Mnar Adley

Mnar Adley is an award-winning journalist and editor and is the founder and director of MintPress News. She is also president and director of the non-profit media organization Behind the Headlines. Adley also co-hosts the MintCast podcast and is a producer and host of the social media video series Behind The Headlines.  Adley is a recipient of the Women's Institute for the Freedom of the Press Award and the Serena Shim Award for independent journalism. Adley is a regular speaker on responsible journalism and Big Tech censorship. She started her career as an independent multimedia journalist covering Midwest and national politics while focusing on civil liberties and social justice issues posting her reporting and exclusive interviews on her blog MintPress, which she later turned MintPress into the global news source it is today. In 2009, Adley also became the first American woman to wear the hijab to anchor/report the news in American media. Contact Mnar at [email protected]. Follow Mnar on Twitter at @mnarmuh In 2009, Adley also became the first American woman to wear the hijab to anchor/report the news in American media. Contact Mnar at [email protected]. Follow Mnar on Twitter at @mnarmuh

‘Empire Strikes Back’: Eric Draitser On Western Destabilization Of BRICS

‘They see [the BRICS countries] as integral to the Western-centric worldview … and they don’t want to allow any competition to emerge,’ the geopolitical analyst tells Mnar Muhawesh on ‘Behind the Headline.’

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From left: Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff , Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of China Xi Jinping and South African President Jacob Zuma sit during a signing ceremony at the BRICS Summit in Ufa, Russia, Thursday, July 9, 2015. Ufa is hosting BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) summits. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool photo via AP)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFK5-4eVkXU MINNEAPOLIS --- NATO, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank are all touted as global organizations, in which every member is deserving of dignity, progress and support. Yet these organizations and others like them are dominated by economic and political heavyweights in Washington,

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Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate Selects First Muslim Running Mate In US History

In this episode of ‘Behind The Headline,’ host Mnar Muhawesh meets Will Coley, founder of Muslims for Liberty and Libertarian Party member, who could become the first Muslim candidate for vice president in U.S. history.

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Will Coley, head of Muslims for Liberty, and America's first Muslim running mate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JouxD2YUAxc MINNEAPOLIS --- The first woman to receive a vote from the Electoral College wasn’t a Democrat or a Republican; she was a Libertarian. Tonie Nathan was the 1972 running mate of John Hospers, the presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party. In December of that year, Republican elector Roger

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Boycotting Israel May Soon Become Illegal In The US

Host and MintPress News Editor-in-Chief Mnar Muhawesh interviews Rula Rashid of a university chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine about recent efforts to urge the university to divest from Israel, and the resistance the group received from an unexpected source.

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Big donor money is leading to a growing number of efforts to legislate a ban on Boycotting Israel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgGiQSiNmRI MINNEAPOLIS --- An international movement is putting significant financial pressure on Israel to end its apartheid policies and illegal occupation of Palestine. But politicians and legislators are pushing back, trying to make the movement illegal and quash the free speech rights of participants

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Learning To Love The Blockchain: Key Technology Revolutionizes Internet Privacy

Bitcoin offered a revolutionary way to exchange money without government interference, but the blockchain technology behind the cryptocurrency is capable of doing much more, explains Jameson Lopp in this interview with Mnar A. Muhawesh on “Behind The Headline.”

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Bitcoin Block chain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5PN2kntObc MINNEAPOLIS --- After sending shockwaves through the financial industry, now bitcoin is poised to revolutionize digital privacy as well. Whether it’s between everyday citizens, investors, or corporations, every financial transaction is recorded. The institutions that regulate currency have

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How Israeli Arms Fuel Genocide, Civil Strife Around The World

In this episode of MintPress News’ ‘Behind the Headline,’ host and MintPress News Editor-in-Chief Mnar Muhawesh pulls back the curtain on Israel’s dark, not-so-secret history of fomenting civil strife and enabling genocide by arming pariah regimes around the world.

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An Israeli soldier demonstrates the Israeli made anti-tank missile launcher, the Spike LR ATGM. Photo: Natan Flayer/cc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1CuGh-c1zc MINNEAPOLIS --- When talking about the Middle East, Israel is often touted as the only democracy in the region and a beacon of human rights surrounded by hostile neighbors. It’s a dubious notion, to say the least, considering Israel’s inhumane treatment of Palestinians, its illegal occupation

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Texas Incarcerates Immigrant Children In Private Prisons They Call ‘Day Care Centers’

In this episode of MintPress News’ ‘Behind the Headline,’ host Mnar Muhawesh interviews Alejandro Caceres, the immigration organizer at Grassroots Leadership, about the mistreatment of migrant children held in private prisons in the Lone Star State.

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Immigration Overload-Nogales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWvH3SGoRds Update: On May 4, a judge in the 250th District Court granted a temporary restraining order preventing the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from issuing a childcare license to the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. The restraining order lasts until May 13,

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Help Us Reach Our Fundraising Goal For ‘Behind The Headline’ On Indiegogo

Our generous sponsors and engaged readers have already helped us achieve leaps and bounds with our show ‘Behind the Headline.’ To continue to sustain operations, we need your help.

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https://youtu.be/lFl2Sc8OPok MINNEAPOLIS --- Today I launched our first IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign to raise $6,100 in 60 days to keep “Behind The Headline” on the air. To continue to build the show we love, we need cover our initial launch costs, including production and equipment expenses. With your help, we hope to not just

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