Mar 16, 2018
A man is facing hate crime charges after police on Thursday say he punched and kicked a man as he yelled racial slurs at the Ronkonkoma Long Island Railroad Station. Sean Oree, 52, approached the Hispanic victim, who was sitting on bench at the station, around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, police...
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Feb 7, 2018
Elder High School’s student cheering section chanted racial terms at an African-American player and a multiracial player for St. Xavier High School’s basketball team Friday night. St. Xavier player Nate Stockman is multiracial, including Asian. Elder students chanted “P.F. Chang” at him. It wasn’t the first time the term had been used, said the...
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Jan 29, 2018
Supporters of President Donald Trump singled out dark-skinned lawmakers, legislative staffers and children at the Capitol on Jan. 25 as they protested congressional efforts to pass immigration reform, according to staffers of the Arizona Legislature and two Democratic legislators. Waving large flags in support of Trump while standing between...
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Jan 28, 2018
A day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents came knocking at Harry Pangemanan’s door, his two U.S.-born daughters returned to the Highland Park house, escorted by a volunteer, and spotted the front door open. Then, he said, they spotted the crushed door frame and items strewn around the floor...
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Jan 3, 2018
On Tuesday, December 19, when Lucia* and her three children were leaving home to head to school, her middle child, Guillermo, noticed a note on the front door. Lucia thought it might be from some of the children in the building, who are friends with her kids. But the...
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Dec 14, 2017
Federal investigators said Friday they stopped a domestic terrorism plot by a militia group that planned to detonate bombs at a Garden City apartment complex where a number of Somalis live. Three southwest Kansas men were arrested and charged in federal court with domestic terrorism, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom...
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Dec 4, 2017
On Tuesday, November 28th, two employees of KIOW made comments that were insensitive, thoughtless and degrading to others. These comments were deplorable, and the staff and management of KIOW in no way condones or supports these comments. These comments never aired on KIOW Radio. They did, however, appear on...
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Nov 17, 2017
At least 60 students walked out of a South Austin middle school and circled the school building Wednesday afternoon in protest of a teacher’s culturally insensitive comments to a student, according to students and school officials. Several Fulmore Middle School students who participated in the walkout Wednesday told the...
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Nov 5, 2017
Yesterday, a flyer w/ word “terrorist” above a pic of me was circulated in Hob. Of course this is troubling, but we won’t let hate win.
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Nov 3, 2017
In large white letters against a navy background, the slogan on the campaign mailers made clear their objective: “MAKE EDISON GREAT AGAIN.” Photos of two Edison, N.J., school board candidates — Jerry Shi and Falguni Patel — flanked the all-caps text, styled to mimic the “Make America Great Again” campaign...
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