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PublishedAugust 16, 2023
Top lawmakers eye new laws in response to rise of white nationalism
The Democrats also pointed to a new law that prohibits attempts to cause emotional distress or fear if motivated by race, sexual orientation or other factors.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2023
Hate groups are on the march in Maine
A three-month investigation by the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram reveals that white nationalist groups are increasing their presence in Maine. Ignoring them would be a mistake, experts say.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2023
Racist Texas gunman who killed 23 people gets 90 consecutive life sentences
Patrick Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty earlier this year to nearly 50 federal hate crime charges in the 2019 mass shooting in El Paso, making it one of the U.S. government’s largest hate crime cases.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2023
Civil rights legislation sparked powerful backlash that’s still shaping American politics
Conservatives and the GOP have mounted a decadeslong legal fight to turn the clock back on the political gains of the civil rights movement.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
Before Patrick Mahomes vs. Jalen Hurts, there was Doug Williams
Williams became the first Black quarterback to start in a Super Bowl and won MVP of the game for Washington in January 1988.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
The modern NFL didn’t have a Black head coach until 1989. Here’s his story.
Art Shell was hired by the Los Angeles Raiders long after baseball and basketball teams had been led by African Americans. Then he was fired after a winning season.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
NFL owners have a problem hiring coaches: They’re lousy at it
The main reason the NFL fails in its attempts to engineer better diversity is that the owners are generally horrible at hiring anyone.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2023
How could they? That’s not a question for the head, but the heart
Systemic racism does dehumanizing things to the souls of those caught in its net, including the five Black police officers accused of killing Tyre Nichols.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2023
Black Memphis police spark dialogue on systemic racism in the U.S.
The Memphis cops charged with murder were Black. What does it matter?
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
Attacks on U.S. Jews and gays accelerate as hate speech grows on Twitter
Former employees and online researchers say an increase in physical attacks in the United States tracks with spikes in some categories of hate speech on Twitter, notably antisemitic and anti-gay slurs and rhetoric.
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