in Gaza and the West Bank This week I spoke at the Batavia Public Library on the issue of Palestine. I started my 20 minute remarks with a simple question. Why is it we never hear
My wife Ayesha grew up in Pakistan and did her Masters in the United Kingdom. When we got married now nearly 18 years ago, I asked if she would take on my last name? She paused, looked at me, and said, “Why would I give up my father’s name?