J. Goodman

1 week ago | themuslimtimes.info | Rafiq A. Tschannen |J. Goodman

Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas is trying to stop a planned community near Dallas that has fueled anti-Muslim hostility and divided locals. The prayer room at the East Plano Islamic Center in Plano, Texas. Members of the center have proposed a master-planned community of about 1,000 homes.Credit…By J.

2 months ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Jack Healy |J. Goodman |Edgar Sandoval

Era otro día más de la emergencia nacional declarada por el presidente Donald Trump en la frontera suroeste, y no había ni un migrante a la vista a las afueras de Nogales, Arizona. Teresa Fast, agente de la Patrulla Fronteriza, conducía su camioneta por caminos de tierra, pasando junto a otros agentes apostados en el desierto. Sus radios estaban en silencio. “Ahora mismo, en campo, en realidad no tenemos nada de actividad”, comentó.

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Jack Healy |J. Goodman

It was another day of President Trump’s declared national emergency at the southwestern border, and not a migrant was in sight outside Nogales, Ariz. Teresa Fast, a Border Patrol agent, bumped her truck over dirt roads, past other agents posted up in the desert. Their radios were silent. “Right now in the field, we really don’t have anything going on,” she said.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Troy Closson |J. Goodman

The Houston public school classroom might have looked like any other, if not for an unusual feature on the whiteboard: A countdown timer. The teacher leading the English lesson allowed her fourth graders "10 more seconds to log in" for tech problems. Then she asked the class to read a passage to determine the author's motivations, set the timer to one minute, and called out at the 25- and 15-second marks. Students took 30 seconds to share answers with a partner before their daily 10-minute quiz.

Jan 20, 2025 | ourcommunitynow.com | J. Goodman |Edgar Sandoval |Reyes Mata III

Share Sheriff Tom Schmerber, an elected Democrat in Maverick County, Texas, was watching on a television in his office near the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday as President Trump delivered his second inaugural address.“It’s all about common sense,” Mr. Trump was saying, as he promised drastic changes to the nation’s immigration system.“I hope so,” Mr. Schmerber replied to the television, with some skepticism.There were immediate changes — especially for migrants with pending appointments to meet...