hate crimes
California’s new A.G. announces ‘Racial Justice Bureau’ to combat hate surge
May 14, 2021State Attorney General Rob Bonta says California is "in a full-on state of crisis, a full-on state of emergency when it comes to hate violence against the Asian Pacific Islander community."
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A step closer to justice: Three men indicted in Ahmaud Arbery murder
April 30, 2021On Feb. 23, 2020, Arbery, a 25-year-old young man, was shot and killed while jogging after being pursued by three white men in Brunswick, Ga.
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Unions, civil rights groups join mass NYC march against anti-Semitism
January 9, 2020Both the Southern Poverty Law Center and federal figures show huge increases in anti-Semitic crimes in the three years since President Donald Trump took office.
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The quiet Pittsburgh morning that was shattered by hate
November 1, 2018Candles and handmade signs of love and anger gave voice to heartfelt sorrow and outrage.
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Thoughts from a man who grew up at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue
October 29, 2018PW contributor Rick Nagin on the Tree of Life massacre and the future that still must be if we are to prevent another one.
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