The Louisiana Republican sparked an outcry after making the remark to an Arab American activist during a Senate hearing on ...

Baz Luhrmann Blows Out Candles, Firms Jehanne d'Arc As Next Film At Warner Bros; Begins Casting Teen To Play Tragic French ...

Louisiana Republican Senator John Kennedy's contentious exchange with an Arab American activist at a hate crimes hearing, in ...

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

Republican Senator John Kennedy attacked Arab American Institute Director Maya Berry with racist rant during her Senate ...

John Kennedy (R-Lousiana) repeatedly made offensive comments that Arab American activist Maya Berry is a Hamas ... Berry ...

We speak with Maya Berry, the executive director of the Arab American Institute, after she faced racist and hostile ...

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 ...

The comment from the Senator has been called a direct racist attack. Calls for Kennedy to be censured have been growing since the hearing.

During a Senate hearing meant to address rising hate crimes in America, Republican Senator John Kennedy launched an unfounded ...

The White House slammed Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) for asking if an Arab American witness supported Hamas and Hezbollah during ...

An MSNBC host called for consequences for a Republican senator from Louisiana who launched into a racially charged line of ...