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Hate Crimes

Holder Pushes Hate Crime Bill in Wake of Recent Wave of Hate

Janet Murguía | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mexicans, Attacks, Hate Crimes, Congress, Nclr, Attorney General Eric Holder, Violence, Fbi, Immigrants, Southern Poverty Law Center, Eric Holder, Hate Crime Legislation, Dr. George Tiller, Eric Holder Attorney General, Hateful Rhetoric, Suffolk-County, u.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Talk Show Hosts, Jose Osvaldo Sucuzhanay, Elected Officials, Immigration Debate, Latinos, Shenandoah, Shooting, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hate Crimes Bill, Hispanic, Pennsylvania, New York, Murder, Luis Ramirez, Marcelo Lucero, National Council of La Raza, Ecuadorean, Politics News
Janet Murguía

Hate has always been present. But the recent spike in violence against immigrants is being fanned by the flames of the anger and hateful rhetoric being voiced in the debate over immigration.

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A Place for Human Rights at the U.S -Russia Summit

Paul LeGendre | Posted 07.01.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Hate Crimes, Obama, Human Rights, Medvedev, Russia-US Relations, President Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, World News
Paul LeGendre

Next week Obama meets with President Medvedev in Moscow. It would be a mistake to let human rights concerns go unaddressed, since the incidence of racist attacks there has grown by 15 percent.

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NYC Anti-Gay Violence Rises: Report

Advocate | Posted 07.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Lgbt, Hate Crimes, Anti-Gay Violence, Anti-Gay Violence New York, Violence, Homophobia, New York Gay Pride, New York City Violence, Gay Pride, Hate Crime, New York, New York Lgbt, Lgbt Violence, New York News

Following a gay pride weekend marked by hate-motivated violence, advocates in New York City plan a press conference on Wednesday morning to ...

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Media Could Use a Stonewall Uprising of Their Own

Karl Frisch | Posted 06.27.2009 | Media

Read More: The O'Reilly Factor, Msnbc, Hate Crimes, National Public Radio, LGBT Issues, Rush Limbaugh, Christian Broadcasting Network, Lesbian, Morning Joe, Adam Lambert, Gay, Lgbt, Npr, Joe Scarborough, Stonewall Riots, Gay Rights, James Dobson, LGBT Rights, Outrage, Michael Savage, Fox News, Willie Geist, Focus on the Family, Bill O'Reilly, Mike Barnicle, Pat Robertson, Gay Issues, Stonewall, Gay Marriage, Media News
Karl Frisch

Forty years after Stonewall, not only is sexual orientation still a taboo for many in the media, all too often it serves as a focal point for hate, ridicule, and misinformation.

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Urgent! Save Hate Crimes Bill Now!

Bil Browning | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Save Hate Crimes, Matthew Shepard Act, Hate Crimes, Senate, Politics News
Bil Browning

The hate crimes bill currently before the Senate will be added to the Defense Authorization Bill. Remember how well that worked out for us last time?

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Sigourney Weaver And Cast Of Prayers For Bobby Offer Hope To LGBT Youth

Jason Mannino | Posted 06.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Hate Crimes, Pflag, Lifetime, Gay, Film, New York, Sigourney Weaver, Lgbt, Religion, Television, Gay Rights, Mary Griffith, Emmys, Chicago, Living, Love, San Francisco, Living News
Jason Mannino

Service comes in many forms. In my article last week I discussed how positive images in television are serving LGBT youth. As Pride month comes to c...

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Are the Culture Wars Back?

Rachel Laser | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Hate Crimes, Culture Wars, Notre Dame, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Common Ground, Barack Obama, George Tiller, Gay Equality, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Sonia Sotomayor, New Hampshire, Pro-Choice, Third Way, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Rachel Laser

An overwhelmingly popular President and a rising chorus of Americans are imploring policymakers to replace the culture wars with culture discussions. In this new moment, engaging in partisan warfare seems simply passé.

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Mainstream Extremism

The Progress Report | Posted 06.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Hate Crimes, Immigration, Right-Wing Extremism, Home News
The Progress Report

by Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ali Frick, Ryan Powers, and Ian Millhiser To receive The Progress Report in your ema...

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South Africa: Xenophobia Still Common, Charges Hate Crimes Not Investigated

Mail & Guardian Online | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

Read More: Hate Crimes, South Africa Xenophobia, South Africa Somalis, Xenophobia, Africa, South Africa Immigrants, South Africa, South Africa Hate Crimes, South Africa Foreigners, World News

"My worry is that my children are going to be slaves because they won't have anything. These foreign people come to South Africa with nothing, but tom...

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Democracy's Paradox

Robert Koehler | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Von Brunn, Militar, Racism, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Politics News
Robert Koehler

Wanna hear a good Holocaust joke? Or a rib-tickler about lynching? How about starving Ethiopians? You'll bust a gut. I spent an eerie couple of hours...

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Weekly Immigration Wire: Why Are Hate Crimes on the Rise? Immigration NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fair, Latinos, Immigration NewsLadder, Hate Crimes, Raul Flores, Detention, Albert Robert Gaxiola, White Supremacy, Minuteman American Defense, Immigration Court System, Newsladder, Deportation, Jason Eugene Bush, Shawna Forde, Latin Americans, Racism, Anti-Immigrant, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Nezua, TMC MediaWire Blogger On May 30, 29-year-old Raul Flores and his 9-year-old daughter Brisenia Flores were shot to death, purportedly by a ...

