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People hate collectively to feel a sense of belonging. (Photo via Canva)

The forces that power antisemitism and racism are the same. We must stand against them | Opinion

BY: - January 13, 2023

The fight against hate has to be all-encompassing, and it must be a team sport.

Philly Human Relations Commission hosts anti-hate panel

BY: - January 10, 2023

“Hate has no place in our city or anywhere across our state and nation, yet it poses a real threat that disproportionately impacts people of color, the Jewish community, and members of our LGBTQ+ community, specifically transgender women of color,” said Kia Ghee, executive director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations.

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LGBTQ Americans are 9 times more likely to be victimized by a hate crime | Opinion

BY: - December 29, 2022

Hate crimes don't just impact victims. They reverberate through a community, causing lasting harm.

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A person holds a sign reading 'Zero tolerance for antisemitism'

Calls to fear Soros and the ‘globalists’ are antisemitic. We must reject them | Opinion

BY: - October 5, 2022

We have a crucial election coming up, and hate is on the ballot. We must resist these insidious attempts to divide us.

‘All of us share a responsibility to guard against hate,’ Wolf says as Pa. marks Holocaust Remembrance Day

BY: - April 27, 2022

“I owe my existence, the existence of my children to the Holocaust,” Schlossberg said. “This is a complicated legacy. There are traumas, the physical and psychological scars left by the agony that my grandparents suffered weighed on them, as it weighs on my mom, as it weighs on me."

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Stop normalizing Islamophobia. It’s dehumanizing and life-threatening | Opinion

BY: - December 17, 2021

Hateful attacks on Ilhan Omar and other Muslims should be forcefully condemned, regardless of partisanship.

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Charlottesville defendants turn trial into a platform for hate | Dick Polman

BY: - November 15, 2021

We've been here before -- history teaches what happens when we turn our backs on fighting hate.

Headed for a state park this Memorial Day Weekend? Get ready for the crowds | Five for the Weekend

BY: - May 29, 2021

Attendance is booming at Pa.'s state parks, officials say. But the usual pandemic rules stay in place.

U.S. House condemns Atlanta shootings and Asian American racism

BY: - May 19, 2021

House Republicans also argued that the Atlanta measure was partisan and that it blamed former President Donald Trump for the rise in attacks against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.

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We must join together to stop the hate against Asian Americans. Here’s how you can help | Opinion

BY: - May 1, 2021

If you think that these violent acts just impact the targeted person or Asians, you are wrong. It affects us all.

‘We all belong here’: House, Senate Dems rally against AAPI violence; call for passage of hate crimes bill

BY: - March 24, 2021

More than a week after a gunman in Atlanta killed eight people, six of them Asian-American women, Democrats in the state House and Senate rallied Wednesday in support of Pennsylvania’s Asian-American residents, and called for action on a long-sought package of legislation aimed at fighting hate crimes in the state. “Asians are asking who’s next,” […]

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We cannot speak loudly enough against anti-Asian hate | John A. Tures

BY: - March 21, 2021

Every American should realize that an attack on one Asian-American is an attack on all Americans.