Hate Crimes

Newsweek's Hate Crime

Sara Whitman | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media


Sara Whitman

The article "Young, Gay and Murdered" in Newsweek is one of the poorest examples of journalism I've ever read. To take a kid who is dead and report on how he "asked for it?" That is a hate crime.

Jailing the Hate Criminal Who Threatened Me

James Zogby | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


James Zogby

Last Friday, a man was sentenced to two concurrent one-year prison terms for threatening my life and using hate-filled threats to violate my civil rights.

"Honor Killing" Comes To America

Irshad Manji | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


Irshad Manji

Right-wing media loves to ask, "When it comes to denouncing the oppression of Muslim women, where are the feminists?" Well, here we are.

What to Do About Hate?

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics


Amitai Etzioni

Please post below any suggestion on what to do about people who hate. I cannot get out of my mind the kinds of things that were said to volunteers who were canvassing for Barack Obama.

Exposing John McCain's Record of Opposing the Interests of GLBT Americans

Allison Herwitt | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics


Allison Herwitt

John McCain is anti-gay and despite his pretenses toward moderation and tolerance, he is just as dangerous for gays as George W. Bush.

Malkin, Rachael Ray and the Real Symbols of Hatred in America

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics


Ray Hanania

"Backlash terrorism" is not considered a crime, but it should be. Including when TV talk show hosts are accused of supporting terrorism by sporting "jihadi chic" clothing.

I am a Papal Party Pooper

Hilary Rosen | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics


Hilary Rosen

Washington is agog with celebrations of the Holy Father, so I hate to be a pooper at the papal party but...it is worth pointing out a visit by another holy man to the U.S. last week.

Google to Help Curb Web Porn in Brazil

AP | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business


RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The head of Google in Brazil said Wednesday the Internet giant will take actions to stop child pornography and hate cri...

What Sally Has Wrought

Chuck Wolfe | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics


Chuck Wolfe

If State Rep. Sally Kern had offered similar hateful views about African Americans, Native Americans or Jewish people, we wouldn't even be debating her speech. We'd be saying goodbye.

Terrorists Among Us: Rep. Sally Kern

Kirk Snyder | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics


Kirk Snyder

Free speech is not a license to incite hate and violence, and sadly that is what Sally Kern's ugly oration about homosexuals is all about.

Death at the Beach: What Did America Learn in School Last Tuesday?

Tom Gregory | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics


Tom Gregory

Fifteen-year-old Brandon McInerney has absorbed and internalized the slandering tongue of the president for half his life; it's no wonder he pulled the trigger on a gay student.

House Dems Selling Out Gays? Again.

Lane Hudson | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics


Lane Hudson

The Matthew Shephard Act is shaping up to be a complete sell-out of any campaign promises that Democrats made to the gay community.

Muddled Picture on Hate Violence in America

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Civil rights leaders pound Bush for not pushing Justice Dept. to bump up the number of hate crime prosecutions. But Bush is hardly the only president that didn't make it a priority.

"'B****** Fighting" the Troubling Trend Among Some Young Women

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.13.2007 | Living


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The willingness of more young women, especially black women, to resort to fisticuffs to settle disputes has become an even bigger problem.

Blacks Should Toss Noose as Symbol, Hear History

Michael Meyers | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics


Michael Meyers

Whatever happened on Columbia's campus was no such hate crime, regardless of what the rope symbolizes.

Hanging Nooses: Hate or Hoax Upsurge

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.12.2007 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Racial hoaxes almost always fall apart but they work for a time because they play hard on the stereotypes, myths, and fears about blacks and Latinos.

Senate Passes Hate Crimes Bill; Larry Craig Opposes

Posted 09.27.2007 | Politics


Moments ago, the Senate voted 60-39 to end debate on the Matthew Shepard Act, which expands federal hate crimes laws to include violence based on a vi...

Hate Crimes and Justice in the Black Community

Melissa Harris-Lacewell | Posted 09.25.2007 | Politics


Melissa Harris-Lacewell

It is time for black Christians to speak out against the campaign against the Matthew Shepard Act. Homophobic black clergy do not speak for the entire black Christian community.


 

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