A Victory For The Chicago Police Code Of Silence
The only way to combat this entrenched practice is to punish not only the officers who abuse citizens but the officers who look the other way or lie to protect the guilty.
We Must Celebrate Positive Changes Wrought by MLK
As the nation celebrates King’s birthday, we owe it to his memory to acknowledge just how much has changed.
Rep. White Supremacist
In May 2012, at a town hall, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, compared immigrants to dogs.
NEW REPORT Reveals Trump’s Bigoted Treatment Of Puerto Rico
The section of the report, relying on anonymous sources, describes Trump’s reaction to emergency funds sent to Puerto Rico after the devastating Hurricane Maria.
House Republicans Finally Sanction Racist Rep. Steve King
In a new statement on Monday evening, he lashed out at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and insisted that he had not said anything racist — his statement was just parsed wrong.
‘Get Out!’ Racists Attack Black Families In Their Own Homes
Our Documenting Hate database shows that the terrorizing of people where they live is alive and well decades after the civil rights movement.
Documenting Hate In America: What We Found In 2018
In our second year of the Documenting Hate project, ProPublica and our partners have reported on everything from violent neo-Nazis to road rage to anti-Semitic vandalism.
Fox News Jittery After Advertisers Drop Racist Carlson
The longtime news commentator has veered heavily into white nationalist ideology on his recent shows.
Neo-Nazis Praise NRA, Urging Militants To Join
The Daily Stormer has frequently promoted NRA membership drives, including repeatedly linking to an NRA recruitment website.
Republican Racism Didn’t Start With Trump
That ad became the template for decades of destructive political campaigns that focused not only on violent crime but that also blamed black Americans for much of it.
If You’re Black, A Gun Won’t Save You
The gun lobby has touted this nonsense so loudly and for so long that even some black men have begun to believe it.
Mississippi Senator’s Racist ‘Jokes’ Outrage Her Donors
Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith drew national outrage — and now her donors are asking for their money back.
There’s No Laugh Line In A Lynching
Earlier this year, on April 26, a new museum dedicated to the victims of American white supremacy opened in Montgomery, Alabama.
FBI: Hate Crimes Skyrocketing Under Trump Presidency
Violent right-wing extremists are more emboldened than ever by hateful rhetoric from Trump and Republicans.
White Districts Elected 9 New Black House Members
The blue wave had some black riders.
The Far-Reaching Impact Of Jeff Sessions’ Final Order
Just before he left, the departing attorney-general adopted a policy to limit the Justice Department’s ability to oversee abusive police departments
Trump Insults Black Reporter For Question On ‘Nationalism’
Trump is a proud racist, but he thinks it’s ‘racist’ to ask him about it.
Fox News Finally Stops Running Racist Trump Ad
NBC, which had aired the ad during “Sunday Night Football,” was the first to announce it would no longer be airing it—and after that, Fox News made the same announcement.
Report: Trump Insisted On Racist Campaign Ad
But a new CNN report Monday revealed that this wasn’t how his campaign leadership wanted to close out the midterm season.
Michael Cohen: Trump Often Made Racist Remarks
It was a stunning revelation — but also not that surprising.
Florida’s Ex-GOP Chair Rips Trump Over Blatantly Racist Ad
The ad depicts convicted cop killer Luis Bracamontes, who was sentenced to death earlier this year, smiling in a courtroom in Sacramento, California while bragging about his crimes.
Kanye West Dumping Trump? ‘I’ve Been Used’
There is speculation Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship might have been the last straw for him.
Is Trump Anti-Semitic — Or Just An Enabler?
After a gunman carried out a devastating mass shooting at a synagogue, many suggested Trump’s rhetoric has played into this form of hate.
Trump Feeds White Resentment
Donald Trump waltzed into the presidency with coded but unmistakable appeals to the racial resentments of aggrieved white people
Fox Judge: White House Is Inciting Racist Fears Over The ‘Caravan’
Regrettably, the book has been seen in the West Wing of the White House.