Kansas Man Indicted on Hate Crime Charges in Shooting of Indian Immigrants

By MATT STEVENS June 9, 2017 A white man accused of opening fire on two Indian immigrants at a Kansas bar in February in a shooting that heightened international concern about American hostility toward foreigners has been indicted on federal hate crime...

Portland Killings Dredge Up Legacy of Racist Laws in Oregon

By KIRK JOHNSON June 4, 2017 PORTLAND, Ore. — The fatal stabbing of two good Samaritans who intervened when a man on a commuter train shouted slurs at two women — both African-American, one in Muslim dress — has reawakened bitter memories...

Fatal Stabbing of Black Student in Maryland Investigated as a Hate Crime

By MATT STEVENS May 22, 2017 A white student at the University of Maryland was charged on Sunday in the fatal stabbing a black college student in what the authorities are investigating as a possible hate crime. Officials on Sunday charged the suspect, Sean...

Spread of Hate Crimes Has Lawmakers Seeking Harsher Penalties

By AUDRA D.S. BURCH April 30, 2017 The anonymous email arrived on a Saturday afternoon, its message jumbled, misspelled, in capital letters. It was not addressed to a specific individual at the Birmingham Islamic Society. Rather, its hateful message was...