Hate Crimes

Victim of Racist Attack Awarded $2.5 Million

Kety Esquivel | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Kkk, Jordan Gruver, Lawsuits, Hispanics, Race, Ku Klux Klan Recruit, Racial Epithet, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Death Threat, Nclr, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Online, Kentucky, E-Mail, National Council of La Raza, Hate Speech, Bankrupt, Immigration Policy, Immigration Debate, Klansmen, Gruver, Politics News
Kety Esquivel

Gruver was attacked by Klansmen at a Kentucky fair in 2006. He was in line at a concession stand at the Meade County Fair when two Klansmen... threw whiskey in his face.

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By Way of Clarification

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Conservatives, Hate Crimes, Matthew Shepherd, Proposition 8, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, Prop 8 Protests, Intellectual Freedom, Moral Ambiguity, Progressive Ideology, Ideology, Marriage Equality, Prop 8 Rally, Gay Rights, Larry King, Freedom of Thought, Marriage Equality in CA, Anti-Intellectualism, Bush Administration Intellectualism, Gay Civil Rights, Conservative Ideology, Gay Marriage, California Proposition 8, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Ultimately, no one wins when ideology, whether progressive or reactionary, is allowed to prevail over diversity of ideas, and human will.

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Obama Election Spurs "Hundreds" Of Race Threats, Crimes

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, President Obama, Obama Election Race Crimes, Race Crimes, Barack Obama, Race Relations, Politics News

Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars. Incidents ar...

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Threats of Violence Persist Against Civil Rights Leaders

Kety Esquivel | Posted 11.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Race Relations, Obama, Hispanics, Race, Latino Voters, Triangle Community Foundation, E-Mail, Hate Speech, Tony Asion, Immigration Debate, North Carolina, Latinos, Latino Vote, Andrea BazáN, Rule of Law, Immigration Reform, Racial Epithet, Massachussetes, USA Today, El Pueblo, Latino Politics, Death Threat, Nclr, FBI and Immigration, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Online, Hispanic Voters, National Council of La Raza, Lulac, Immigration Policy, MALDEF, Home News
Kety Esquivel

Even as the country was celebrating its extraordinary milestone of electing the first African American President, The Washington Post published a sobe...

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Off Duty Chicago Police Accused of Election Night Hate Crimes

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Chicago Police, Election Night, Barack Obama, Police Racism, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Three unmarked police cars allegedly pulled up alongside them, and are reported to have pepper sprayed the youngsters.

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Powerful New American Vote Trumps Nativist Dogma

Angela Kelley | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, 2008 Elections, Hate Crimes, Latino Vote, Barack Obama Latinos, 2008 Presidential Race, Immigration, 2008 Election, Voting, Politics News
Angela Kelley

Latinos are fighting back with the power of their vote and many fall into the category of New Americans.

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Hate Speech, Vandalism, and Death Threats Have No Place in Immigration Debate or the Election

Kety Esquivel | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

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Kety Esquivel

Originally posted at wecanstopthehate.org NCLR launched http://www.WeCanStoptheHate.org to address the surge of hate and violence infecting the immig...

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A Hate Crime in My Neighborhood?

Michelle Pilecki | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Mccain, Campaign, Michelle Malkin, Pittsburgh, Ashley Todd, Politics News
Michelle Pilecki

Hearing that a volunteer for the McCain campaign had been attacked and mutilated in my Pittsburgh neighborhood -- indeed, at the very ATM I most often...

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Impending GOP Losses Lead to Rage and Hate

Paul Hogarth | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Acorn, Sarah Palin Violence, Mccain Losing, Republican Backlash, Sarah Palin Rallies, Right-Wing, Hate Crimes, Mccain Rallies, Politics News
Paul Hogarth

ACORN is one of the most effective grass-roots political organizations in the country, and the McCain campaign has accused them of perpetrating voter fraud on behalf of Obama in minority communities.

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Death Threats Made to Staff and Board of CASA of Maryland

Kety Esquivel | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Latino Vote, Federal Courthouse, Maryland, Rule of Law, Hispanics, Race, Md, Naacp, Racial Epithet, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Latino Voters, Nclr, Death Threat, Online, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, National Council of La Raza, Hispanic Voters, E-Mail, Hate Speech, Immigration Debate, Immigration Policy, Home News
Kety Esquivel

Originally ...

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A Land Where Nowhere Is Safe: A Lesbian Activist Speaks About Gender and Violence in Kyrgyzstan

Anna Kirey | Posted 10.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Women, Hate Crimes, Rape, Survivor, Women's Issues, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Lesbian, Sexual Orientation, Transgendered, Men, Traditional Society, Transgender Issues, Global Feminism, Kyrgyzstan, Human Rights Watch, Bisexual, Sexual Harassment, Man, Osce, Muslim, Labrys, Manhood, Harrassment, Domestic Violence, Soviet Union, Living News
Anna Kirey

The government does not even recognize officially that lesbian or bisexual women and transgender people exist. There is no place for us in a conservative, patriarchal value system.

