by Anna North March 24, 2017 Rajpreet Heir was taking the L train to a friend’s birthday party in Manhattan this month when a white man began shouting at her. “Do you even know what a Marine looks like?” the man asked Ms. Heir, who is pictured in the video above. “Do you know
by Rev. Al Sharpton March 28, 2017 During Monday’s White House briefing, press secretary Sean Spicer was asked a question about a rise in hate crimes, including the recent murder of Timothy Caughman at the hands of a white supremacist. His response? Not only did Spicer fail to acknowledge that Caughman’s death was a
by David Gonzalez April 2, 2017 Nayra and Gabriela don’t go out much these days, and not just because the two roommates are homebodies. When they venture outside their apartment in Queens, their hesitation is caused as much by emotional wounds as by physical injuries. The two friends are trans women, and though their
by Louis Weisberg April 3, 2017 A 23-year-old man has been charged with the stabbing death of Andrew G. Nesbitt in his downtown Madison apartment. Nesbitt had moved to Madison after surviving a previous attack outside an Oshkosh gay bar. His roommate found his body on March 27, Nesbitt’s 46th birthday. Darrick E. Anderson,
by Nikita Biryukov April 1, 2017 Propelled by a nationwide surge in hate crimes, lawmakers in several states are working to deter potential offenders with harsher punishments. Bills in New York would, among other things, make cemetery desecration a felony, and a Connecticut bill promises to be the most comprehensive hate crime legislation to
by Isabel Kershner, Adam Goldman, Alan Blinder, and Richard Perez-Pena March 23, 2017 JERUSALEM — A monthslong wave of bomb threats against Jewish institutions in the United States that prompted evacuations, heightened security and fears of rising anti-Semitism gave way to an unexpected twist on Thursday. The person responsible for many of the threats,
by Ann E. Marimow March 9, 2017 Three men face hate-crimes charges in connection with the deadly shooting last summer of a 22-year-old transgender woman and for targeting two other transgender women, according to court papers filed this week. A D.C. grand jury returned an indictment on Wednesday in the July 4 shooting of
by Clayton Spivey March 13, 2017 After carving a swastika and other slurs into the hood of a Campus Safety vehicle and slashing its tires, a suspended Orange Coast College student was arrested for felony vandalism and a hate crime early Monday. According to John Farmer, OCC’s chief of Campus Safety, the incident occurred
by Vivian Ho March 9, 2017 A man was convicted of yelling racial epithets and wielding a knife at an African American camp counselor outside a summer youth program in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood, the district attorney said Thursday. A Superior Court jury found Steven Alfred Beck, 37, guilty of brandishing a deadly
by Elizabeth Elizalde March 12, 2017 Three men have been charged with hate crimes in connection with the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old black transgender woman last July, prosecutors said. A grand jury indicted Jolanta Little, 26, Monte Johnson, 21, and Cyheme Hall, 21, for the killing of Deeniquia Dodds during a July 4