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Attorney General Kwame Raoul secured the first victory under Illinois’ amended Hate Crime Act after a Black homeowner was terrorized with swastikas, a Confederate flag and a lynched effigy. The ruling comes as hate crimes surge statewide.

After a deadly Hanukkah massacre and a near five‑fold rise in anti‑Jewish hate crimes, faith leaders say Australia’s government response has failed to confront deeper state‑linked religious bias.

Fueled by propaganda and emboldened by fear, hate groups in Illinois are spreading their message. A new bill seeks to make them pay for it.

All categories of hate are at their all-time peak, as communities search for new solutions to an age-old problem.

On the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide, organizations are looking for solutions that will end the scourge of genocide—often directed against religious minorities—and protect vulnerable populations.