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Hate Crimes
February 5, 2024
Tori Otten
Georgia GOP Plans to Use Women’s Rights Bill to Allow More Hate Crimes
Georgia Republicans are using a “women’s bill of rights” to completely rewrite laws protecting LGBTQ people.
June 25, 2023
Jason Kyle Howard
The War on LGBTQ People Being Waged in Rural America
Pride should be about celebration and protest. For many this year, especially in rural America, it’s also about fear.
March 28, 2023
Prem Thakker
Josh Hawley, Only Senator to Vote Against Anti-Hate Crimes Bill, Wants to Call Nashville Shooting Hate Crime
Stunning hypocrisy from the Missouri senator.
November 23, 2022
Tori Otten
Tucker Carlson Guest Blames Trans People’s “Evil Agenda” for Colorado Springs Shooting
Carlson and his guest accused the LGBTQ community of bringing violence on itself, because of its support for gender-affirming care.
November 21, 2022
Tori Otten
The Colorado Springs Shooting Suspect Is The Grandson of MAGA Republican Randy Voepel
The suspected gunman opened fire in a queer club in Colorado Springs, killing five people and injuring at least 25 others.
March 31, 2022
Maya Wiley
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act Will Protect All of Us
Hate crimes of all kinds, and against all kinds of people, are still far too prevalent in American society. And they are massively underreported.
May 17, 2021
MagazineVivian Ho
Can a Hate Crimes Bill Stop the Rising Violence Against Asian Americans?
Representative Grace Meng of New York wants to curb anti-Asian racism, but activists for defunding the police say her bill won’t solve anything.
May 29, 2019
MagazineKimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Racial Terror and the Second Repeal of Reconstruction
How the legacy of Jim Crow haunts Trump's America
March 19, 2018
Sarah Jones
Is there a serial bomber in Austin, Texas?
March 3, 2017
Sarah Jones
A former Intercept reporter has been arrested for making threats against Jewish community centers.
June 15, 2016
Joshua D. Freilich, Jeff Gruenewald, Steven Chermak, William Parkin
Was the Orlando Shooting a Hate Crime or Terrorist Act? The Answer Matters.
February 27, 2015
Cristian Farias
Eric Holder Wants to Lower the Bar for Civil Rights Prosecutions. That's Trickier Than It Sounds.
February 25, 2015
Cristian Farias
Why Is It So Hard to Prove a Civil Rights Crime?
The Zimmerman case reveals the limits of the law—and foreshadows the Ferguson outcome

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