Hate Crimes

Rose Morat: Elderly Woman Mugged, Punched In Hate Crime

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Elderly, Robbery, Hate Crimes, Mugging, New York Crime, New York, Jack Rhodes, Rose Morat, New York News

NEW YORK — A New York City man was convicted of hate crimes Tuesday in connection with a series of muggings that included an assault on a centen...

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Organizing to Stop Far Right Violence

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Far-Right Fundamentalism, Yitzhak Rabin, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, Eric Holder Attorney General, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

Other people, besides former evangelicals like me, are finally starting to realize that there is a serious problem facing America. What are we going to do about the haters?

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9/12 Movement: "Send Congress A Pink Slip"

The Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap and Trade, 9/12 Movement, Hate Crimes, Congress, World Net Daily, 9/12, Public Option, Health Care Public Option, Politics News

The 9/12 movement showed up in large numbers (somewhere between 12 and 80 squillion, I'm told), but Congress, they say, still has not received the mem...

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Blake Hayes: NYPD Ignored Gay-Bash Incident Says Victim

NBC New York | Posted 11.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Homosexuality, Hate Crimes, Gay Rights, Gay Bashing, New York Cops, Nypd, Crime, Balke Hayes, New York News

A local radio personality says he and two friends suffered an anti-gay attack in Hell's Kitchen over the weekend and police turned a blind eye to the ...

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Sparkman: Casualty of Methland, USA? Or Victim of Anti-Government Bile?

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, White House, Hate Crimes, Teabaggers, 2042-Minorities, Crime, Violent Crime, Tax Protests, Michele Bachman, Census Boycott, Immigration, Right Wing, Race, Working Class, Census, 2010 Census, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Bill Sparkman, Methamphetamine, Right-Wing Extremism, Anti-Government, Lou Dobbs, William Spakrkman Hanged, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Politics News
Richard M. Benjamin

Sparkman's workaday life and violent death -- whatever the cause and whoever the culprit -- highlight the precarious struggles of the white working class and the brewing storm surrounding the 2010 Census.

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Joseph Christopher Rocha: Gay Sailor's Abuse To Be Reviewed By Navy

Youth Radio | Rachel Krantz | Posted 11.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Hate Crimes, Hazing, Abuse, K-9, Joseph Christopher Rocha, Navy Canine Unit, Bahrain, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay, Dadt, Youth Radio, Gay Rights, Gays in the Military, Military, Navy K-9 Unit, Navy Canine, Navy, US Navy, Sailor, Home News

After Youth Radio exposed a culture of hazing, including psychological and physical abuse, at a U.S. Navy canine unit in Bahrain, the nation's top Nav...

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You're No David Dinkins

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Ed Koch, David Dinkins, Barack Obama, Politics, Politics News
Robert David Jaffee

As this summer has reminded us, race remains a more insidious and pervasive issue than some of us realized and may have a greater impact on Obama's fate in 2010 and 2012 than it did in 2008.

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Ted Kennedy: Fearless Leader in the Fight against Hate Crime

Paul LeGendre | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Matthew Shepard, Ted Kennedy, Kennedy, Politics News
Paul LeGendre

Kennedy compared hate crimes to "acts of domestic terrorism" and worked tirelessly to pass hate crimes legislation in the Senate.

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The Uninsured Has a Black Face -- White Ambivalence Is Obama's Struggle

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Mongers, President Obama, News, African American President, Hateful Acts, White Ambivalence, Obama, White Privilege, Hate Crimes, Racists, Hate Groups, Rosa Parks, John Dovidio, Liberal Racism, Great White Hope, African Americans, Post Racial Society, Politics, Right Wing, Blacks, Barack Obama, Reparations, Breaking News, Yale, Racism, Race, Healthcare Reform, Functional Racism, Whites, Prof. Dovidio, Health Care, Dr. John Dovidio, Hate, Dovidio, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

Yale professor, John Dovidio, does not feel the ongoing protests, name calling and Hitler labels by white protesters are hate, but a fight by whites struggling to defend and maintain their position and status.

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Hate Groups Bank on Obama to Swell Their Ranks

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racists, Hate Crimes, Anti-Obama Websites, Kkk, Hate Groups, Gop, Militias, Right Wing, Aryan Nation, World Netdaily, Health-Care-Town-Halls-Activists, Barack Obama, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The angry faces and the fist-shaking at the health care town halls today could provide a fertile recruiting ground for new more vocal and visible anti-government groups.

