Bias-motivated incidents in North America
The map has recorded 431 bias-motivated incidents in North America since December 2025, 332 of them in the United States. Sexism / gender-based violence is the most common category (156), then religious discrimination (133) and racism (127). 192 of the 431 were assaults or worse.

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White House post depicts Obamas as apes in racist video
A video shared by the White House depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes in a jungle, invoking a racist trope. The post was removed after criticism from lawmakers.
Most serious
Three killed in shooting at San Diego mosque
Three people, including a security guard, were fatally shot at the Islamic Centre of San Diego in California. Police said they were treating the attack as a hate crime and two teenage suspects were later found dead in a car nearby.
Incidents over time
| Month | Incidents | Discrimination | Threats | Vandalism | Assault | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 53 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 15 |
| February 2026 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| March 2026 | 48 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| April 2026 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| May 2026 | 50 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| June 2026 | 47 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| July 2026 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| August 2026 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| September 2026 | 47 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 13 |
| October 2026 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
Every incident
431 incidents, newest first.
October 2026
- Swastika spray-painted on Jewish candidate's campaign sign
A swastika was spray-painted on a campaign sign belonging to a Jewish candidate running for Newburgh town supervisor; police are investigating it as a hate crime.
- US health secretary at Michigan rally says Arabs produce no science or Nobel laureates
At a Republican campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Said that the world's 500 million Arabs produce no science, literature, or Nobel laureates, drawing accusations of racism.
- Man exposed himself to young woman from his vehicle in San Luis Potosí
A man in a maroon Voyager vehicle exposed his genitals to a young woman in the Barrio de Tlaxcala; she photographed and filmed him and the images circulated online.
- Trump uses Islamophobic slurs against Muslim Senate candidate at Michigan rally
At a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, President Donald Trump called Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed a 'jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member' and claimed he would bring 'hordes of jihadis' to the United States.
- Group in KKK robes and hoods reportedly shouted racial slurs in El Paso
A group of roughly six young people wearing pointed white hoods and robes with KKK insignia were filmed outdoors at night in El Paso, with reports they shouted racial slurs.
- Anonymous Instagram page posted racist comment about district students
An anonymous Instagram account created for students and the public in the Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District posted a comment containing a racist statement about students.
- Trump mocks Muslim name Mohammad during Georgia campaign rally
During a campaign rally at Dalton Municipal Airport in Dalton, Georgia, President Donald Trump joked about the popularity of the name Mohammad among Muslims, saying 'if you're in doubt about somebody's name from the Middle East, just say Mohammad.'
- Neo-Nazi group targets Hamilton council candidate with racist threat
A Hamilton-based neo-Nazi and white supremacist group posted a derogatory social-media comment threatening to deport and bar city council candidate Kojo Damptey from office.
- Man assaulted and restrained mother, abducted their two children
A man allegedly assaulted and restrained the mother of his two children at a residence in Inkster, Michigan, striking her with a firearm and tying her to a bed before leaving with the boys.
- Racist sign targeting people of colour hung from Steinbach overpass
A sign created by a white supremacist group with disparaging comments directed at people of colour was hung from an overpass at Highway 12 and the Trans-Canada Highway in Steinbach.
- Man shoots his mother in her vehicle in Sparta, Michigan
A man shot his mother at least twice while she was sitting in her vehicle in Sparta, Michigan, leaving her hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries; he was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- Retired sergeant kills estranged wife and daughter, then himself
A retired San Francisco police sergeant shot and killed his estranged wife, a retired deputy chief, and their adult daughter at their home before turning the gun on himself.
- Neo-Nazi plot to attack Hindu temple in Aurora foiled when rifle jammed
A 19-year-old neo-Nazi white supremacist went to the Shri Venkateshwara Swami temple in Aurora, Illinois, intending to shoot members of the Indian community, but his AR-style rifle jammed and he fled.
- Woman reports sexual assault at University of Chicago fraternity house
A 21-year-old woman reported being sexually assaulted at the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house near the University of Chicago campus.
- Comedian calls women who wear shorts to the gym 'whores' in SNL monologue
During his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live, a comedian said women who wear shorts to the gym 'dress like whores,' drawing criticism from actor Dan Levy.
- Sexual assault reported at UNL's Harper Hall
A sexual assault was reported at Harper Hall at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- Five family members killed in apparent murder-suicide at Georgia home
A man killed five members of his family, including his wife, at their home in Douglas, Georgia, in an apparent murder-suicide.
- School board votes to end daily Pride flag display at California high school
The Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees voted 3-2 to approve a new flag policy that ended the daily display of the Progress Pride flag at Sonoma Valley High School, where it had flown since 2019.
- ICE officer shoots and injures man during Bronx enforcement operation
An ICE officer discharged his weapon during a targeted enforcement operation in the Bronx, injuring a man who was taken to a local hospital.
- Student assaulted near University of Utah by group shouting racial slurs
Two students walking near Stillwell Field in Fort Douglas were approached by a car whose occupants shouted anti-Asian and other racial slurs; five to six teenage boys got out, surrounded one student, and one punched the student in the face while shouting slurs.
- Students threaten female classmate and teacher with rape in Pénjamo
A female student and a female teacher at the ENMS Pénjamo high school of the Universidad de Guanajuato were insulted and threatened with rape in a student WhatsApp group after the student defended the teacher's work.
- Trump post disparaging Somalis in Minnesota draws condemnation
President Trump posted on Truth Social that Minnesota is 'being taken over by Somali immigrants' and urged people to 'fight back,' prompting Minnesota leaders to condemn the remarks.
- Woman dies after being pushed from Bronx balcony by ex-partner
A 23-year-old woman died after her former partner allegedly pushed her from a 15th-floor apartment balcony in the Bronx while she was holding her baby.
- Protesters chant outside U. Oregon Hillel, demand Jewish group leave campus
About 25 protesters gathered outside the Hillel House at the University of Oregon, chanted praise for the attackers and 'Hillel off campus,' and burned an American flag on the sidewalk.
- Trans activists and sex workers attacked at Mexico City hotel health event
The owner of Hotel Maga in Mexico City blocked a health day organized by trans collectives and sex workers, used transphobic slurs and had a group of men attack participants, injuring at least 15 people.
- Woman shot and killed by male resident in Bexar County murder-suicide
A man shot a woman at a home in Northeast Bexar County and then turned the gun on himself; the woman later died at a hospital.
- Misogynistic homecoming sign hung at St. Francis Xavier University
A sign reading 'Drop-off zone: Acadia girlfriends' was painted on a sheet and hung on an off-campus house during homecoming at St. Francis Xavier University.
