hate crime
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PublishedAugust 30, 2021
Hate crimes spiked in Maine and nationwide in 2020, new FBI data show
Maine police reported 83 bias-motivated crimes last year, surpassing the total from the previous 3 years combined.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2021
Hate crimes rise to highest level in 12 years amid increasing attacks on Blacks, Asians
The FBI tallied 7,759 hate crimes last year, marked by a global pandemic, a divisive presidential election and upheaval in the economy.
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PublishedMay 20, 2021
Biden signs bill to counter spike in anti-Asian hate crime
The president lavishes praise on Democrats and Republicans for approving the bill by lopsided margins and sending it to the White House for his signature.
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PublishedMay 13, 2021
Bates students support Palestinians, denounce college
Bates College student government and others decry decision to call police over anti-Israel graffiti as 'a censure of student voices.'
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PublishedApril 28, 2021
Three indicted on federal hate crime charges in death of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia
The case is the most significant civil rights prosecution undertaken to date by the Biden administration Justice Department and comes as federal officials have moved quickly to open sweeping investigations into troubled police departments.
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PublishedApril 22, 2021
Senate passes bill targeting hate crimes against Asian Americans, 94-1
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri was the only no vote among 95 senators.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2021
Democrats plan U.S. Senate action on hate crimes, voting rights
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also says the Senate 'must take action' on gun control legislation after 2 mass shootings this month, including one in Georgia that left 6 Asian American women and 2 others dead.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2021
Maine Voices: I am home – but I still don’t feel safe here
Amid increasing anti-Asian racism, a half-Chinese Portland resident wonders where she can go to fit in.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2021
Our View: Take all anti-Asian violence seriously
Attacks like the one this week in Portland should not be seen as isolated incidents.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2021
Killings at Georgia massage parlors horrify Asian American community
Georgia state Rep. Bee Nguyen says the fatal shootings of 8 people, at a time of attacks on Asian Americans nationwide, appear to be at the 'intersection of gender-based violence, misogyny and xenophobia.'