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Mediocre Grade for the Southern Poverty Law Center's Latest Report

Carol M. Swain | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Splc, White Supremacy, Hate Crimes, Southern Poverty Law Center, Race Relations, Hate Groups, Black Nationalism, White Nationalism, Civil Rights, Politics News
Carol M. Swain

Instead of providing readers with a systematic analysis and hard data supporting its warning about a growing threat, the SPLC's report was chocked full of vague generalities and unnamed sources.

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Mission Creep and the Southern Poverty Law Center's Misguided Focus

Carol M. Swain | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Black Panthers, Hate Crimes, Poverty, Vanderbilt University, Cnn, Lou Dobbs, Department of Justice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Justice Department, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Politics News
Carol M. Swain

Mission creep occurs when an organization strays beyond its original purpose and engages in actions antithetical to its goals. Rather than monitoring hate groups, the Southern Poverty Law Center has become one.

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The Hungarian Government Must Step Up Its Efforts to Stop Hate Crimes Against Roma

Human Rights First | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

Read More: Hate Crimes, Roma, Human Rights, Hungary, Violence, Violence in Hungary, Roma Hungary, World News
Human Rights First

Violence against Roma in Hungary is occurring against a backdrop of widespread marginalization of Roma communities, discrimination, and anti-Roma rhetoric expressed by some public officials.

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Woman-Hating and the LA Fitness Massacre: Hate Crimes Against Women

Louise Marie Roth | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Woman-Hating, La Fitness Shooting, La Fitness Gunman, George Sodini, Anti-Feminism, Feminism, Pittsburgh Shooting, Lepine, Politics News
Louise Marie Roth

This was a hate crime against women. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that Sodini was just a lone psychopath: his hatred of women was based on his sense of masculine entitlement.

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Could Obama Be Overthrown?

Danny Schechter | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foreclosures, A New Way Forward, Honduras, Hate Crimes, Glenn Beck, Banks, Barack Obama, Politics News
Danny Schechter

There may be a garden outside the Oval Office but there is a minefield inside it.

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The Unteachable Lesson: Can We Learn From Gates and Crowley?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Racial Discrimination, James Crowley, Hate Crimes, Gates Arrest, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Ghetto, Cambridge Police, Rnc, Obama-Crowley, Black Men, Discrimination, Republican Party, African Americans, Po Po, Michael Steele, Obama-Gates Defense, Rush Limbaugh, Politics, Obama Crowley Gates, Harvard Professor, Barack Obama, Racism, Racial Profiling, Culture, African American, Sean Hannity, White Men, Police, Sergeant Crowley, Skip Gates, Henry Louis Gates, Obama-Gates Arrest, Hate, Racialism, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

Whether he likes it or not, Gates stands as America's new 21st Century Poster Child for "racial profiling."

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Biden's Big Chance: Kyiv Visit Offers Opportunity to Combat Racist Violence in Ukraine

Human Rights First | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Racism, Hate Crimes, Joe Biden, Ukraine, World News
Human Rights First

Mr. Biden should take this opportunity to encourage the Ukrainian government to take practical and concrete steps to strengthen its response to hate crime.

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Hate Crimes Law Expansion Passes Senate To Include Sexual Orientation And More

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes Law, Senate Hate Crimes Law, Hate Crimes, Hate Crime Expansion, Federal Hate Crimes, Hate Crime, Politics News

WASHINGTON — People attacked because of their sexual orientation or gender would receive federal protections under a Senate-approved measure tha...

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Ilan Halimi Murder Trial Appeal Seeks Harsher Sentences

Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, France, Hate Crimes, Holocaust, Ilan Halimi Trial Appeal, French Gangs, Anti-Semitic, Foreign Affairs, Ilan Halimi Torture, Ilan Halimi Trial, Ilan Halimi, Anti-Semite, Advocacy, World News

In a rare move, French prosecutors may appeal their own successful conviction of 14 gang members who were found guilty of the 2006 torture and murder ...

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

Janet Murguía | Posted 08.06.2009 | 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 08.01.2009 | 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 08.01.2009 | 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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Sigourney Weaver And Cast Of Prayers For Bobby Offer Hope To LGBT Youth

Jason Mannino | Posted 07.26.2009 | 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 07.24.2009 | 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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South Africa: Xenophobia Still Common, Charges Hate Crimes Not Investigated

Mail & Guardian Online | Posted 07.20.2009 | 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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