Hate crimes
Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 01:26 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 8 The Montreal Gazette on anti-Muslim hatred in...

Khalida Ashram and her daughter Anila mourn at the scene of an attack on Monday, involving a driver accused of plowing a pickup truck into an immigrant family of five in London, Ontario, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has denounced the attack as police say the attack targeted Muslims. (Geoff Robins/The Canadian Press via AP)
Trudeau denounces truck attack that targeted Muslim family

By Rob Gillies Jun. 08, 2021 02:56 PM EDT

Hate crime charges added in Asian American store attacks

Jun. 07, 2021 06:11 PM EDT
BALTIMORE (AP) — A man accused in a rampage at three Baltimore liquor stores owned by Asian American families last month is now facing hate crime charges,...

Illinois tackles anti-Asian hate with the TEAACH Act

By Rita Oceguera Of Injustice Watch May. 29, 2021 01:01 AM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is poised to become the first state to require that public schools teach their students the history of Asian Americans, who have...

FILE - In this March 19, 2021, file photo, members of the Korean American Federation of Los Angeles drive with signs reading: "#Stop Asian Hate," in a caravan around Koreatown to denounce hate against the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Los Angeles. After more than a year filled with attacks on Asian Americans unfairly blamed for the coronavirus, a majority of Americans across racial and ethnic groups believe anti-Asian American discrimination has worsened over the last year. A poll from the The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds nearly half of Americans believe Asian Americans encounter "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of discrimination. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
AP-NORC poll: More Americans believe anti-Asian hate rising

By Terry Tang And Hannah Fingerhut May. 26, 2021 08:00 AM EDT

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, left, of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, speaks in front of civic and faith leaders, including Mayor Eric Garcetti, back center, outside City Hall, Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Los Angeles. Faith and community leaders in Los Angeles called for peace, tolerance and unity in the wake of violence in the city that is being investigated as potential hate crimes. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Police say antisemitic attacks in Los Angeles may be related

May. 20, 2021 08:35 PM EDT

President Joe Biden smiles after signing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Washington. Top row from left, Vice President Kamala Harris, Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden signs bill to counter spike in anti-Asian hate crime

By Darlene Superville May. 20, 2021 04:34 PM EDT

This undated family photo, shows Jamar Medor, of Fairfield, Conn., a student at Fairfield Warde High School. The arrest of a Connecticut high school student, who is white, accused of posting racist comments about Medor on social media, is being supported by civil rights advocates, but free speech groups are calling it an unusual move by police that raises First Amendment issues. Medor told WABC-TV that he and his family are still shocked by the posting, and he had never experienced racism in school before. He said he stayed home from school one day because he didn't feel comfortable. “I just had no words when I saw it. I was so confused,” he said. (Courtesy Judith Medor via AP)
Student's arrest for racist post sparks free speech debate

By Dave Collins May. 19, 2021 07:41 AM EDT

Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., right, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., center, listen. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Congress OKs bill to fight hate crimes vs. Asian Americans

By Brian Slodysko May. 18, 2021 01:55 PM EDT

FILE - This combo of booking photos provided by the Glynn County, Ga., Detention Center, shows from left, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. The Justice Department announced federal hate crime charges against the three men Wednesday, April 28,2021, in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a Georgia man who was killed while out for a run last year. All three are charged with one count of interference with civil rights and attempted kidnapping. The McMichaels are also charged with using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.(Glynn County Detention Center via AP)
Men plead not guilty to hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery death

By Russ Bynum May. 11, 2021 03:38 PM EDT

Ida Chen, a physician assistant student, unfold a banner she carry at rallies protesting anti-Asian hate, Saturday April 24, 2021, in New York's Chinatown. Chen, who is American-born Chinese, join medical professionals of Asian and Pacific Island descent who feel the anguish of being racially targeted because of the virus while toiling to keep people from dying of it. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Asian American health workers fight virus and racist attacks

By Jennifer Peltz May. 07, 2021 01:17 AM EDT

San Francisco women stabbed amid wave of attacks on Asians

May. 05, 2021 03:55 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two elderly Asian women were stabbed as they waited for a bus in downtown San Francisco — the latest in a series of attacks against Asian...

President Joe Biden, center, and Vice President Kamala Harris, meet with Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, second from left, Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., Mark Takano, D-Calif., right, and other members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Executive Committee in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Senate OKs bill to fight hate crimes against Asian Americans

By Mary Clare Jalonick Apr. 22, 2021 02:48 PM EDT

Maine: Unemployment fix soon; Collins touts hate crime bill

Apr. 22, 2021 01:45 AM EDT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's two U.S. senators said the coronavirus pandemic has provided evidence that the state's unemployment system needs to be...

Editorial Roundup: Minnesota

By The Associated Press Apr. 21, 2021 01:12 AM EDT
St. Cloud Times. April 16, 2021. Editorial: We can’t let this happen again Last week, as the world had its eyes on...

Hyung Oh Kim, an 85-year-old immigrant from South Korea, and wife, Ki Sook, 77, pause for photos in their apartment in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. As a head of LA Senior Citizens Society, Kim said he urges its members to carry whistles or walking sticks when leaving home for self-protection against potential random attacks. Amid the surge of anti-Asian hate crimes, Kim, who came to the States in 1989 with his wife and children, asks himself whether he made the right decision these days. "I never had this type of fear before," said Kim. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Older Korean-Americans in LA fearful amid anti-Asian attacks

By Jae C. Hong Apr. 19, 2021 11:05 PM EDT

Rep. Grace Meng D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Senate breaks filibuster on Asian-American hate crime bill

By Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Apr. 14, 2021 12:03 AM EDT

Open carry, hate crime bills clear deadline in SC Statehouse

By Jeffrey Collins And Michelle Liu Apr. 09, 2021 12:37 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Thursday marked a key deadline in the 2021 South Carolina General Assembly. It's called the crossover deadline. Bills...

Virginia Asian communities, lawmakers react to violence

By David Tran Of Capital News Service Apr. 02, 2021 09:07 AM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — White signs reading “End Violence Against Asians” and “Stop Asian Hate” illuminated against candle flames outside the Richmond Korean...

Teresa Ting stands for a portrait, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. The vicious assault of a 65-year-old woman while walking to church this week near New York City’s Times Square has heightened already palpable levels of outrage over anti-Asian attacks that started with the pandemic. Ting, a 29-year-old Chinese American, started what has become the Main Street Patrol following an attack on another older Asian American woman in February. “It literally could have been my mother had it been the wrong place, wrong time," Ting said of that attack. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Brutal NYC attack renews Asian American volunteers' efforts

By Terry Tang And Deepti Hajela Apr. 01, 2021 01:03 AM EDT