by Matthew Rozsa February 21, 2017 The wave of anti-Semitic hate crime that has swept through America in 2017 has had some new installments: the desecration of a cemetery in Missouri and nearly a dozen bomb threats to Jewish community centers across the country. The Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Missouri, was vandalized
By Associated Press February 22, 2017 WICHITA, Kan. — Two Kansas men have been punished for their roles in a hate crime attack on three Somali men. A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Omar Cantero Martinez to 26 months. Armando Sotelo was given a time served sentence for the 20 months he has already
by Associated Press February 14, 2017 Authorities say a 30-year-old woman is being charged with hate crimes after police say she broke windows and left bacon at a Northern California mosque. The Sacramento Bee reports that the Yolo County district attorney's office announced the arrest of Lauren Kirk-Coehlo of Davis on Tuesday. She is
by Anna North February 9, 2017 Marc Yellin had gotten some political criticism during his six years of blogging about Jewish life in Albuquerque, but nothing like the messages he received last month. The 66-year-old retired technical writer checked his email on the morning of Jan. 13, to find that someone had used the
by Eric Lichtblau February 21, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump appears on the verge of reversing protections put in place by the Obama administration to stop discrimination against transgender students in schools, officials said Tuesday. Civil rights advocates said that the possible rollback of protections, which could come as soon as Wednesday, would represent
by Peter Baker and Sewell Chan February 20, 2017 PALM BEACH, Fla. — On Friday night, Fox News aired an alarming six-minute segment in which the host, Tucker Carlson, interviewed a documentary filmmaker about a crisis of violence in Sweden ignited by the recent wave of Muslim migration. “The government has gone out of
by Jenny J. Chen February 17, 2017 After years of declining numbers, hate crimes against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders are rising exponentially. A report from the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations found that crimes targeting Asian-Americans tripled in that county between 2014 and 2015. In addition, the FBI found that the number
by Brittny Mejia and Steve Saldivar February 22, 2017 Citing harassment and online trolling, the co-founders of an art space in Boyle Heights announced Tuesday that they will close the nonprofit, calling it a casualty of a raging fight over gentrification. PSSST, which opened on East 3rd Street last year, came under fire from some residents
by Jaweed Kaleem and Alene Tehekmedyian February 21, 2017 The phone rang Monday morning at the Levite Jewish Community Center outside Birmingham, Ala., and a receptionist answered it. There was a bomb in the building, the caller said, before hanging up. It was the second bomb threat in five weeks against the center, which is located
by Mallory Hughes and Stephanie Gailhard January 9, 2017 ROCKVILLE, MD (WUSA9) - The Rockville City Police Department's Criminal Investigation Unit is investigating a hate crime. It happened around 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the 600 block of Azalea Drive. A 30-year-old woman said she had hung a large “Black Lives Matter” banner from the