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Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has said Virginia is a leader in inclusive growth of communities in a successful way. He was speaking to a diversity media gathering along with Fairfax Democrats. Virginia, which is home to...

By Patrick Burnett As a Catholic who grew up in Northern Ohio, I never thought I would be speaking on a panel at the Islamic Society of North America’s (ISNA) annual Convention and Film Festival a...

Over the past few months, the world has been following painful stories of Syrian refugees dying in their desperate rush for migration to Europe. But Americans of Pakistani and Indian descent have also been deeply troubled...

By Augustine Anthony   Having Nobel laureates on its list of students is certainly an honor for any institution. Not so much for the Stanford University in California. Stanford reportedly wants Malala Yousafzai to take SAT...

The chaos enveloping the Middle East looms so largely on the international landscape that it appears to eclipse other challenges like Europe’s growing sense of home-grown insecurity, Afghan uncertainty, climate perils, and Africa’s widespread economic woes....

Augustine Anthony   As U.N. ambassador for Refugees, Angelina Jolie Pitt has seen conditions of displaced persons from close and can feel the pang of those forced out of their homes and countries. Her three years...

How do you celebrate a half century of devotion to music? For Ustad Dilshad Hussain Khan – a prominent exponent of classical Eastern and Western music – the answer is obvious – with more music. So,...

Augustine Anthony   Pakistan American Business Association, a Virginia-based body, earned the opportunity to ring the NASDAQ opening bell to mark Pakistan’s 69th Independence Day last week, with Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations Ambassador Maleeha...

Exploring Europe’s evolving views on multiculturalism amid 9/11-heightened sense of identities among natives and Muslim immigrants sounds nothing less than attempting an intellectual tour de force. An unprecedented new documentary, produced by American and Pakistani researchers,...

Last week, President Barack Obama led high-stakes diplomacy at Camp David to reassure Arab allies of “ironclad” US support for their security in the face of Iranian nuclear deal. But as Obama met with the Gulf...