Hatewatch Headlines 4/4/2017
States respond to broad surge in hate crimes; Gorka in hot water over past again; Conway promotes another alt-right troll; and more.
NBC News: Nationwide surge in hate incidents spurs states to bolster protections against bias crimes.
Forward: Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka supported a violent anti-Semitic militia while in Hungary.
Media Matters: Trump’s White House touts a rape-promoting media troll propped up by the alt-right.
Slate: Local battle over KKK rally in Harrison, AR, reveals the depth of the ‘alt-right of the Ozarks.’
AlterNet: It’s not just Trump, a toxic right-wing nationalism is rising around the planet.
New York Times: Attack in Jackson Heights leaves two transgender women living in fear.
Think Progress: Housing discrimination against transgender people is even worse than we thought.
Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS): Five things you need to know about Mississippi’s anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ bill.
Mic: Bryan Fischer demands LGBT people return the rainbow God invented.
Right Wing Watch: Scott Lively redefines ‘anti-Semitism’ to accuse liberal Jews of promoting hate against Christians.
Philly Voice: Protesters in Philadelphia temporarily block NOM’s anti-transgender bus on cross-country tour.
Raw Story: Woman accused of making death threats against Sandy Hook dad jailed for skipping court appearance.
ABC Fox Montana: Andrew Anglin’s permit for a neo-Nazi march in Whitefish expires unused.
Salon: What liberals like Bernie Sanders so often get wrong about racism and Donald Trump.
