Oct 29 What history reveals about surges in anti-Semitism and anti-immigrant sentiments By Ingrid Anderson, The Conversation The modern outpouring of anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic sentiment is reminiscent of the political climate during the years between the first and second world wars in the U.S. Continue reading
Aug 07 Kansas man sentenced to life in prison for 2017 shooting that targeted Indian men By Joshua Barajas The white man who fatally shot Indian national Srinivas Kuchibhotla and wounded two other men at a bar in northeastern Kansas last year targeted them "because of their race, color, and national origin," federal prosecutors said. Continue reading
Jul 16 Hate crime case ends with guilty verdict for man who set Texas mosque fire By Joshua Barajas Marq Vincent Perez was found guilty of all counts in the Jan. 28, 2017, blaze at an Islamic center in Victoria, Texas. Perez faces up to 20 years in federal prison for destroying a religious place of worship. Continue reading
Jun 29 WATCH: Jeff Sessions speaks at DOJ hate crimes summit By Sadie Gurman and Russell Contreras, Associated Press More than half of the 250,000 hate crimes that took place each year between 2004 and 2015 went unreported to law enforcement for a variety of reasons, according to a special report on hate crimes from the Bureau of Justice… Continue reading
May 02 Justice Department committed to prosecuting religious hate crimes, official says By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press The department's special counsel for religious discrimination said Attorney General Jeff Sessions has urged the nation's federal prosecutors to pursue those cases as part of his tough-on-crime agenda. Continue reading
Feb 28 FBI to investigate Kansas shooting of two Indian men as a hate crime By Joshua Barajas Witnesses have said the shooter told the two Indian men to "get out of my country."… Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch 7:42 What can the Trump administration do to quell anti-Semitism? By PBS News Hour A wave of anti-Semitic incidents has swept across the U.S. in the past few months, including dozens of bomb threats at Jewish Community Centers around the country. Although President Trump formally denounced the threats on Tuesday, some believe he has… Continue watching
Jan 16 Are hateful outbursts rising? Since the election, some are keeping track By Kenya Downs The Southern Poverty Law Center has recorded more than 1,000 incidents of hate-based intimidation following the 2016 presidential election. But most of these incidents aren't considered hate crimes. Continue reading
Jan 06 Why hate crimes are so difficult to convict By Laura Santhanam, Kenya Downs Prosecuting hate crimes is often a complicated and arduous process, and no national agency tracks conviction rate data for these crimes. Continue reading
Dec 09 Attorney general to visit mosque, Stonewall National Monument amid increase in hate crimes By Associated Press FBI statistics released last month show reported hate crimes against Muslims rose by 67 percent in 2015 to their highest number since the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Continue reading