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The Matthew Shepard Murder, 10 Years Later

Rashad Robinson | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media

Read More: The Matthew Shepard Foundation, Hate Crimes, LGBT Issues, Glaad, LGBT Rights, Matthew Shepard, Media, Ncavp, Media News
Rashad Robinson

According to the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP), reported incidents of anti-LGBT violence increased by 24 percent from 2006 to 2007.

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My Response to the Dayton Daily News

Chris Rodda | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Religion, Islam, Hate Crimes, Obsession the Movie, Dayton Daily News, Media News
Chris Rodda

An October 3 article from the Dayton Daily News continues the paper's attempts to minimize the attack that occurred on September 26 at the Islamic Center of Greater Dayton.

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NCLR Death Threat Punished in Court of Law

Kety Esquivel | Posted 10.01.2008 | Home

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Kety Esquivel

Originally posted at wecanstopthehate.org Christopher Michael Szaz was sentenced today in North Carolina for emailing a death threat to the staff of ...

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Color me underwhelmed

Bil Browning | Posted 09.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Matthew Shepard Act, Hate Crimes, Matthew Shepard, Gay Bashing, University of Wyoming, Living News
Bil Browning

Matthew Shepard was honored at a University of Wyoming ceremony over the weekend. As the 10th anniversary of Matthew's killing approaches, the genero...

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One in Ten Latinos Asked for Papers for LWL: Living While Latino

Angela Kelley | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Latinos, Racism, Raids, Immigration, Hate Crimes, Civil Rights, Immigration Debate, Politics News
Angela Kelley

The current climate of undeterred public immigrant-bashing along with an immigration policy of "attrition through enforcement" has cultivated unfetter...

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Lou Dobbs and Immigrant Hate Groups Put Fear First, Leave Solutions Behind

Angela Kelley | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Congress, Hate Crimes, Ku Klux Klan, Lou Dobbs, Racism, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Civil Rights, Politics News
Angela Kelley

When did extreme become mainstream?--That's the question immigrant advocates, labor leaders, civil rights groups, and Latino organizations are asking ...

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The Killer, Not the Killed

Sara Whitman | Posted 08.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Gun Violence, Hate Crimes, Violence in Schools, Lawrence King Murder, Youth Issues, LGBT Youth, Parental Guidence, Gender Expression, Youth Crime, School Policy, Blame the Victim, Dress Codes in Schools, Living News
Sara Whitman

As a parent, I cannot understand Larry King's family's lawsuit. They are blaming lipstick and glitter instead of the gun and the hand that held it.

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Birch Bayh: What Leadership Ought to Look Like

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Kathleen Sibelius, Hate Crimes, Title IX, Gary Hart, Birch Bayh, Civil Rights Act, Fisa, Electoral College, National Popular Vote, Washington College, US Senate, Richard Lugar, Constitutional Amendments, Evan Bayh, John McCain, Paul Laxalt, Joseph Biden, Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama, Bayh-Dole Act, Dale Bumpers, Starr Center, US Politics, Voting Rights Act, Enemies List, Tim Pawlenty, Nixon, Tim Kaine, Richard Cheney, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Here's why I like Bayh the father so much and why he sets a standard for leadership that we should be comparing others to.

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Messages That Lead To Murder

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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Wayne Besen

The far right's dirty little secret is that they depend on the threat of violence to retard the advancement of the GLBT movement.

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Newsweek's Hate Crime

Sara Whitman | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Gay Panic Defense, Hate Crimes, Sensationalist Journalism, LGBT Issues, LGBT Youth, Lawrence King, LGBT Rights, Gay Agenda, Youth Sexuality, Newsweek, Civil Rights, Media News
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.

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Jailing the Hate Criminal Who Threatened Me

James Zogby | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fbi, Hate Crimes, Justice Department, Civil Rights, State Department, Politics News
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.

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"Honor Killing" Comes To America

Irshad Manji | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Progressive Values, Hate Crimes, Human Rights, Religion and Politics, Atlanta, Progressive Politics, Progressive Movement, Multiculturalism, Honor Killing, Politics News
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.

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What to Do About Hate?

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Discrimination, Hate Crimes, Hate Speech, Hate, Race, Racial Discrimination, Politics News
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.

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

Allison Herwitt | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Glbt, Hate Crimes, Gay Rights, Mccain, Human Rights Campaign, Lgbt, Same Sex Marriage, Politics News
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.

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