The Louisiana Republican sparked an outcry after making the remark to an Arab American activist during a Senate hearing on ...

Republican Senator John Kennedy attacked Arab American Institute Director Maya Berry with racist rant during her Senate Judiciary testimony ...

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy accused an Arab American civil rights ...

"You should hide your head in a bag," the Louisiana Republican sniped at Maya Berry of the Arab American Institute, after ...

Berry went before the Senate to discuss the important issue of hate crimes, only to receive a torrent of abuse. She should be ...

Berry says the experience illustrated the very problem of dehumanization the hearing was meant to address. Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If ...

Republican Senator John Neely Kennedy accused an Arab American activist of being a member of Hamas, in an incredibly racist ...

Robert McCaw of the the Council on American-Islamic Relations says Kennedy should face censure for weaponizing a hateful anti ...

Senator John Kennedy has sparked a backlash after he told an Arab American activist to "hide [her] head in a bag" during a hearing about hate crimes. Maya Berry, the founder of the Arab American ...

We speak with Maya Berry, the executive director of the Arab American Institute, after she faced racist and hostile ...

On Tuesday, Republican Sen. John Kennedy provided a master class on delivering a racist line of questioning—and during a ...

The exchange is featured across numerous TikTok accounts garnering over millions of views and strong reactions.