Nation Aug 08 Father of ‘clock kid’ sues former Texas school for civil rights violations By Joshua Barajas
Nation Nov 23 Family of student arrested for homemade clock seeks $15M in damages, apologies The family of Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old student from Irving, Texas, who was arrested after his homemade clock was mistaken for a hoax bomb, is demanding $15 million in damages and written apologies from two of the city’s leaders. By Joshua Barajas
World Oct 20 Clockmaker Ahmed Mohamed accepts full scholarship at Qatar innovation school More than a month since Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb, his family said Tuesday that the 14-year-old will soon leave for Qatar to resume his studies. By Joshua Barajas
Nation Oct 20 14-year-old student arrested for homemade clock visits White House Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas teenager arrested after a homemade clock he brought to school was mistaken for a bomb, capped a whirlwind month with a visit to the White House on Monday. By Kevin Freking, Associated Press
Education Sep 17 I’m a teacher. I’m tired of fear driving everything in education When students are being interrogated without representation, when authorities are not believing what their students are telling them without any cause to be suspicious, when students are finally excited to share one of their creations only to be arrested as… By Janelle Bence
Sep 17 Watch 5:30 Muslim teen builds a clock, gets arrested, receives invitation to the White House By PBS News Hour The arrest of Texas teenager Ahmed Mohamed, a student who brought a homemade clock to school, has stirred a global social media frenzy. Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Nihad Awad of the Council on American-Islamic Relations about spreading Mohamed’s story and… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch 54:21 PBS NewsHour full episode September 17, 2015 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, what the Fed’s decision on interest rates means for the economy. Also: highlights from the second Republican debate, General Motors reaches a settlement over faulty ignition switches, making sense of Pope Francis’ capitalism critique, an American-trained… Continue watching
Sep 16 Column: Ahmed’s clock proves it’s time to disarm our irrational fear By Wendy Thomas Russell The story of a Texas 9th-grader arrested because he had the gall to make a clock and bring it to school to show his teacher has left Americans understandably reeling. But Ahmed Mohamed’s situation is about more than Islamophobia. It’s… Continue reading
Sep 16 14-year-old arrested after homemade clock is mistaken for bomb, prompts #IStandWithAhmed on Twitter By Colleen Shalby Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was arrested Monday after a teacher mistook a clock he made for a hoax bomb. Outraged Twitter users have responded to his arrest and suspension with #IStandWithAhmed. Continue reading