Speaking to victims’ families, local officials and first responders, Biden said America’s diversity is its strength and the nation must not be be distorted by a ‘hateful minority.’
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Will social media companies crack down on the racist conspiracy theory behind the Buffalo massacre?
In the past, the major social media companies have cited a clear connection to real-world violence as an impetus for cracking down on specific categories of extremist speech.
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Here’s what we know about the victims of the Buffalo grocery store shooting
Mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters were targeted for the color of their skin, gone in a hail of bullets at their neighborhood grocery store.
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Dine Out Maine: Can you separate the recipe from the recipe creator?
The Good, the Bad and the Umami.
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Proud Boys leader charged with conspiracy in Capitol riot
He was arrested two days before the riot and was ordered to stay out of D.C., but the indictment says he met with the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers in an area parking garage.
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Another View: Long-overdue federal anti-lynching law finally appears headed for passage
The potential for unanimous approval in the Senate could send a strong message of zero tolerance for this form of domestic terrorism.
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Leonard Pitts: Does Ukraine have courage to be a country worth fighting for?
Even when people are at their most noble, dark-skinned refugees from the country are being singled out for mistreatment.
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Commentary: We need more Black doctors in the U.S.
While Black doctors help Black patients experience a higher quality of care, the pairing is difficult to make because of a shortage of African American physicians.
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Three men convicted of federal hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery killing
Prosecutors showed roughly two dozen text messages and social media posts in which Travis McMichael and Bryan used racist slurs and made derogatory comments about Black people.
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Testimony wraps up in hate crimes trial over Arbery killing
Final prosecution witnesses say they heard two of the defendants make racist statements, including crude sexual remarks directed at a woman who had dated a Black man.