That disparity is partly due to the county’s community-centered reporting system, LA vs Hate.
Donald Trump’s administration marked a turning point. His rhetoric and policies emboldened far-right groups, and according to the Southern Poverty Law Center gave rise to new levels of white supremacist influence in mainstream American government and politics.
Manjusha Kulkarni, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate, talks about the surge in anti-Asian harassment and violence during the pandemic and the communities that are pushing back.
Manjusha Kulkarni, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate, talks about the surge in anti-Asian harassment and violence during the pandemic and the communities that are pushing back.
A small band of white power militants and Trump supporters rallied in Huntington Beach Sunday – and were met by far more counter protesters.
In Alhambra, a candlelight vigil denounces the targeting of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
A coalition of civil and human rights leaders, officials, and the community stood in front of the Los Angeles County Hall of Administration in the face of rising hate violence.
The event, titled “Love Our Communities: Build Collective Power,” came together in Little Tokyo in response to the recent increase in violence against Asian Americans.
农历新年周末，数百人聚集，谴责近期针对亚裔的一系列暴力袭击。
Hundreds attended a Lunar New Year weekend rally to decry a recent high-profile string of violent attacks on Asian and Pacific Islander people.
At least 12 past and present Trump administration staffers have ties to neo-Nazi and anti-immigrant hate groups.
At least a dozen White House figures have ties to racist and anti-immigrant groups. But there’s a long history of this.
At least 12 past and present Trump administration staffers have ties to neo-Nazi and anti-immigrant hate groups.
According to a recent study, homicides motivated by white nationalism are on the rise in the U.S.
“We wouldn’t let someone dressed as a Nazi into our teenager’s room,” says hate-crimes expert Brian Levin, but “there’s a whole 24/7 Charlottesville on the Internet available to these kids.”
California continues to lead the nation with the largest concentration of hate groups. A recent Anti-Defamation League report claims the state experienced 268 anti-Semitic incidents in 2017.
California has 75 hate groups, the largest concentration of hate groups in the nation. A new report gives a breakdown of hate crimes reported in the state last year.
Hate crimes have increased 17.4 percent — from 931 incidents in 2016, to 1,093 incidents in 2017.
Perhaps no year in living memory presented greater challenges and opportunities to the press than 2017, and Capital & Main was no exception. In response to the Trump presidency, we expanded our coverage well beyond California, while continuing to investigate the fault lines that undergird the nation’s most populous state. We also deepened our reporting on immigration, hate and white nationalism and climate change – issues that will define the Trump era. And we began a long-term commitment to examining business and social responsibility.
Here are 10 series and stories from 2017 that offer a window into how Capital & Main made sense of an extraordinary year in the history of our nation and state.
Perhaps no year in living memory presented greater challenges and opportunities to the press than 2017, and Capital & Main was no exception.