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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

The State of Hate: Oklahomans satisfied with current times

Cattleman Jay Lewis sits atop his horse, Hell Paint, as he prepares to go track down a lose cow at the Oklahoma National Stockyards. "My horse's name is Hell Paint. He gives me hell and he's a paint horse," Lewis said.(Tilly Marlatt/ News21)
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Despite acknowledging the divisions in America today, Oklahomans are finding satisfaction with the current presidential administration.

Tilly Marlatt Posted on July 31, 2018August 29, 2018

Mississippi lesbian pastor fights for equality

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COLLINS, Miss. – An LGBTQ community leader is trying to make change from the ground up in her small town.

Alexis Egeland Posted on July 30, 2018July 30, 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

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

Lynching era’s legacy impacts America today

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PHOENIX – More than 4,000 African-Americans died during the “lynching era” from 1877 to 1950. The lynching era’s legacy can still be seen today, historians and politicians say.

Brooks Hepp Posted on June 29, 2018July 9, 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

The State of Hate: News21 is crossing the country

News21 journalists (From left) Alex Lancial, Lenny Martinez Dominguez, Catherine Devine, Penelope Blackwell and Brandon Bounds loaded up their gear and left Phoenix on Tuesday morning for the first leg of a three-week, cross-country reporting roadtrip. (Photo by Jim Tuttle/News21)
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PHOENIX – Eight top journalism students, fellows in the Carnegie-Knight News21 investigative journalism program, are on a 23-state road trip.

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

LA sheriffs look for ways to build trust with immigrants, boost accurate reporting

Detective Christopher Keeling, hate crime coordinator for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, says his agency is trying to build trust with immigrant communities. (Angel Mendoza/News21)
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LANCASTER, Calif. — Law enforcement agencies in California aren’t doing enough to reach out to vulnerable immigrants who […]

Angel Mendoza Posted on June 25, 2018June 27, 2018

Charlottesville: One year later

The statue of Robert E. Lee stands in Emancipation Park. Calls for removal of the monument sparked last year’s rally. (Kianna Gardner/News21)
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — When Rev. Phil Woodson, associate pastor of the First United Methodist Church, looks back on […]

Bryce Spadafora Posted on June 22, 2018June 27, 2018

Rhode Island teachers tackle racism

From left to right, Sandra Makielski, Stephanie A. Griffin, Susan Douglass (from the Alwaleed Bin Al Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding at Georgetown University) and Farah Assiraj, Boston Teachers Union organizer, at the “Understanding the Muslim American Experience: Teacher Leadership Training 2018.” (Courtesy of Sandra Makielski)
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PHOENIX — In 2015, Texas teenager Ahmed Mohamed went viral as “Clock Boy.” When Mohamed, an aspiring engineer, […]

Shelby Knowles Posted on June 21, 2018July 7, 2018

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