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Vigils held nationwide for nonbinary Oklahoma teenager who died following school bathroom fight
Vigils took place across the nation for Oklahoma teenager Nex Benedict, who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom in which the nonbinary student claimed to be a target of bullying.
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State effort aims to prevent hateful acts on college campuses
Schools from across Connecticut gathered to hear directly from top public safety officials to help prevent hate on college campuses.
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State effort aims to prevent hateful acts on college campuses
Schools from across Connecticut gathered to hear directly from top public safety officials to help prevent hate on college campuses. It comes amid rising concerns around the country and right here. “Students are definitely concerned and worried,” Jessica Baden of the UConn Hillel student board said. Baden said recently they’ve gotten a stream of hateful messages especially online. After...
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Cornell University sends officers to Jewish center after violent, antisemitic messages posted online
Cornell University administrators have dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements against Jewish students appeared on a discussion board.
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Jacksonville shooting victim planned to spend Saturday with his daughter. He was killed before he could.
Jerrald Gallion planned to spend the weekend with his 4-year-old daughter but the devoted father was instead one of three Black people gunned down at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida.
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3 killed in racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville
Three people were shot and killed at a store in Jacksonville Saturday in what police are describing as a racially-motivated crime.
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Asian American woman attacked on NYC subway says she doesn't think it was a hate crime
While the incident is being investigated as a hate crime, Sue Young, the victim, does not believe the attack was racially motivated, and cautioned against carceral solutions.
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CT officials respond to hate speech after Hartford mural vandalism
Officials say the number of reported hate crimes in Connecticut is on the rise, with the most recent coming this weekend when Hartford’s Black Lives Matter mural was defaced.
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Australia plans legislation to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols, officials say
Australia’s government plans legislation to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols nationwide except for religious, educational and certain other uses.
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New FBI Hate Crimes Report Undercounts Bigotry-Based Attacks on Racial Minorities and LGBTQ People
The FBI on Monday released a hate crimes report for 2021 that it admits is incomplete and which, critics say, vastly undercounts bigotry-based attacks on Blacks, Jews, Asians and members of the LGBTQ community.