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White Supremacists Disrupt Arkansas Holocaust Remembrance Event

White Supremacists Disrupt Arkansas Holocaust Remembrance Event


clock icon 13 May 2019
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


The white supremacist group was protesting ADL Residents of the town of Russellville in Arkansas are used to seeing Holocaust Remembrance Day every year. The event used to be a peaceful one, with...

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Civil Rights Groups Intensify Calls to Stop Online Hate Speech

Civil Rights Groups Intensify Calls to Stop Online Hate Speech


clock icon 30 Oct 2018
author icon Kelly Frazier


Activists want to end the spread of hate online. The latest call was undertaken hours after it was revealed the suspect in the Tree of Life Synagogue slayings spread hate speech on the website Gab.com....

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FFRF Condemns the Appointment Of Tony Perkins To U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

FFRF Condemns the Appointment Of Tony Perkins To U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom


clock icon 17 May 2018
author icon Alison Lesley


Perkins Is Known For His Rabid Anti-LGBTQ Views The organization claims to defend universal right on matters of belief or religion outside the United States. Perkins was recommended by Mitch McConnell,...

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Kim Davis, Who Refused to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Is in Romania to Help Fight Same-Sex Marriage

Kim Davis, Who Refused to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Is in Romania to Help Fight Same-Sex Marriage


clock icon 12 Oct 2017
author icon Derek Welch


Romanians face a referendum on gay marriage Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who became infamous for a brief period of time for her persistent refusal to issue needed legal marriage licenses...

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89-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Who Attended Anti-Hate Rally in NYC: “Escaped the Nazis Once. You Will Not Defeat Me Now”

89-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Who Attended Anti-Hate Rally in NYC: “Escaped the Nazis Once. You Will Not Defeat Me Now”


clock icon 17 Aug 2017
author icon Elisa Meyer


For Rubin, it is impossible for her to understand the reemergence of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups at the present time. Marianne Rubin, a holocaust survivor, held a sign that proclaimed “I...

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Alabama Passes Law Allowing Adoption Agencies to Discriminate Based On Faith

Alabama Passes Law Allowing Adoption Agencies to Discriminate Based On Faith


clock icon 27 Apr 2017
author icon C Barnett


Bill in Alabama can deny gay couples from adopting children. as a new bill protecting the interests of faith-based organizations will be signed. The bill allows faith-based orphanages to reject couples...

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Trump Credited for 200% Growth of Anti-Muslim Hate Groups


clock icon 17 Feb 2017
author icon Alison Lesley


Statistics show nearly 200% rise in anti-Muslim hate groups in the U.S. 2016 witnessed a significant rise in the number of anti-Muslim hate groups in America. Hate groups in 2016 nearly tripled from...

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Christians Suing San Francisco to Remove Public Urinals

Christians Suing San Francisco to Remove Public Urinals


clock icon 21 Apr 2016
author icon Derek Welch


A civil complaint was filed by the San Francisco Chinese Christian Union for the removal of Dolores Park's urinals. A San Francisco religious group is to remove the recently-installed pissoirs from...

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What We Know About the Texas Muhammad Cartoon Attack

What We Know About the Texas Muhammad Cartoon Attack


clock icon 04 May 2015
author icon Alison Lesley


Yesterday evening, two men attacked a Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas, shooting a guard. The attackers died after the police returned fire. The shooting started when the two attackers arrived and shot...

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