- Neo-Nazi group displays 'Keep New England White' banner in Danbury
Masked individuals from the Northeast Action group carried a 'Keep New England White' banner and chanted 'White power' outside Danbury Police Headquarters.
- Woman stabbed repeatedly by ex-boyfriend at Tennessee factory
A man attacked his former girlfriend with a box cutter at the Ingram factory in Jackson, Tennessee, grabbing her by the neck and stabbing her more than 30 times in the face and neck.
September 2026
- Seattle park sign vandalized with antisemitic graffiti
A park sign at Be'er Sheva Park in South Seattle was spray-painted with messages including 'Long live Oct.
- Man kills wife in premeditated murder-suicide at Palm Coast home
A man shot and killed his 47-year-old wife inside their Palm Coast home before killing himself in the garage, in what investigators described as a planned murder-suicide.
- Antisemitic graffiti defaces Deerfield village hall
Deerfield's village hall in suburban Chicago was defaced overnight with antisemitic graffiti, which was discovered the next morning and removed.
- Black driver shouted racial slur by woman at Evanston crosswalk
While driving to a bookstore event in Evanston, a Black woman stopped at a traffic light on Church Street when an elderly white woman crossing in front of her car looked at her and shouted a racial slur, repeating it when the driver asked what she meant.
- Pennsylvania lawmaker accused of homophobic, racist slurs against colleague
A Pennsylvania state representative was overheard in a Harrisburg bar calling an openly gay Black lawmaker an anti-gay slur and a 'gay, Black [slur]', and falsely claiming the colleague lost weight because of AIDS.
- White students at San Marcos High posted blackface image mocking Black children
Four white students at San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara darkened their skin to imitate Black children in a social media post captioned with an emoji used as a stand-in for a racial slur.
- Woman shouts 'Go back to Mexico' at Latino couple's engagement shoot
A woman interrupted a Latino couple's engagement photo shoot at a Laguna Beach park, demanding the crew tear down the setup and shouting 'Go back to Mexico' and anti-Mexican slurs at them.
- Guadeloupe prefect tells Black fisherman not to speak Creole
The white prefect of Guadeloupe, Thierry Devimeux, told a Black fisherman in the coastal town of Sainte-Rose that speaking Creole to him was disrespectful and to speak French instead.
- Masked group hangs mocking banner over Kamloops overpass
A group of masked individuals displayed a banner reading 'Got bones?' from an overpass in Kamloops, British Columbia, appearing to deny reports of human burials at former residential school sites.
- Woman reports unwanted sexual touching at birthday party
Cristina Romero Álvarez, mother of Mexican influencer Abelito, said she was touched and rubbed without her consent during a birthday celebration.
- Woman burned to death in Tepalcingo, Morelos
A 48-year-old woman was doused with gasoline and set on fire in the San Martín neighborhood of Tepalcingo, Morelos.
- Husband fatally shoots wife in murder-suicide at Santa Monica home
A husband fatally shot his wife at their home in Santa Monica before taking his own life.
- Swastika found on classroom desk at Maryland high school
A swastika was found on a classroom desk at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland, one of several antisemitic incidents reported in Montgomery County schools.
- Drag performer wore blackface at Pittsburgh bar's open stage
A drag performer wore black makeup on their face during an Open Stage performance at Blue Moon Bar in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighbourhood.
- Emailed threat to kill or deport Muslims sent to Islamic schools in Ontario
An email using dehumanizing language threatened that Muslims would be 'deported or slaughtered' and was sent to eight Islamic schools run by the Muslim Association of Canada in Ontario.
- Shooting outside Belleville synagogue on Yom Kippur wounds police officer
A shooting occurred outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, on the evening of Yom Kippur while members of the Jewish community were gathered for religious services.
- ICE agent shoots and wounds Venezuelan migrant in Austin
An ICE agent shot and wounded an undocumented Venezuelan migrant in the chest in Austin, Texas, following a brief foot chase.
- Racist graffiti spray-painted in Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Racist and offensive graffiti was spray-painted in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, overnight.
- Domestic-violence shooting at Allen Starbucks leaves one dead, one injured
An altercation between two people at a Starbucks in Allen, Texas, left both with gunshot wounds; one died at a hospital.
- Sen. Eric Schmitt makes racist, xenophobic remarks on Fox News
On Fox News' Hannity program, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) claimed that undocumented immigrants and Somalis are on welfare and blamed them for high housing costs.
- Coffee shop vandalized with 'white power' graffiti and swastikas
Vandals spray-painted 'white power' and swastikas on the Moka Pot coffee shop and smashed its windows.
- Man charged with racist threats, harassment of a youth in Middle Sackville
A 21-year-old man approached a parked car in Middle Sackville, tried to pull a youth from the vehicle, then followed the car while driving dangerously and continued threatening the youth by phone.
- Planning commissioner asks racially charged question about tribal community
During a Ketchikan Planning Commission meeting, a borough planning commissioner asked how much more white people have to pay for the Ketchikan Indian Community while the commission considered a parking variance for a tribal project.
- Woman shot in her Moab home dies six days later
A man forced his way into a 33-year-old woman's home in Moab, Utah, and shot her; she died six days later.
- Antisemitic graffiti with swastika found at East Nashville park
Antisemitic graffiti, including a swastika and vulgar messages targeting the Jewish faith, was found at Cornelia Fort Airpark in East Nashville.
- Racist and antisemitic graffiti found on Concord greenway trail
Racist and antisemitic graffiti, including references to Nazism, Hitler, white power and the n-word, was found on notice boards and a paved path along the Merrimack River Greenway Trail in Concord.
- Fashion council head pins female protester to ground at New York Fashion Week
A man physically restrained and pinned a female protester to the ground at a New York Fashion Week show, covering her mouth and holding her down.
- Sikh truck driver stabbed at Wyoming rest stop
A Sikh truck driver was attacked from behind in a restroom at the Bitter Creek rest stop on Interstate 80 in Wyoming, suffering stab wounds to the neck and chest and over a dozen other cuts, but survived.
- Candidate posts racist remarks about South Asian students at UT Austin
Bo French, a candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission, shared a post on X showing a photo of South Asian students at the University of Texas at Austin and referred to them as foreigners who displaced Americans.
- Couple found dead in possible domestic violence murder-suicide
Two people who lived together and were believed to be married or in a domestic partnership were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds at a home on the far West Side.
- Spanish exchange student killed in Cuautla, Mexico
A 21-year-old Spanish university exchange student was attacked with a bladed weapon and killed in Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico, during a local festival.
- Nightclub in San Pedro Garza García accused of skin-color entry filter
A nightclub in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, was accused of operating a strict skin-color filter that denied entry to dark-skinned or non-white patrons, according to leaked WhatsApp messages and audio attributed to a reservations employee.
