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Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Hosts “15 Years of Progress: Honoring The Matthew Shepard And James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act”

By DOJ News Photos: DOJ\YouTube Screenshots The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in collaboration with the University of the District of Columbia Law School, ...

dehumanization and hate played in the alt-right’s support of Donald Trump.

Trump’s Big Lies And Inciteful Prejudice Threaten American Democracy

Photos: YouTube A year ago, when I examined the lessons of hatred and political violence in the US, I made note of the ugly ...

The report provides a comprehensive look at both the opportunities and limitations of hate crime laws as a means of preventing a

Report: Hate Crime Laws Have Limitations In Face of Rising Racist Violence

By SPLC

Photos: YouTube MONTGOMERY, Ala. — With a rise in hate violence across the country, a new report from the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) and ...

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Happy Pride Month: Power and Pride to The People!

Happy Pride month to Black LGBTQ readers and to all of us who love LGBTQ people! June has become the traditional month for Pride ...

The problem is that in 2020 all expressions of hate, like the homophobia that killed Shepard, are being used as tools in a polit

Trump Dangerously Uses the Menacing Threat of Hate and Political Violence

[Trump\Homophobia\Hate] PeaceVoice\Laven: “Trump is clearly unfazed by nearly 220,000 COVID-19 deaths, supports murder in the streets by vigilantes and the outrageous coup plot in ...

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Lawyers Group Calls for Justice Department Hate Crime Investigation

[White Militia & Vigilante Violence] Kristen Clarke: “While law enforcement in riot gear and military tanks chose to surveil and silence these protesters, men ...

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Black Leaders Reject AG Jeff Sessions Bid to gut DOJ’s Civil Rights Protections

  AG Jeff Sessions–he’s tongue-tied when it’s time to denounce White extremism hate-crimes. Photo Gage Skidmore-Flickr   Several African-American civil rights leaders sent a ...