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How Can I Be Loved for Hating Everybody?

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 06.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Abortion, James Von Brunn, Hate Crimes, Chrysler, Fuel Efficiency, Pundits, Scott Roeder, Aig, Pro-Life, Barack Obama, Dr. George Tiller, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Gasoline Prices, Wall Street, General Motors, Germany, Middle East, Oil Prices, Hillary Clinton, Hate Speech, Japan, Pro-Choice, Media News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

The world is changing way too fast. A year ago we thought Hillary Clinton might get elected. Television pundits repeatedly asked us if we were ready...

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The Bloody Truth Behind Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric

Sally Kohn | Posted 06.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Immigration Reform, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, Shawna Forde, Immigration, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Luiz Ramirez, Politics News
Sally Kohn

It's time we confront the fact that behind violently anti-immigrant and supremacist rhetoric is a real urge and a real encouragement for actual violence.

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President Obama's FDR Problem

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Hate, Limbaugh, Steele, President Obama, Obama, O'Reilly, Fdr, Gingrich, Cheney, Hate Groups, Hate Crime, Hate Speech, Fox, Republican Party, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Republicans, Hannity, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

President Obama is the first president in my memory to have the FDR problem. That problem in a word is hate. The reason is the same.

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Consequences of Hate

Murray Fromson | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Binghamton Shooting, Stephen Tyrone Johns, National Rifle Association, Hate Crimes, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Columbine, James Von Brunn, San Ysidro Ranch, Virginia Tech, Nra, Kileen, Politics News
Murray Fromson

Von Brunn was under federal observation for years. That should have prevented a felon like him from ever purchasing a deadly weapon again. But it didn't and the question is why not?

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Why the Alleged Holocaust Museum Shooter Ran Loose

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Jews, Hate Crimes, Hate Crime Laws, Von Brunn, Blacks, Holocaust Museum, Prosecutions, Neo Nazis, Racism, Fbi, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

How could a guy who made absolutely no effort to hide his intent to wreak murder and mayhem on Jews and blacks, and had a personal track record of acting out the lunacy, run loose for so long?

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Wingnut Murder Spree or Are WE Part of the Problem?

Rob Kall | Posted 06.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Extremists, Hate Crimes, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Wingnuts, Homeland Security, Racism, Fbi, Hate Speech, Abortion Doctor Murder, Extremism, Media News
Rob Kall

The extremist right wing echo chamber has decided to sow unrest by characterizing left wingers and their positions as anti-American, murderous, traitorous, thieving, criminal, family-threatening, communist, socialist, perverted, deranged... and it is working.

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Fear

Robert Slayton | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Tiller, Change, Hate Crimes, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Politics News
Robert Slayton

For some people, there is just too much change. And their violent resistance will be here for a while.

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Sotomayor Condemned Antigay Violence

The Advocate | Julie Bolcer | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Antigay Violence, Hate Crimes, Antigay Violence, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News

Judge Sonia Sotomayor, whose Supreme Court nomination hearings are slated to begin on July 13, was one of 39 individuals at Princeton University who s...

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Shootings at the Holocaust Museum -- The Politics of Hate

Michelle Kraus | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Abortion, George Tiller, Karl Rove, Hate Crimes, White Supremacist Holocaust Shooting, Holocaust Museum, Violence, Scott Roeder, Media, Politics News
Michelle Kraus

We are living in a world of hurt, domestic unrest and a country bled dry financially and morally. When will it stop?

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Concealed Carry: If You're Interested in Preventing Hate Crimes, Let's Stop them Before They Happen

Christopher Barron | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Cato Institute, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Hate Crimes Bill, Gun Laws, Politics News
Christopher Barron

If Congress wants to prevent violent hate crimes, they should pass legislation allowing men and women to carry a concealed weapon outside their home state: the truth is, law-abiding gun use saves lives.

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Marcus Epstein Gives Everyone a Bad Name

Disgrasian | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Hate Crimes, PAC Leaders, Asian Americans, Marcus Epstein, Marcus Epstein Calls Woman "Nigger", Team America, Tom Tancredo, Tancredo Speechwriter, Conservatives, Bay Buchanan, Asians, Karate Chop, Racial Slurs, Marcus Epstein Assault, Paleoconservatives, Politics News
Disgrasian

Marcus Epstein should know by now: Shame never dies. After all: shame, disappointment in self, feelings of failure and a deep sense of self-loathing ...

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Kill for Life

Jonathan Richards | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, George Tiller Murder, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, Religious Right, Right to Life, Dr. George Tiller, Political Cartoons, Cartoon, Politics News
Jonathan Richards

"You reap what you sow," apologists for the murderer of Dr. Tiller are saying. For their sakes, for all of our sakes, one hopes not.

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New Jersey Tops List In Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes

AP | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Jersey Hate Crimes, Hate Crimes, New Jersey, Politics News

PARAMUS, N.J. — New Jersey had more anti-Semitic incidents reported in 2008 than any other state. However, the Anti-Defamation League says the ...

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In Praise of Injustice (Accentuate the Negative)

Eli Dansky | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Activism, Efca, Obama, Matthew Shepard, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, TV Advertising, Torture, Advocacy, Politics News
Eli Dansky

Let's restore despair and self-righteousness, along with shame/fearmongering, to their rightful places in the activist's arsenal.

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