- Man fatally shoots woman, then himself, in Philadelphia home
A 43-year-old man shot a 42-year-old woman in the head and then shot himself inside a home on North 18th Street in Philadelphia.
- Woman killed, girl injured in Little Havana shooting
A man and a woman were fatally shot and a 13-year-old girl was injured in a shooting at a Little Havana intersection in Miami.
- Protesters chant 'Jews out' outside Mexico City synagogue
A march outside one of Mexico City's most important synagogues featured chants of 'Jews out!
- Trump verbally dismisses and steps toward ABC reporter Rachel Scott
President Donald Trump told ABC reporter Rachel Scott 'You're the worst' and stepped toward her as she tried to ask questions on the tarmac before departing Dallas.
- Swastikas and racial slurs spray-painted across San Diego neighborhood
Vandals spray-painted swastikas and racial slurs on homes, fences and vehicles in the San Carlos neighborhood of San Diego, including the N-word and a swastika on a resident's hauling truck and a swastika on a Jewish neighbor's property.
- US Homeland Security poster tells 'Mr Singh' to self-deport
The US Department of Homeland Security posted an AI-generated image on X telling 'Mr Singh' to 'self-deport or find out', part of a campaign about commercial drivers.
- Man arrested after altercation with woman in CMU dorm room
An 18-year-old man allegedly entered a woman's dorm room at Colorado Mesa University without her consent, and a verbal dispute turned into a physical altercation in which he took her phone to stop her calling 911.
- Woman accused of harassing San Jose father over race, posting video
A woman confronted a father in San Jose's Almaden neighborhood, accusing him of sex-trafficking his daughter and commenting on their different skin colors, then posted the video on TikTok.
- Death threats, swastika spray-painted on signs along Sikh procession route
Several transit signs along the route of a Sikh Nagar Kirtan procession in downtown Winnipeg were spray-painted with death threats against Indians and a swastika.
- Woman, husband and child found shot dead in burning Maywood home
A woman in her late 40s, her husband and their young son were found shot dead inside a burning home in Maywood, Los Angeles County.
- Journalist calls Rep. Hakeem Jeffries an 'AIPAC monkey' on podcast
Progressive journalist Rula Jebreal, appearing on a podcast, referred to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as a 'bought and paid by AIPAC monkey,' a racial slur aimed at the Black congressman.
- Woman killed by ex-partner in Santiago de Cuba
A 25-year-old woman was assaulted with a sharp object by her ex-partner in La Caoba, near El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba, and died of her injuries.
- Passenger shouted racist and homophobic abuse on diverted flight
A passenger on a flight from Dallas to Newark shouted racist and homophobic insults at a flight attendant, threatened the man seated beside him, struck him and destroyed his computer, prompting a diversion to Maryland.
- Woman killed after domestic-violence abduction in Kentucky
A man allegedly shot a resident of a home and forced his estranged wife into his vehicle, leading to a pursuit and officer-involved shooting in Daviess County, Kentucky.
- Man kills girlfriend, her two children in Las Vegas apartment
A man walked into a Las Vegas police substation and confessed to shooting his girlfriend, her teenage daughter, and her young son, who were found dead in an apartment on O'Bannon Drive.
August 2026
- Activist calls Black Florida lawmaker a 'ghetto Black communist b****' on X
Right-wing activist Laura Loomer posted on X calling Florida Rep. Angie Nixon a 'ghetto Black communist b****', drawing condemnation from Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and others.
- Canadian outlet sells orange shirts denying residential-schools truth
A Canadian media outlet announced the sale of orange shirts bearing slogans denying the history of Indigenous residential schools, including 'Evidence still doesn't exist' and 'Canada was built, not stolen'.
- Three men killed in shooting at Tucson gay bar investigated as hate crime
Three men were found dead after a shooting at the Venture-N bar, a gay bar in Tucson, and police are investigating the attack as a possible hate crime.
- Ex-bullfighter hurls homophobic slurs at Mérida protest; women reporters shoved
During a bullfighting-related demonstration at the Monumento a la Patria on Paseo de Montejo in Mérida, a former bullfighter insulted peaceful demonstrators with homophobic and classist slurs, and a bullfighting businesswoman allegedly shoved female journalists covering the event.
- Two men attacked with anti-LGBTQ+ and racial slurs in Sacramento
Two men walking home after a night out in Sacramento's Lavender Heights were mocked with anti-LGBTQ+ and racial slurs by a group of four men and then physically assaulted, leaving one victim bloodied.
- Man kills partner and four others in domestic dispute near Forest Grove
A man shot and killed his partner and several other people at a home outside Forest Grove, Oregon, then was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Enumclaw, Washington.
- Villanova student reports being raped in campus residence hall
A Villanova University student reported being raped in a university residence hall.
- Car of Muslim MP set on fire outside her Scarborough home
Unknown perpetrators attacked and set fire to a car parked outside the home of a Pakistani-origin Muslim Member of Parliament in Scarborough, Canada.
- Bristol police officer charged with domestic assault of woman
A Bristol, Tennessee police officer was charged with simple assault involving domestic violence after allegedly following a woman, repeatedly calling and texting her, and demanding she let him into her workplace in Johnson City.
- Man kills estranged wife in murder-suicide at Las Vegas apartment
A man broke into his estranged wife's apartment near Nellis Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue and shot her before turning the gun on himself.
- Young Republicans post 'vote with the hard R' slur while campaigning
The Lubbock Young Republicans posted a photo on Facebook while campaigning door-to-door that urged voters to 'vote with the hard R', a reference to a racial slur against Black people.
- Campaign sign in Lynchburg vandalized with swastikas, antisemitic imagery
A campaign sign for three Lynchburg City Council candidates was vandalized with profanity, graffiti, swastikas and other antisemitic imagery near Vassar Street and Langhorne Road.
- Man fatally shoots wife at Plattekill home before killing himself
A 66-year-old man shot and killed his 54-year-old wife at their home on Milton Turnpike in the Town of Plattekill, then took his own life.
- Streamer warns American Jews over Israel support, shows Jewish lawmaker's image
During a livestream, a prominent streamer said that if American Jews keep tying themselves to Israel, 'eventually someone will come around and take action' against them, while displaying an image of a Jewish Michigan state senator.
- Pharmacy window smashed, homophobic slur spray-painted in Woodland
A vandal smashed a window and spray-painted a homophobic slur at Corner Drug Co. On Main Street in Downtown Woodland, California, targeting a window that displayed LGBTQ+ friendly signage.
- Woman fatally shot in Vero Beach; domestic violence link probed
A 52-year-old woman was found with a gunshot wound in a roadway in Vero Beach and later died at a hospital.
