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Gallego: Latino and immigrant hate are ‘one and the same’

U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, told News21 that anti-Latino and anti-immigrant hate are "one and the same." (Photo by Sarabeth Henne/Cronkite News)
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PHOENIX – U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, a Democrat from Arizona, said Latinos have become entangled in rising anti-immigrant hate over the past couple decades.

Angel Mendoza Posted on August 2, 2018

Transgender murders frequently left unresolved

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OAKLAND, Calif. – Transgender victims’ cases are frequently complicated by the circumstances surrounding their deaths, which makes it difficult to classify their homicides as hate crimes. The victims are often killed by a romantic partner, sex work client or stranger.

Renata Correa Clo Posted on August 1, 2018

Transgender sex workers experience hate at high rates

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SAN FRANCISCO – According to the Trans Murder Monitoring Project, 62 percent of all transgender people killed worldwide in from 2008- September 2017 were sex workers.

Emmanuel Morgan Posted on July 25, 2018July 25, 2018

The State of Hate: Kentuckians talk freedom, free speech

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LONDON, Ky. – The barbers and clients at the Tonic Barber Shop shared their thoughts on America.

Tilly Marlatt Posted on July 20, 2018

Pastor a fixture on sidelines, protesting LGBTQ events

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NEW YORK – At least 10 times a month, Pastor Aden Rusfeldt and a handful of other members of his Philadelphia church hold protests against the LGBTQ community and Islamism at college campuses and events around the Northeast.

Renata Correa Clo Posted on July 19, 2018July 19, 2018

The State of Hate: Is hate as American as apple pie?

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FREMONT, Ohio – News21 stopped at Fremont’s historic point of pride: the library and museum of Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th U.S. president. It was a great place to talk with people about hate in America.

Brittany Brown Posted on July 18, 2018July 18, 2018

Provocative art highlights KKK’s impact on America today

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RICHMOND, Va. – Paul Rucker doesn’t shy away from the controversy surrounding his KKK-themed art exhibit. In fact, he hopes the shock people experience when they see it will spark a national conversation on institutional racism.

Ashley Hopko Posted on July 17, 2018July 23, 2018

The State of Hate: ‘We Bleed the Same Way’

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BECKLEY, W. Va. – A town’s drug crisis affects every part of life. People treat each other with less care and respect these days – there’s less compassion and less civility.

Rosanna Cooney Posted on July 16, 2018

The State of Hate: Americans still long to get along

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Four News21 journalists are on the second leg of a nationwide State of Hate road trip where they are recording and documenting tensions that are present in America today.

Rosanna Cooney Posted on July 12, 2018July 16, 2018

The State of Hate: Americans still march to July 4th tunes

A parade consisting of small-business owners, first responders, church groups and citizens marched through Perry, Iowa, for an Independence Day celebration, passing candy out to the kids on both sides of Wills Avenue. (Lenny Martinez Dominguez/News21)
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PERRY, Iowa – In an America that often seems more divided, there remains one event that brings people together: the Fourth of July. Residents of Perry, a farming and meatpacking town of 7,800, joined across party and ethnic lines to celebrate.

Brandon Bounds Posted on July 12, 2018August 7, 2018

The State of Hate: The divide is about the jobs, not race

Frankie McCandless (left) and Keith Terwillger are constructions workers from Tennessee working in Tekamah, Neb. “Too many people are crying and moaning about every little thing,” Terwilliger said. “Everybody is just too tender. Everything upsets everybody.” (Lenny Martinez Dominguez/News21)
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TEKAMAH, Neb. — Since the start of the State of Hate road trip, the News21 road warriors traveled more than 3,000 miles and reported in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and South Dakota, before they arrived in Nebraska.

Brandon Bounds Posted on July 10, 2018July 26, 2018

The State of Hate: Rushmore inspires American unity in a divided time

Built over a 14 year period, Mount Rushmore features 60-foot tall sculptures of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. It attracts more than two million visitors every year to Keystone, South Dakota. (Lenny Martinez Dominguez/News21)
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SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota – America’s early presidents would not be proud of the U.S. today, according to some tourists visiting Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

Catherine Devine Posted on July 7, 2018July 26, 2018

The State of Hate: ‘You don’t see all the anger you see on the news’

Residents of Salt Lake City gathered at the Utah Capitol to protest President Donald Trump’s administration’s treatment of immigrants. Utah Highway Patrol estimated more than 2,000 people attended the event. (Lenny Martinez Dominguez/News21)
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LARAMIE, Wyoming – As the News21 road warriors cruised through the West, they saw the attitudes change with the landscapes.

Catherine Devine Posted on July 5, 2018July 26, 2018

The State of Hate: ‘America was pretty cool for a while’

Adam Kimble (left), Jeff Rauenhorst (center) and Charlie White from Incline Village, Nevada spoke with News21 about how we can move forward as a society by addressing tensions at a person-to-person level. (Lenny Martinez Dominguez/News21)
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ELKO, Nevada – Traveling along the famous dusty Winnemucca Road, the News21 SUV crossed through the gateway to the Nevada outback, the fellows taking in the last of the mountain air.

Catherine Devine Posted on July 2, 2018July 26, 2018

The State of Hate: In Marine Corps town, respect for others is respected

The Virginian Bar in Twentynine Palms, Califonia is located on the corner of 29 Palms Highway and Cholla Avenue. (Lenny Martinez Dominguez/News21)
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – It was a quiet afternoon for Kari Wilson, a bartender at The Virginian Bar in Twentynine Palms, a desert town of about 26,000 people on the edge of California’s Joshua Tree National Forest and the vast Mojave Desert.

Brandon Bounds Posted on June 29, 2018July 26, 2018

The State of Hate: Fear of the unknown

Nora Berguem, a native of the area, studies sociology in Los Angeles and works at Gus’s Really Good Beef Jerky during the summer. (Lenny Martinez Dominguez/News21)
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INYO COUNTY, Calif. – As News21 journalists traveled through California, residents repeatedly used one word to describe the mood in America – fear.

Catherine Devine Posted on June 28, 2018July 26, 2018

When free speech becomes weaponized

(Photo Illustration by Megan Ross/News21)
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PHOENIX — More than 16 million people, many of whom are foreign, passed through the Tom Bradley International […]

Scott Bourque Posted on June 27, 2018July 7, 2018

At least 110 Confederate symbols removed in last three years

A memorial to Confederate soldiers located at Wesley Bolin Memorial Park, next to the state Capitol in Phoenix, was listed on the SPLC’s list of more than 1,700 public Confederate symbols in the U.S. (Lillianna Byington/News21)
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PHOENIX — Just before avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof fatally shot eight black worshippers and their pastor in […]

Lillianna Byington Posted on June 19, 2018June 27, 2018

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