Filmmaker Norah Shapiro explained how and why she made "Time for Ilhan" recently during Fresno State’s Cineculture series. The award-winning documentary captures the political rise of Ilhan Omar, who won a seat in the Minnesota Legislature before becoming the first Somali American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Click on...
$1.5M Settlement for Muslim Workers Fired in Prayer Dispute
DENVER — A big U.S. meatpacker has agreed to pay $1.5 million to 138 Somali-American Muslim workers who were fired from their jobs at a Colorado plant after they were refused prayer breaks, a federal anti-discrimination agency said Friday. Cargill Meat Solutions, a division of Minnesota-based agribusiness company Cargill Corp.,...
Victory Offers Muslim Candidate New Platform to Oppose Trump
MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump, meet Ilhan Omar. Just two years ago, the Minnesota Democrat became the first Somali-American elected to a state legislature. Now she's likely to become one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress. And she says one of her top priorities will be resisting...