- Man assaults mother and abducts 7-month-old, prompting AMBER Alert
A man violated a domestic violence no-contact order, allegedly robbing and assaulting a woman and her 7-month-old son before leaving with the child in the Hazel Dell area of Vancouver, Washington.
- Woman killed in Montreal's Saint-Michel neighbourhood; spouse suspected
A 44-year-old woman was killed in the Saint-Michel neighbourhood of Montreal, described as the 12th femicide of the year in Quebec.
- Statue outside Jewish history museum vandalized with antisemitic message
A man wrote a hateful message directed at Jews in general on the 'OY/YO' statue outside the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.
- Man kills wife and child at family daycare, then himself
A man allegedly killed his wife and child at a family-owned daycare in Hopkins, Minnesota, before taking his own life.
- Woman killed in murder-suicide in Memphis neighborhood
A man shot a woman in Memphis' Washington Heights neighborhood; she was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and later died of her injuries.
- Congressman targeted by antisemitic campaign posts and video in Florida primary
A Republican primary challenger's campaign posted antisemitic material, including an AI-generated video depicting a Jewish congressman with horns and alluding positively to Hitler, targeting the congressman for his religion in Florida's 6th Congressional District.
- Man attacks girlfriend and her daughter in Las Vegas home
A man chased his girlfriend with a blowtorch, shot her and her teenage daughter, and set fires inside a Las Vegas home before dying at the scene.
- Alabama candidate targeted over Indian heritage in social media posts
A local conservative businessman posted social media comments attacking Alabama House candidate Hanu Karlapalem's Indian heritage, referencing India's caste system and demanding he disavow his lineage, and later posted a video mocking racial identity.
- Trump's Oval Office remarks on Somali immigrants spark backlash
During an Oval Office media briefing, President Donald Trump made derogatory remarks about Somali immigrants, claiming they lack intelligence and aptitude.
- Commentator makes racist claims about Black people's reading on livestream
On his livestreamed show, a far-right commentator claimed Black people are inherently unable to read words phonetically and singled out a Black streamer as an example.
- Swastika spray-painted on Florida congressman's campaign sign
A campaign sign belonging to U.S. Rep. Randy Fine was found spray-painted with a swastika at the Wickline Senior Center in Flagler Beach, Florida.
- Deputy kills ex-girlfriend and himself after kidnapping her
An off-duty sheriff's deputy kidnapped his ex-girlfriend from her home in front of her children, then shot and killed her and himself in Spring Hill, Florida.
- Woman drugged and raped on yacht in Nantucket harbor
A 22-year-old woman working as a deckhand on a yacht was drugged and sexually assaulted by the yacht's owner after the vessel docked in Nantucket harbor.
- Trump posts anti-Muslim image targeting El-Sayed and his wife
President Donald Trump posted a side-by-side image contrasting himself and Melania Trump with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and his wife, both practicing Muslims, under the heading 'Two VERY DIFFERENT Americas.'
- Mother of five killed by ex-boyfriend in murder-suicide
A 40-year-old mother of five was shot and killed by a man in an apparent murder-suicide in Cahokia Heights, Illinois, after she had previously obtained an order of protection against him.
- Man kills woman and man in Downey domestic violence attack, is shot by police
A male suspect shot and killed a man and a woman in a domestic-violence-related incident involving family members in Downey, California.
- Congresswoman posts that every Muslim in public office is a 'trojan horse'
A South Carolina congresswoman posted on X that every Muslim holding public office in America is a 'trojan horse' and a threat, and repeated the remarks in a CNN interview, also attacking Dearborn, Michigan over the call to prayer.
- Campaign AI chatbot mocked opponent's accent, citizenship
A parody AI chatbot created by state Sen. Scott Wiener's congressional campaign produced racist and sexist responses targeting Supervisor Connie Chan, mocking her accent and questioning her citizenship.
- Man destroys Virgin Mary statue at Queens Catholic church
A man jumped a fence at Santa Rita Catholic Church in Long Island City, Queens, and destroyed a statue of the Virgin Mary with a hammer.
- Suspected arson destroys kosher restaurant in Montreal
A fire broke out before dawn at Nöam Restaurant, a kosher eatery in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood, causing extensive damage to the two-storey building.
July 2026
- Nashville bookstore cancels Jewish author's book launch after pressure campaign
A Nashville independent bookstore cancelled the launch event for Jewish author Alyssa Rosenheck's book 'White.
- Fire ravages part of Baitul Mukarram mosque in Montreal
A fire broke out at the Baitul Mukarram mosque in Montreal in the early hours of the morning, causing extensive material damage.
- Antisemitic flyers with swastikas distributed in Oakland County neighborhoods
Anti-Jewish pamphlets bearing Nazi swastikas were distributed in neighborhoods of Huntington Woods and Oak Park, Michigan, prompting police investigations.
- Windows shattered by gunfire at Winnipeg Islamic centre
Several windows at the Rahma Islamic Centre on Watt Street in Winnipeg were shattered by gunfire late at night, an attack police are investigating as a potential hate-motivated crime.
- Pregnant woman killed by her partner in Bayamo, Cuba
A 34-year-old woman who was seven months pregnant was killed by her partner in Bayamo, Granma province, after having reported abuse and sought protection.
- Jewish-owned Toronto bakery shot at in antisemitic attack
The front glass of Kiva's Bagel Bakery on Steeles Avenue West in North York was shattered by gunfire, and about an hour later a second location of the Jewish-owned bakery was shot at.
- Guatemalan league account mocked Mexican taekwondo athlete as 'South Korean'
An Instagram account identifying itself as Guatemala's Liga Nacional posted racist remarks about Mexican taekwondo athlete Cecilia Lee Kim, calling her 'South Korean' because of her physical features and putting her Mexican nationality in quotation marks after she won silver at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
- Mural at Pasadena Jewish temple defaced with swastikas
Vandals spray-painted swastikas and the words 'Zionism is not welcome' on a mural at the Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center in Pasadena, California.
- Man stabs two, including Jewish man leaving synagogue, in New York
A man stabbed a 57-year-old Asian man in the back and then stabbed a 50-year-old man wearing a yarmulke who was leaving synagogue services, on the Upper West Side near Central Park.
- Candidate statement on Washington state website contains antisemitic slurs
A congressional candidate's statement posted on the official Washington Secretary of State website uses the slur 'Jewarchy', claims Jews control both political parties and the global economy, refers to 'our Jewish problem', and includes the phrase 'globalize the intifada'.
- Woman fatally stabbed in Queens apartment; husband found hanged in park
A 34-year-old woman was found fatally stabbed in her basement apartment in Astoria, Queens, and her 33-year-old husband was found hanged hours later in a nearby park in an apparent murder-suicide.
