On AlterNet: hate crime

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "hate crime"

"Kicked, Set on fire, Beaten to Death": Shocking Rise of Violence Against America's Homeless

National Coalition for the HomelessOctober 20, 2010.

2009 was the deadliest year for hate crimes committed against homeless people.

Gay Sailor Found Dead on Military Base in a Suspected Homicide

Matt Corley, ThinkProgress. July 2, 2009.

The sailor, August Provost, said he was being harassed, but didn't report the harassment because of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".

Fred Phelps to Picket Gay Penguins

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. March 24, 2009.

Fred Phelps is taking his show to London to protest a school that has the gall to teach kids to treat everyone with respect.

Anti-Gay Movement of Immigrant Fundamentalist Christians Threatens Western States

Casey Sanchez, SPLC Intelligence Report. October 5, 2007.

Russian-speaking Christian fundamentalists, mostly immigrants from the former Soviet Union, have formed a ferocious anti-gay movement in the western U.S.

Why the Feds Won't Prosecute West Virginia Torture Case as a Hate Crime

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. September 14, 2007.

It seemed that if ever there was a case that screamed for the feds to jump in and charge the six hate-spewing whites that assailed the young black woman with a hate crime, this was the case.