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Seeking to inject a raft of pressing scientific, climate, health and technological challenges into the 2016 election debate, a coalition of more than 50 nonpartisan science and technology organizations has posed 20 high-stakes questions, asking candidates...

Senator Bernie Sanders was both gracious and clear in his key speech Monday night as he set the tone for Democratic National Convention that will formally nominate Hillary Clinton as the Party’s presidential candidate. The senator,...

American Muslims, who gathered on the National Mall on Saturday said they are in the nation’s capital with a message of peace and unity in the face of violence and discrimination. Interfaith leaders from Christian, Jewish...

President Barack Obama has rebuked suggestions following deadly attack in Nice, France, that all Muslim Americans be subjected to test for their religious beliefs. “In the wake of last night’s attacks, we’ve heard more suggestions that...

It was only last month that Amjad Sabri enthralled Pakistani-Americans in Washington metro area with his devotional Sufi music, resonating a message of spiritual connection and love for humanity. On Wednesday, the news of his targeted killing in Karachi...

Saad Hussain, a software prodigy based in Lahore, the IT Capital of Pakistan, sent ripples in world’s software industry by developing a user-friendly app for blackberry phone a couple of years ago, winning acclaim at home...

Saad Hussain, a software prodigy based in Lahore, the IT Capital of Pakistan, sent ripples in world’s software industry by developing a user-friendly app for blackberry phone a couple of years ago, winning acclaim at home...

Positions espoused by presidential candidates on immigration issues and rhetoric on inclusion or exclusion of communities are among top concerns shaping opinions of Asian Americans in the unusually divisive 2016 election year. A survey released by Asian Americans Advancing...

For the first time in recent history, more Americans live with their parents than with a partner or spouse as a range of socio-economic trends shape their choices and preferences. Among millennials – people born after 1980...

Cultural diversity is an outstanding source of exchange, innovation and creativity, and has the enormous potential to accelerate sustainable development, the United Nations said, amidst fear-based response to influx of refugees in Europe and discriminatory treatment of...