- Woman injured in Woodland Hills domestic violence standoff
A man barricaded himself inside a Woodland Hills home after police responded to a domestic violence call, and a woman believed to be his wife sustained injuries during the hourslong standoff that escalated to a house fire and gunfire.
- Muslim woman assaulted in front of her child in Moncton parking lot
A Muslim woman was harassed with racist insults and then physically assaulted in a parking lot on Mountain Street in Moncton, New Brunswick, while her seven-year-old child tried to defend her.
- 18-year-old woman found dead in Mattapan ruled homicide
An 18-year-old woman was found dead in a Mattapan rental property and the state medical examiner ruled her death a homicide.
- Woman killed in La Lima; partner suspected
A woman was killed in the early hours of a Thursday in Colonia Planeta, La Lima, Cortés.
- Man stabs Muslim mall employee in Utah, citing victim's religion
A man approached an employee at the Valley Fair Mall in Utah, asked his name and religion, then stabbed him repeatedly when he turned away.
- Theater marquee referencing 'the Jews' sparks outrage in Jewish community
A theater in Lake Oswego displayed a marquee reading 'Before there were the Jews, there was… The Odyssey,' prompting dozens of complaints from local Jewish community members who called it antisemitic.
- Pregnant 23-year-old woman killed by ex-partner in Las Tunas
A 23-year-old pregnant woman was attacked and killed by her former partner in Las Tunas, Cuba.
- Man killed by ICE agents during enforcement operation in Biddeford, Maine
A man was shot and killed during an immigration enforcement operation by ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine.
- Woman stabbed to death by ex-partner in Güines, Cuba
A woman was attacked and killed with a knife on a street in Güines by her former partner, who fled and remains at large.
- Arson at Zionsville home displaying Israeli flag investigated as hate crime
Someone set fire to an Israeli flag hanging from a home in Zionsville, Indiana, causing more than $150,000 in damage to the unoccupied building.
- Man kills girlfriend, then himself, in Omaha home
A 26-year-old man shot and killed his 19-year-old girlfriend inside the Omaha home they shared, then died by suicide, police said.
- Woman dies in fall during violent confrontation with partner in Cumanayagua
A 43-year-old woman known as Yunita fell from a rooftop during a violent confrontation with her partner in Cumanayagua, Cienfuegos, and died; her partner then took his own life.
- Pastor preaches sermon series claiming Black people divinely assigned to subordination
A pastor at a church in Prescott, Arizona delivered a sermon series claiming God assigned Black people to a 'civilizational station of subordination and dependence' and urging the recolonisation of Africa by white Christians.
- Mall security guard confronts woman and her girlfriend over photos
A security guard at the Grand Teton Mall shouted at a woman and her girlfriend and threatened to ban them after they took photos, and appeared to try to grab one woman's phone.
- Texas governor's threat forces cancellation of Muslim Eid pool party
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to revoke state grants unless a city-owned water park in Grand Prairie opened a private Eid al-Adha event to all faiths, leading the city to cancel the Muslim community's pool party.
- Argentine fans hurl beer cans and racist slurs at Egyptian supporters in Atlanta
During the Argentina vs Egypt World Cup match in Atlanta, Argentine fans threw beer cans at Egyptian supporters and called them 'pigs', while at least one fan made a racist monkey gesture toward streamer Speed, who was wearing an Egypt shirt.
- ICE agent shoots and kills Mexican driver in Houston
An ICE agent shot and killed a Mexican driver during an immigration enforcement operation in Houston, Texas.
- Trump shares post mocking hijab-wearing Somali kindergarteners
President Trump shared a post on Truth Social that included a video of Somali American kindergarteners in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a caption mocking girls wearing hijabs.
- Trump posts doctored image of Obamas with graffiti-covered Air Force One
President Donald Trump posted a falsified image showing Barack and Michelle Obama waving in front of an Air Force One plane covered in graffiti, including 'BLM' and Arabic text.
- Trump shares doctored image of Obamas as apes on Truth Social
US President Trump posted a digitally altered image on Truth Social showing Barack and Michelle Obama with their faces superimposed on the bodies of apes, a racist trope.
- Woman killed by husband in suspected domestic violence murder-suicide
A 58-year-old woman was found shot to death in her Von Ormy home in southwest Bexar County, Texas, in what authorities are investigating as a domestic violence murder-suicide; her 58-year-old husband died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- Fourth of July parade float depicting ICE mocked as racist, xenophobic
A parade float in Traprock Valley, Michigan, featured people in costumes with signs reading 'Houghton County ICE' and a mock border hotline, drawing accusations that it mocked Mexicans and immigrants.
- Black woman surrounded by masked white nationalists on D.C. Metro
A Black woman sitting on a Washington, D.C. Metro train was surrounded by dozens of masked members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front as they traveled to a march in the city center.
- Church in Wichita vandalized with antisemitic graffiti
Someone spray-painted antisemitic hate speech, including swastikas and the words 'Nazi killer', on the outside walls of Glen Park Christian Church in southwest Wichita.
- Off-duty officer fires at wife's SUV before fatal standoff
An off-duty Florence police officer fired shots into his wife's SUV and home in Boone County, Kentucky, after she fled with her children to a neighbor's house.
- Jewish residents assaulted, robbed walking home from Shabbat in Montreal
A group of assailants confronted multiple Jewish residents walking home from Friday-night Shabbat services in Montreal's Outremont neighborhood, striking and robbing them, hurling antisemitic slurs, and snatching the fur hats worn by several Hasidic men.
- Muslim farmer in Bowmanville targeted by online halal slaughterhouse campaign
An online campaign falsely accused a Muslim farmer in Bowmanville, Ontario and other area farmers of operating an illegal halal slaughterhouse, leading to harassment, threats and calls to boycott halal meat.
- Woman killed by her partner in Central Havana
A 26-year-old mother of two was killed by her partner, the father of her children, at their shared residence in Central Havana.
- Attack ad mocking Arizona treasurer's heritage airs statewide
A political attack ad airing across Arizona depicts State Treasurer Kimberly Yee with a gong and bamboo lettering and calls her the 'Empress of DEI,' which Yee and others describe as racist.
June 2026
- School bars student's Bible verse from graduation slideshow
An associate principal at Arrowhead High School told a graduating student she could not include a Bible verse in the graduation ceremony slideshow because religious messages were prohibited by district policy.
- Man fatally shoots ex-wife outside her Valdosta workplace, then himself
A man shot and killed a woman outside her workplace in Valdosta, Georgia, before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- Swastika carved into car on Upper East Side
A vandal carved a swastika into the hood of a parked car on the Upper East Side; the car's owner, a 56-year-old woman, had an Israeli flag inside.
