https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/23/donald-trump-travel-ban-spike-bias-incidents-muslims/542799002/ Mosques were vandalized, women in hijabs were harassed and travelers were singled out for scrutiny at airports because of their faith amid a 17 percent spike in anti-Muslim bias incidents […]
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The Changing State of Recidivism: Fewer People Going Back to Prison
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The Power of Prosecutors
Prosecutors have used their power to pack jails and prisons. And it has taken decades, billions of dollars, and thousands of laws to turn the United States into the largest […]
Demographic Changes in South Orange and Maplewood
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Documenting Hate
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/hatecrimes Hate crimes and bias incidents are a national problem, but there’s no reliable data on their nature or prevalence. We’re collecting and verifying reports, building a database of tips […]
You should be concerned that hate crime is on the rise in N.J. | Editorial
By Times of Trenton Editorial Board France is mourning the death of Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor who was stabbed 11 times in her Paris apartment before her home was set on […]
A guide to identifying & understanding Bias Crime
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CAIR-NJ Condemns Racist Vandalism Targeting Campaign Poster in Newark
https://nj.cair.com/cair-nj-media/press-releases/290-cair-nj-condemns-racist-vandalism-targeting-campaign-poster-in-newark.html Last Updated: 02 April 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR-NJ Condemns Racist Vandalism Targeting Campaign Poster in Newark (SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 4/2/2018) — The New Jersey chapter of the Council […]
New Jersey’s Troubling Trend, Increase in Bias and Hate Crimes
http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/18/04/01/new-jersey-s-troubling-trend-increase-in-bias-and-hate-crimes/ The number of bias and hate crimes in New Jersey rose in 2016, mirroring a national trend that many people – including the state’s attorney general – attribute to […]