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FBI says number of hate crimes holding steady

By | 11.14.11 | 3:03 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The number of hate crimes in the U.S. in 2010 increased slightly over 2009, according to a report released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation today. The number of incidents defined as hate crimes in 2010 totaled  6,628, an increase from 6,604 in 2009.

Sen. Franken sees need for ‘explicit ban’ on LGBT student discrimination

By | 09.15.11 | 5:57 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

U.S. Sen. Al Franken called for an “explicit ban” on discrimination against LGBT students in a civil rights hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday.

Jon Buice, convicted in Houston gay-bashing murder, to be paroled 25 years early

By | 07.06.11 | 6:01 pm

Jon Buice, who confessed to joining in the hate-crime murder of Paul Broussard in Houston in 1991, will be paroled in October after serving less than half of his 45 year sentence.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles agreed last Friday to grant his early release,KHOU More…

Tennessee TV News Station Runs Hysterical Piece Painting Muslim Community as Terrorists

By | 02.12.10 | 11:50 am

This, via Andrew Exum of CNAS, has to be seen to be believed. A Tennessee TV news report portrays an entire Muslim community in the state as a possible terrorist training program, despite having absolutely no evidence that the secluded community engages in any dubious activity at all. More…

Campaign to Oust Dobbs From CNN Heats Up

By | 10.21.09 | 1:47 pm

Even though CNN refused to run the “Drop Dobbs” ad created by America’s Voice and Media Matters, another coalition of Latino advocacy organizations, undeterred, has started its own anti-Lou Dobbs campaign.

“Basta Dobbs” [translation: "Enough Dobbs"] is sending around this video about CNN anchor Lou Dobbs More…