- Former Pemex director denounced for family violence against his wife
A complaint of family violence was filed against the former director general of Petróleos Mexicanos for assaulting his wife, prompting two federal agencies to distance themselves from him and activate victim-support protocols.
- Hitler image appears in New Jersey middle school yearbook
An image of Adolf Hitler was included in the baby photos section of a yearbook at East Brook Middle School in Paramus, New Jersey, prompting condemnation from school officials and local Jewish leaders.
- Rep. Emmer tells Somali-Americans to 'go back' if they don't assimilate
At a Faith and Freedom Coalition town hall on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer said Somali-Americans who do not assimilate should 'go the hell back to where they came from.'
- Gunman kills police officer and Jewish resident near Montreal Chabad House
A gunman opened fire in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood near a Chabad House and kosher supermarket, killing a police officer and a Jewish civilian resident before being shot dead by police.
- Congressional candidate targeted with anti-Haitian rhetoric in New York primary
A senior adviser to Rep. Adriano Espaillat accused candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier of helping turn Washington Heights into a 'bastion of the Haitian, Muslim community,' and she was trolled online with assumptions that she is Haitian because of her surname.
- Brooklyn coffee shop says it would have refused service to Jewish congressman
A coffee shop in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood posted on social media that it would have turned away Rep. Dan Goldman had staff recognized him, calling him a 'genocide enabler' and tying him to AIPAC.
- White-nationalist, antisemitic flyers mailed to 2,000 homes in Tennessee county
Flyers promoting the 'Great Replacement' theory, calling for a ban on Islam and Hinduism, and stating 'No wars for Jews' were mailed to around 2,000 households in Maury County, Tennessee.
- Periodista denuncia agresión sexual de funcionario de Toluca en Chorifest
Una periodista denunció que un servidor público del Ayuntamiento de Toluca la sujetó del brazo y la muñeca y realizó tocamientos indebidos durante la inauguración del evento Chorifest, en Toluca.
- Indigenous Mixtec women assaulted by municipal authorities in Oaxaca
The municipal president of Santa María Apazco, Oaxaca, accompanied by his council and local security personnel, led a violent confrontation in which Indigenous Mixtec women were physically, verbally and psychologically assaulted, leaving them with bodily injuries.
- Woman shot by her husband at home dies of her injuries
A 76-year-old woman was shot by her 77-year-old husband at their residence on County Road 623 and died of her injuries days later; the husband was found dead at the scene from a gunshot wound.
- Man kills estranged wife in Stone Oak shooting, wounds officer
A man shot and killed his estranged wife at a home in the Stone Oak area of San Antonio, then wounded a responding police officer before dying by suicide.
- Pregnant woman shot and killed by her unborn child's father in murder-suicide
A 31-year-old woman who was 33 weeks pregnant was shot and killed inside a residence by the father of her unborn child, who then took his own life.
- Woman shot and wounded in Mansfield domestic violence incident
A 23-year-old woman was hospitalized with gunshot wounds after she and her 24-year-old brother were found shot inside a home on Florence Avenue in Mansfield, Ohio.
- Imam assaulted outside Victoria mosque while attacker shouted slurs
An imam was sitting in his vehicle after leading prayers at a mosque in Victoria when an individual forced open his car door, assaulted him, and shouted Islamophobic slurs telling him to 'go back to your country.'
- Lunenburg taxi owner accosted, subjected to homophobic slurs
A Lunenburg taxi company owner was accosted by members of the public while working and had homophobic slurs directed at him, after he posted about banning the town's mayor from his service.
- Chiapas legislator makes anti-LGBT remarks from Congress floor
A Morena legislator in Chiapas spoke against sexual diversity and gender-identity policies during a Congress session, saying LGBT people should exercise their rights only inside their homes.
- Man kills sister-in-law in domestic violence incident in Marcovia
A man killed his sister-in-law, a young woman, in Marcovia, Choluteca department, Honduras, in a case of intrafamily violence.
- Islamophobic graffiti scrawled near Muslim daycare in Edmonton
Islamophobic graffiti was scrawled near a daycare for Muslim children on the north side of Edmonton, prompting condemnation from the mayor and a Muslim advocacy group.
- Cornell student sends antisemitic message to Jewish-run start-up
A Cornell University student rejected a job interview with a New York start-up run by Jewish brothers by replying that he was 'not interested in working for a Jew.'
- Law student killed in femicide in Chimalhuacán; suspect detained
Miriam Peralta Valverde, a 22-year-old law student at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, was killed in a femicide in Chimalhuacán, State of Mexico.
- Police kill one-year-old Black baby in Senatobia, Mississippi
Police in Senatobia, Mississippi shot into a vehicle leaving a Walmart parking lot, killing a one-year-old Black baby, Kohen Wiley, after his mother told officers a baby was in the car.
- UFC fighter slurs Michelle Obama at White House event
A UFC fighter, interviewed after competing at a White House event, said on camera that Michelle Obama 'is a man.'
- Muslim delegate told to leave Texas GOP convention over his faith
At the Republican Party of Texas convention in Houston, a Muslim delegate was told from the stage by the outgoing party chair that he should leave the caucus and that there was no place in America for him because of his religious values.
- Venezuelan woman stabbed to death by ex-partner in Trinidad and Tobago
A 28-year-old Venezuelan woman was attacked with a knife and killed by her former partner in Montrose, Trinidad and Tobago, while she was on her way to work.
- Wingstop employee fired after racial slur printed on Black customer's order
A Wingstop employee in Lorton printed a racial slur in place of a Black customer's name on her order receipt and on the restaurant's order tracking screen.
- Woman stabbed to death in Worcester domestic violence attack
A woman was stabbed to death on Sunrise Avenue in Worcester in what police described as a domestic violence case; a caller told police his father was stabbing his mother.
- South Korean influencer mocked at Guadalajara stadium match
A South Korean influencer filming at the Guadalajara stadium during the Czech Republic vs South Korea match was mocked for her appearance by a spectator behind her, which she described as racism.
- Antisemitic comments target Jewish girls lost in Nyack park tunnel
After dozens of Jewish girls on a school trip got lost in a drainage tunnel in Nyack Memorial Park, social media users posted antisemitic comments comparing Jews to rats and roaches and invoking antisemitic conspiracy tropes.
- Burning cross found in Chicago park
A large burning cross, described as a historic symbol of hate and intimidation against Black Americans, was constructed and set on fire in a Chicago park, prompting a police search for the person seen leaving the area.
- Hate pastor's broadcast claims female teachers and abuse turn boys gay
On a episode of his Right Response broadcast, pastor Joel Webbon and his co-hosts said that female public school teachers and childhood molestation turn boys into homosexuals, and that feminine and gay men will not inherit the kingdom of God.
