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Minnesotat Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (center) was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee a party-line vote Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Shes seen her with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (left), also a Minnesota Democrat and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-New York) in this 2021 photo. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

U.S. House GOP votes to oust Rep. Omar from foreign affairs panel for past antisemitic remarks
BY: - February 2, 2023

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted along party lines Thursday to remove Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee for past antisemitic statements.  The removal, the first for a Democrat during this session of Congress, followed Democrats’ vote to strip two Republicans of all their committee assignments last Congress for making threats […]

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Visitors at the Birkenau Museum view the many faces of the men, women and children who died at the Auschwitz II – death camp. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Still close to home
BY: - January 27, 2023

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Arkansas Advocate occasionally publishes commentary from other sources, including other members of the States Newsroom network. This column from the Arizona Mirror reflects on the importance of educating younger generations about the Holocaust.) On Jan. 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz camp complex in occupied Poland. What the Soviet liberators found […]

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