Comments on this blog regularly reveal some persistent and false stereotypes about Islam. Monday’s arrest of seven suspected terrorists in North Carolina allegedly plotting violent jihad is sure to spark more.

It is hard to read the news on any given day without being reminded why affirmative action policies in government hiring and college admissions continue to be necessary and how they benefit society.

A federal jury Friday awarded a Cook County corrections officer $200,000 for harassment he suffered from co-workers.

A Cook County Jail correctional officer of Palestinian ancestry was awarded $200,000 in damages Friday by a federal jury.

CHICAGO – A federal court jury has awarded $200,000 in damages to a Cook County Jail correctional officer of Palestinian ancestry who accused the Cook County Sheriff’s office of racial harassment.

A Cook County correctional officer who claimed he was harassed by colleagues because of his Arab ancestry was awarded $200,000 in damages by a federal jury Friday.

The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) announced today a verdict in favor of an Arab-American correctional officer in a discrimination case CAIR-Chicago Staff attorney, Kevin Vodak, litigated against the Cook County Sheriff’s department pro-bono.

A Cook County correctional officer who claimed he was harassed by colleagues because of his Arab ancestry was awarded $200,000 in damages by a federal jury this past Friday.

A jury awarded $200,000 to a Cook County correctional officer who said he was the victim of racial harassment on the job.

I want to thank the Chicago Tribune for their July 8 article which discussed the tragic case of Ronald Kitchen and Marvin Reeves, who spent 20 years in prison for five murders they did not commit after Chicago Police literally beat a false confession out of them.