- Man kills two teenage girls in domestic violence incident, then himself
A 21-year-old man shot and killed two teenage girls, one of whom he was reportedly in a relationship with, before taking his own life after a police pursuit in Laurel County, Kentucky.
- Demonstrator tears Indian flag at Frisco City Hall protest
A demonstrator outside Frisco City Hall in Frisco, Texas, tore an Indian flag amid anti-India chants during an immigration-related protest.
- Indian delivery worker lured by fake order and shot dead in Philadelphia
A 28-year-old Indian IT employee working as a weekend pizza delivery driver was lured to a vacant apartment in North Philadelphia by a fake pizza order and shot in the back of the head.
- Afro-Mexican activist and lawyer killed in armed attack in Guerrero
Sael Silva Cisneros, an Afro-Mexican lawyer, activist and human rights defender, was killed in an armed attack on the Acapulco-Pinotepa Nacional federal highway in Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero, hours after speaking at a seminar on Afro-Mexican rights.
- Woman killed by husband in apparent murder-suicide in Baytown
A man shot and killed his wife inside their Baytown home before taking his own life, police said.
- Woman reports brother tried to kill her in domestic violence call
A woman in Puyallup called 911 reporting that her brother was trying to kill her, prompting police to respond to a home on Fourth Avenue Northwest.
- Man held woman at knifepoint in West Chester domestic violence incident
A man held a 31-year-old woman at knifepoint inside an apartment on Zinnia Court in West Chester Township, Ohio, during a domestic violence incident.
- Anti-mosque vitriol and threats against Islamic center in Albuquerque
Opponents of a proposed mosque in Albuquerque's North Valley shouted chants and made Islamophobic remarks at a county planning meeting, and the Albuquerque Islamic Center received threatening messages and calls telling Muslims to leave the country.
- State office candidate posts anti-LGBTQ+ 'Happy Straight Month' message
A Republican candidate for Connecticut's 50th District posted an anti-LGBTQ+ message on his campaign Facebook page during Pride Month, declaring 'Happy Straight Month' and pledging to fight against transgender and LGBTQ+ people.
- Supreme Court approves Alabama map eliminating majority-Black district
The U.S. Supreme Court approved Alabama's redistricted congressional map in a 6-3 decision, eliminating one of the state's majority-Black districts.
- Mother and two daughters stabbed to death in Doral home
A woman and her two young daughters were found stabbed to death inside a home in the Doral Isles community in Doral, Florida; detectives believe the deaths were a murder-suicide.
- Jewish men harassed, kippa knocked off in Connecticut
A man shouted antisemitic slurs at three Jewish men on a sidewalk, threw a rolled-up newspaper at them, and knocked a kippa off one of their heads.
- Tennessee congressman's account posts anti-gay message during Pride Month
A post on Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles' social media account said 'Homosexuality has no place in America' during Pride Month; the post was later deleted and Ogles blamed a staffer.
- Mayor interrupts nonbinary teen's Pride speech in Cambridge, Ontario
The mayor of Cambridge, Ontario cut off a 17-year-old nonbinary speaker during a Pride flag-raising event, telling them to remove a part of their speech referencing a councillor's anti-LGBT meme.
May 2026
- Antisemitic graffiti spray-painted on old fire station in south Omaha
Swastikas and other anti-Semitic symbols were spray-painted on the old fire station near South 25th Street in south Omaha, across from El Museo Latino.
- Texas House candidate mocked over accent in social media post
A conservative activist posted on X mocking the accent and English delivery of Sandeep Srivastava, an Indian-born naturalized U.S. Citizen running for the Texas House, prompting hostile comments including calls for his deportation.
- School board member makes Nazi salute at public board meeting
A Deer Valley Unified School District governing board member made a Nazi salute during a public board meeting, drawing condemnation from teachers, community members, and Jewish organizations.
- Islamic school bus vandalized with anti-Muslim graffiti in Hamilton
A school bus owned by the Waterdown Islamic School was broken into, damaged, and tagged with anti-Muslim graffiti while parked in Hamilton.
- Woman shot and killed by husband in Elkhart County domestic incident
A woman was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound at a home on County Road 18 in Elkhart County, Indiana, and later died.
- California hotel clerk verbally attacks Israeli tourist couple in lobby
A hotel front-desk clerk in California confronted a pair of Israeli tourists in the hotel lobby, shouting 'Free Palestine' and aggressive questions about whether they were Zionists or had served in the Israeli army.
- Provost grabs Palestinian flag from Muslim graduate at commencement
At Seattle University's commencement, the provost grabbed a Palestinian flag from a graduating Muslim student as she was about to unfold it and held her arm while ushering her off the stage.
- Canadian band posts lineup with beans emoji, seen as racist toward Mexicans
The Canadian band Angine de Poitrine shared the Corona Capital festival lineup on Instagram with a beans emoji, which was interpreted as a racist slur against Mexicans, prompting criticism and calls to remove them from the event.
- Town Republican committee posts AI image reading 'We Jew People'
The Trumbull Republican Town Committee posted an AI-generated image on its Facebook page showing a classroom elephant with a Constitution reading 'We Jew People.'
- Man holds knife to woman's neck in domestic violence incident at Glendale pawn shop
A man wrapped his arm around a woman's neck and pulled out a knife during a domestic violence incident at a pawn shop in Glendale, Arizona.
- Elderly woman threatened with knife by her son in Torreón home
A 69-year-old woman called emergency services after her 38-year-old son allegedly threatened her with a knife inside her home in the Monterreal neighborhood of Torreón.
- Ocala church vandalized with racial slurs and supremacist graffiti
Someone broke into St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Ocala and vandalized classrooms and other areas with racial slurs, threats, and supremacist imagery.
- Three killed in shooting at San Diego mosque
Three people, including a security guard, were fatally shot at the Islamic Centre of San Diego in California.
- Florida teacher hangs black doll by neck in front of students
An arts teacher at a middle school in Lithia, Florida hanged a black baby doll by its neck from a television cord during class in front of her students, who objected that it was racist.
- Woman killed in Alexandria domestic violence shooting
A 27-year-old woman was found shot multiple times inside an Alexandria apartment after police responded to a domestic violence call; the male suspect was also fatally shot by officers.
- High Point mother stabbed to death in domestic violence homicide
A 45-year-old woman was stabbed to death inside her home on Jamesford Drive in High Point, North Carolina, during a domestic violence incident; her husband was shot and killed by police after advancing on officers with a knife.
- Antisemitic graffiti sprayed on Sterling Heights playground
Vulgar antisemitic graffiti was sprayed on a playground in Sterling Heights, Michigan, the latest in a series of hateful vandalism targeting the area's Jewish community.
