If Israel pushes into the region, rivalries may get nastier still. Much will depend on whether other countries follow ...

The welfare fraud scandals embroiling Somalis in Minnesota have finally received widespread attention, and rightly so. This is not petty larceny we’re talking about. The New York Times described one ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A US citizen, who is Somali, was detained by immigration agents in Minneapolis on ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday denigrated immigrants from "shithole countries," reviving a comment he used during his first term in office that sparked criticism. During a rally in Pennsylvania on ...

President Donald Trump described Somalia as “filthy, dirty, disgusting” while complaining that the U.S. admits migrants from “s--thole countries” in a speech Tuesday on affordability, reprising a slur ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — In a theater where a suicide bomber detonated years ago, Hassan Barre stepped forward to offer a different hallmark of Somalia: poetry. In one of the world’s most volatile ...

Washington — Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar said Sunday that any link between allegations of fraud by members of the Somali community and terrorism would be a "failure of the FBI" amid calls to ...

A Wisconsin Cinnabon employee was fired after a video of her hurling the N-word and other racist abuse at a Somali couple went viral over the weekend. The video shared on social media shows the ...

Cinnabon has fired an employee at its Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin location following a viral video showing the worker harassing a Somali couple with racist remarks and slurs. The company released a ...

An illegal immigrant from Somalia with a long rap sheet for fraud and apparent ties to Democratic politicians in Minnesota — including Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar — was arrested Friday as part ...