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Hatewatch Headlines 3/20/2018

Media continue ignoring right-wing terrorism; Conservatives mainstream the alt-right; Kobach’s voting sham exposed in court; and more.

Newsweek: The threat of far-right terrorism is being ignored by the media, analysts suggest.

Salon: The alt-right is dying, but powerful conservatives are mainstreaming its ideas.

Kansas City Star: Historic John Brown statue is vandalized with swastikas, racial slurs.

New York Times: Kris Kobach’s voting sham gets exposed in court.

Cleveland.com: Twenty House Republicans back Ohio bill to ban abortions altogether.

Star Tribune (MN): How the alleged Minnesota mosque bomber tried to build a militia in Illinois.

Pahrump Valley Times (CA): Neo-Nazi group conducts weapons training near Death Valley.

NBC News: Oregon Supreme Court suspends judge who refused to marry gay couples.

Oregonian: Wells Fargo mortgage consultant in Tigard loses job amid allegations of white nationalist activity.

ProPublica: Jacksonville sheriff admits race may have played a role in pedestrian ticket-writing.

Inlander (Spokane, WA): When a hate group put up posters in downtown Spokane, residents promptly tore them down.

Right Wing Watch: YouTuber beloved by the alt-right bragged about sexually assaulting a drunken woman.

KOMO-TV (Seattle): Arson suspected as two Jehovah’s Witnesses churches in Olympia, Tumwater torched.

Times-Picayune (New Orleans): Man accused of hate crime after shouting racial threats in Desire area.

Phoenix New Times (AZ): Racist History 101: When Arizona blocked Spanish speakers from voting.

Think Progress: ‘Will and Grace’ episode reinforces anti-LGBT talking points on wedding-cake discrimination.

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