Hard-Earned Lessons from 9/11 Offer a Playbook for Combating Today’s Threats
Those of us who lived through 9/11 will always remember exactly where we were and what we were doing when the United States was attacked. As a new Justice Department official, I sp
‘Innocent Until Proven Muslim’: How Islamophobia lingers in post-9/11 era
He did nothing wrong, the man. He hadn’t engaged in illegal activity. But his innocence didn’t matter, he said, because he was Muslim. Read more
Survey of American Muslims Shows Most Have Experienced Increased Anti-Muslim Bigotry Since 9/11 While Community Has Become More Self-Confident, Civically Engaged
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released a comprehensive report documenting and analyz
FBI Reports Hate Crimes at Highest Level in 12 Years
The FBI reported last week that 15,136 law enforcement agencies submitted incident reports involving 7,759 criminal incidents motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, ancestry,
Spaniards protest hate crime amid twist in high-profile case
MADRID (AP) — Protests in Spain to denounce a rise in hate crimes against LGBTQ people went ahead on Wednesday after a high-profile case that had grabbed attention across the cou
FBI Releases 2020 Hate Crime Statistics
Today the FBI released Hate Crime Statistics, 2020, the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s latest compilation about bias-motivated incidents throughout the nation. The 2020
Alleged hate crimes rarely investigated by police, report claims
Nearly a quarter million Canadians say they were victims of hate-motivated incidents during a single year, but police across the country investigated fewer than one per cent of the
Asian American leaders fear Covid-19 origin report could fuel more bigotry and violence
Asian American leaders are concerned that a report on the origins of the Covid-19 virus expected to be released this week by the Biden administration will be used to “legitim
Why hate crimes are underreported and what police departments have to do with it
With more high-profile hate crimes grabbing the national spotlight in recent months, why are such crimes still underreported and undercounted? The answer is complicated. Read More
The policing of ‘non-crimes’ and the dark side of rainbow cars
The great awokening of the British constabulary has got to be the most curious and infuriating part of our culture war. While knife crime continues to rise, an inordinate amount of
