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Four Polish MEPs Lose Immunity Due to Hate Crimes Accusations

<p>The charges against them are related to retweeting an election advertisement, which suggested that Muslim refugees are linked to sexual assault and violent attacks.</p>

San Jose Apologizes for Decades of Discrimination Against Chinese

A resolution that the City Council approved unanimously this week also acknowledged the injustice of the destruction of the city’s Chinatowns.

The Sunday Read: ‘Why Was Vicha Ratanapakdee Killed?’

His death helped awaken the nation to a rise in anti-Asian violence. For his grieving family, the reckoning hasn’t gone far enough.

A Family, a Dream and a Season of Fear

Than Than Htwe and her husband moved to America in hopes of better opportunity for their son. They were greeted with violence instead.

Long Island Man Targeted Latino Immigrants for Attack, Police Say

The authorities said the 19-year-old man chose victims at gathering places for day laborers.

6 Sentenced to Death in Bangladesh for Killing of Gay Rights Activist

The activist Xulhaz Mannan, who had started a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender magazine, was hacked to death in a machete attack in 2016.

Woman Who Drove Into Children Gets 25 Years for Hate Crime

Nicole Poole Franklin, 43 of Des Moines, was sentenced on two federal hate crime charges in connection with the 2019 attacks.

Why Was Vicha Ratanapakdee Killed?

His death helped awaken the nation to a rise in anti-Asian violence. For his grieving family, the reckoning hasn’t gone far enough.

Black Man Who Says He Was Threatened With Noose Now Faces Charges Himself

“There’s nothing more American than charging a Black man in his own attempted lynching,” Vauhxx Booker of Indiana said of the charges against him, which he sees as retaliation from the special prosecutor.

‘Incel’ Is Charged With Plotting to Shoot Women, U.S. Says

Tres Genco, 21, of Hillsboro, Ohio, was charged with an attempted hate crime and illegally possessing a machine gun, federal prosecutors said.

Anti-Asian Attacks Continue as City Reopens

The violence still feels fresh in some communities even though the spotlight on it has dimmed.

Fatal Shooting of 2 Black People Near Boston Is Investigated as a Hate Crime

The gunman, who was killed by the police, had made “anti-Semitic and racist statements,” the Suffolk County district attorney said.

On the Path to Day X: The Return of Germany’s Far Right

A timeline of key moments for understanding the far right in modern Germany.

George Floyd Statue in Brooklyn Is Defaced With Hate Group’s Symbol

The vandalism came just days after the statue was unveiled, and only a day before the officer who killed Mr. Floyd was to be sentenced.

Policing and the New York Mayoral Race

As voters head to the polls, we talk to two registered democratic voters about an election that is testing the city’s values.

What I Gained From Self-Defense Class in the Wake of Anti-Asian Attacks

Some Asian women are learning new skills to protect themselves, bolstering their sense of agency, confidence and competence on the street.

Gallery Commemorating Tulsa Massacre Seeks Police Inquiry of Vandalism

The Black Wall Street Gallery in New York was vandalized three times this week, its owner said. He called on the police to treat it as a hate crime.

When the Gunman’s Motive Remains a Mystery: Does It Matter?

Even when they try to explain themselves, perpetrators are unlikely to help make sense out of the senseless.

U.S. Faces Outbreak of Anti-Semitic Threats and Violence

In the wake of clashes in Israel and Gaza, synagogues have been vandalized and Jews have been threatened and attacked.