Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Talk of ‘Unity’
Mar 3, 2017 The president played on themes of harmony in his first address to Congress, but recent incidents of violence and bigotry tell a different story.Asian-American Slain, 2nd Is Wounded in Kansas by a Man Yelling, “Get Out of My Country!”
Feb 24, 2017 It is speculated that the alleged shooter falsely believed the men to be Middle Eastern Muslims.
Hate Crimes Are Up, but the Government Isn’t Doing a Good Job of Tracking Them
Nov 16, 2016 After a bitter national election, there is considerable anxiety about the potential for violence. The data kept on crimes charged by racial and religious antipathies won’t reassure anyone.
It’s Worse Than You Think
Nov 12, 2016 The election of Donald Trump, whose appeal to voters is based on magical thinking, paves the way for the rise of a police state unlike anything seen in American history. Its fangs will appear the moment Trump’s base realizes it has been betrayed.
How Far Will Americans Take Anti-Muslim Hate?
Oct 9, 2016 The de facto criminalization of being Muslim or speaking Arabic is proceeding apace despite being contrary to every core American value and contradicting the First Amendment.
Police Officers in One U.K. County Are Now Treating Misogyny and Street Harassment as Hate Crimes
Aug 24, 2016 The police force in England's Nottinghamshire County came to the decision after meeting with women's rights activists. The police force in England's Nottinghamshire County came to the decision after meeting with women's rights activists.
Opportunists Exploit LGBTQ Issues to Demonize Islam and Justify Anti-Muslim Policies
Jun 15, 2016 "[T]he standard group of hateful polemicists who literally seem to devote their lives to exploiting every news event to attack Islam wasted no time [Sunday] -- before any facts were known, while the bodies were literally still in the club -- squeezing the horrific slaughter in Orlando to depict Muslims as uniquely hateful of LGBTs,” writes Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept.
White Youths Shouting Racial Slurs Chase Black Teenager to His Death (Video)
Jun 4, 2016 After the presence of police frightened the gang away, 16-year-old Dayshen McKenzie collapsed in the Staten Island heat in what may have been an asthma attack.
How Americans Hate: 8-fold Increase in Islamophobic Crime Since 2000
Apr 12, 2016 Ever since Congress passed the Hate Crime Statistics Act in 1990, the FBI has been issuing annual reports on crimes of bias or hate crimes. We can see in these statistics some of the reasons why the GOP candidates are running on anti-Muslim hatred.
2015 in Review: Marriage Equality, Mass Shootings, Pope Francis and Islamic State
Dec 25, 2015 Despite conservative backlash against same-sex weddings in 2015, ministers who support them can now fully practice their religions. Meanwhile, hateful rhetoric from Donald Trump and others means patriotic and law-abiding Muslims face a rising tide of hate crimes.
