hate crimes

U.N. to Build Bridges Battling “Merchants of Hate”

By Thalif Deen
Amidst the rising tide of racial and religious intolerance worldwide - including xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia - the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) will meet in the Austrian capital of Vienna later this week to strengthen cross-cultural relations in a world it describes as "alarmingly out of balance".
Courtesy of Donald Green.

Q&A: Tracing Hate Crimes to the Fear of the “Outsider”

By Becky Bergdahl
Donald P. Green is a U.S. professor of political science who turns theories about hate crime upside down with his research.

U.S.: Political Leadership Critical to Fighting Rising Islamophobia

By Zoha Arshad
The attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in early August on the heels of the shooting at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado signals the rise of right-wing domestic terrorism in the United States, experts say.