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US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at the Santa Ana Star Center, in Rio Rancho,New Mexico, September 16, 2019. (Evan Vucci/AP)
September 30, 2019, 6:41 pm
Poll finds most Americans disapprove of Trump on race relations
About half of those surveyed say US president’s actions have harmed African Americans, Muslims, Hispanics and women
By Russell Contreras and Deepti Hajela
Blanca Carrasco on a visit to a Sephardi synagogue in Fez, Morocco. (Courtesy)
February 17, 2019, 4:42 am
US crypto-Jews race to reclaim heritage before Spanish citizenship offer ends
A record number of Americans whose Jewish ancestors fled the Inquisition are applying for citizenship as an ‘insurance policy’ against a perceived rise in US anti-Semitism
By Ben Zehavi
A Spanish flag shown near Estremera, in Madrid province, December 19, 2018. A New York Times article depicted Spain as a haven for Spanish speakers with Jewish roots who are tired of Trump. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images/via JTA)
November 17, 2018, 11:37 am
Is Spain really ready to become a haven for people with Jewish roots?
Citing rising racism in the US, non-Jewish Hispanics seek Spanish citizenship based on a law meant to atone for Inquisition-era expulsions, as Spanish anti-Semitism soars
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Aaron Schlossberg is seen outside his New York City home, May 17, 2018. (Anthony DelMundo/NY Daily News via Getty Images/JTA)
May 25, 2018, 8:29 pm
White powder sent to Manhattan lawyer who insulted Spanish speakers
Police say Aaron Schlossberg and another person being evaluated, substance being tested
By JTA
Aaron Schlossberg, left. (Twitter)
May 23, 2018, 8:32 am
Lawyer who ranted at Spanish speakers says he is not racist
‘Seeing myself online opened my eyes,’ says Aaron Schlossberg in apology tweet six days after incident
By JTA
A police officer stands outside the Jewish Children's Museum following a bomb threat, Thursday March 9, 2017 in Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP /Bebeto Matthews)
June 29, 2017, 9:02 am
Most hate crimes in US go unreported, figures show
250,000 incidents every year between 2004 and 2015; racial bias and ethnicity seen as top motivating factors behind hate crimes
By SADIE GURMAN and Russell Contreras
Trump addresses the crowd at a rally in Jacksonville, Florida on November 3, 2016 (Screen capture: YouTube)
November 3, 2016, 7:07 pm
Trump tries to focus in the final stretch
‘Stay on point, Donald, stay on point,’ Trump teasingly quotes his staff as saying as he campaigns
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and Julie Pace
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. (Jessica Kourkounis, Jogn Sommers II/AFP)
September 3, 2016, 12:43 pm
Poll: Young Americans divided on immigration, border control
Minorities aged 18-30 say Clinton would better deal with illegal immigrants than Trump; more whites trust billionaire to secure border
By Catherine Lucey and EMILY SWANSON
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Fredericksburg, Va., Saturday, August 20, 2016. (AP/Gerald Herbert)
August 22, 2016, 10:14 pm
Trump claims he’s not flip-flopping on immigration
Republican candidate appears to moderate his attitude as he reaches out to Hispanic voters
By AP
Men pray outside of the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque where Imam Maulama Akonjee and his assistant, Thara Uddin, 64, were killed in a shooting on August 13 in the Queens borough of New York on August 15, 2016 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
August 21, 2016, 1:18 am
After NY imam shooting, tensions between immigrant groups remain in past
As police struggle to parse motive in double slaying of Bangladeshi cleric and friend by Hispanic janitor suspect, neighbors say old ethnic rift in storied Queens neighborhood won’t make comeback
By Verena Dobnik
Members of the Ku Klux Klan participate in a "white pride" rally in Rome, Georgia, April 23, 2016. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
August 8, 2016, 9:56 pm
To Black Americans, white extremists are greater threat than terrorists
Poll shows widespread anxiety among young people about attacks from both inside and outside the US
By Melinda Deslatte
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets supporters as she campaigns at East Los Angeles College in Los Angeles, California, Thursday, May 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
May 6, 2016, 5:42 am
Warning against Trump, Clinton urges Democrats to unite
Noting her own concession to Obama in 2008 primary, Democratic frontrunner hints rival Sanders should do the same
By Ken Thomas
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