micdotcom:Yemeni bodega workers in New York rally around being American, Muslim and proud An estim
micdotcom: Yemeni bodega workers in New York rally around being American, Muslim and proud An estimated 1,000 Yemeni-American-run businesses, restaurants and bodegas in New York’s five boroughs shut their doors at noon Thursday for eight hours in an act of protest against Trump’s recently imposed travel restrictions. And as night fell on the rally at Brooklyn’s Borough Hall scheduled to take place in tandem with Thursday’s bodega closings, show up they did — by the thousands, waving American flags and bearing signs that declared “We need justice.” Read more -- source link