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Hatewatch Headlines 10/19/2017

Undocumented women prevented from abortions; Sessions defends ‘religious freedom’; Jones’ tinctures contain heavy metals; and more.

AlterNet: For months, the Trump administration has illegally stopped undocumented women from obtaining abortions.

Think Progress: Jeff Sessions claims he never thought ‘religious freedom’ would allow anti-LGBT discrimination.

Vice: Inside a ‘Three Percenter’ militia in Georgia that is hell-bent on keeping its guns.

The Root: Should a white supremacist grade your papers? Students uncover some college assistants' unsavory ties.

Newsweek: New clinical research finds toxic heavy metals in two of Alex Jones’ Infowars ‘health’ supplements.

Huffington Post: Roy Moore’s foundation received a $1,000 donation from a Nazi group in 2005.

Salon: How emerging technologies, by ignoring bias, can promote racism more than ever.

Right Wing Watch: Dave Daubenmire denounces interracial marriage, because multiculturalism is ‘spiritual AIDS.’

Washington Post: University of Maryland student who stabbed black man to death charged with hate crime.

Baltimore Sun: Catonsville immigration forum featuring FAIR speakers cancelled after protest by activists.

ProPublica: Pressure mounts inside Kobach’s voter-fraud commission after member’s child-porn arrest.

Raw Story: Alt-righter who organized Spencer speech cries ‘discrimination’ after bar refuses to give him free beer.

Kokomo Perspective (IN): Local church invites anti-Muslim hate group leader to speak, so local activists protest.

Seattle Times: Man charged with hate crime for attacking customers at suburban gas station with slurs, threats, and violence.

Oregonian: At Portland airport, Customs agents arrest, handcuff young visitor from Spain over babysitting stipend.

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