- Man threatens to shoot wife, nearly runs her over in Fresno domestic violence call
A 56-year-old man threatened to shoot his wife and nearly struck her with his car at their home in Southwest Fresno during a domestic violence call.
- Mother charged with breaking 5-year-old daughter's leg
A woman in Vernal, Utah, threw her 5-year-old daughter to the floor and kicked her, breaking the child's leg, according to charging documents.
- Texas candidate posts antisemitic proposal targeting Zionists
A Texas congressional candidate posted on Instagram proposing to turn an ICE detention center into a prison and 'castration processing center' for 'American Zionists,' among other antisemitic remarks.
- Muslim man pelted with egg while praying outside Brooklyn mosque
A 30-year-old Muslim man was struck with an egg by an assailant as he prayed outside the Baitul Mamur Mosque and Community Center in East New York, Brooklyn.
- Milwaukee woman killed in domestic violence incident
A 45-year-old Milwaukee woman was killed in a domestic violence incident near 9th and Nash, suffering blunt-force trauma; her estranged boyfriend then died by suicide, according to her family.
- Posters of missing Jewish girl ripped down in Toronto
Posters seeking a missing 14-year-old Jewish girl in North York, Toronto, were being physically removed from poles around the city.
- Pregnant 16-year-old girl shot dead by ex-boyfriend in Buckeye, Arizona
A 16-year-old girl who was about 14 weeks pregnant was shot and killed by her 18-year-old ex-boyfriend in Buckeye, Arizona.
- Pride flag stolen from Clarksville porch, caught on camera
A man dressed in black was recorded on camera walking up to a Clarksville home's front porch and tearing down a pride flag before walking away.
- House fire in Montebello kills woman and her son; domestic violence suspected
A woman and her 13-year-old son died after a fire engulfed a detached unit on South Fifth Street in Montebello, California.
- Woman shot dead by ex-partner after filing harassment complaint
A 36-year-old woman was shot and killed by her former partner near the gender-violence prosecutor's office in Santo Domingo Este, hours after she filed a complaint accusing him of stalking and harassment.
- Sen. Rand Paul's son in antisemitic, homophobic tirade at DC bar
The adult son of Sen. Rand Paul launched an antisemitic and homophobic tirade at Rep. Mike Lawler at a bar on Capitol Hill, saying the Iran war was 'about the gays and the Jews, and I hate them both.'
- Pastor's racist, anti-Hindu tirade against Ohio candidate Vivek Ramaswamy
A pastor posted a video tirade telling Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, the son of Indian immigrants, to 'go home' and 'get out of our country,' calling him an 'anchor baby' and attacking his Hindu faith.
- Swastika-emblazoned flag hoisted at NYU in Manhattan
A flag bearing a Star of David and two swastikas was raised on a flagpole at New York University in Manhattan during graduation-week events, and campus security removed it after about 15 minutes.
- Musk endorses racist post attacking Lupita Nyong'o's casting
Elon Musk replied 'True' to a post claiming Lupita Nyong'o should not play Helen of Troy, amid racially charged and misogynistic posts directed at the actress over her casting in The Odyssey.
- LGBTQ+ bar in Nashville vandalized with anti-gay graffiti
An LGBTQ+ bar in Nashville's Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood was spray-painted with anti-gay slurs and hateful messages on its back wall.
- Radio host's 'cotton-picking' remark about Jeffries endorsed by Rep. Kiggans
A conservative radio host told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to get his 'cotton-picking hands off of Virginia,' and Rep. Jen Kiggans agreed with the remark during the interview.
- Woman found mutilated in Havana after going missing
A 56-year-old woman who had been missing was found dead with mutilations in an open field in San Francisco de Paula, in Havana's San Miguel del Padrón municipality.
- Louisiana senator accused of telling Black official 'shut up boy' at hearing
At a Louisiana Senate redistricting hearing, Republican state Sen. Jay Morris told Black Democratic Party executive director Dadrius Lanus to 'shut up boy' and told a crowd of Black attendees to 'shut up.'
- Republican delegates post video mocking Chinese-born lawmaker
Two Republican state delegates posted a social media video mocking a Chinese-born Democratic colleague, using racist stereotypes and criticizing his accent.
- Woman killed in her home in Juraguá, Cuba, allegedly by her ex-husband
A 44-year-old woman was attacked and killed inside her home in Juraguá, in the Abreus municipality of Cienfuegos, allegedly by her ex-husband, from whom she was separated.
- Tennessee Republicans approve map dismantling majority-Black Memphis district
Tennessee Republicans approved a new congressional map that splits majority-Black Shelby County, home to Memphis, into three Republican-leaning districts, eliminating a majority-Black House seat.
- Pellet gun fired at worshippers outside Toronto synagogue
A pellet gun was fired at worshippers outside the Chasidei Bobov synagogue in North York, Toronto, an attack described by B'nai Brith Canada as part of a pattern of anti-Jewish violence.
- Texas candidate posts anti-India remarks mocking Indian community
A Texas write-in candidate for governor posted an AI-generated image of herself in Indian attire and remarks mocking Indians and Indian immigrants in the state, saying she had 'decided to become Indian' and complaining about 'India stores' appearing in Texas.
- Woman killed by husband in murder-suicide in San Antonio
A woman was shot and killed by her husband in a murder-suicide in a vehicle along Southwest Loop 410 in San Antonio.
- Muslim Eid celebration at Grand Prairie water park canceled after Texas governor's funding threat
A planned Eid al-Adha celebration at a city-owned water park in Grand Prairie was canceled after the office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to pull $530,000 in public safety grants if the city held the event.
- Police sergeant shoots his partner dead in Haina
A National Police sergeant shot and killed his partner in the early hours in the Barrio Nuevo sector of Haina, San Cristóbal province.
- Mural of Stó:lō woman defaced with paint and 'MMIP' in Chilliwack
An unknown vandal splashed buckets of dark paint and wrote the letters 'MMIP' over a downtown Chilliwack mural of Inez Louis, a Stó:lō woman, on Red Dress Day.
- Swastikas, Hitler graffiti spray-painted on Queens synagogues and homes
At least four people spray-painted swastikas and Hitler graffiti on multiple Jewish sites and homes in Queens, including Congregation Machane Chodosh in Forest Hills and the Rego Park Jewish Center.
- University candidate calls woman director 'maquillista' on radio program
During a Radio Universidad program in Oaxaca, a candidate for the UABJO rectorate referred to the director of the Faculty of Medicine, a woman, as a 'maquillista', which was denounced as symbolic violence against her.
- Antisemitic signs reading 'Resist Jewish Power' placed along Ann Arbor road
Antisemitic signs reading 'Resist Jewish Power' and 'Jews Bomb Innocent Civilians' were placed along Washtenaw Ave. In Ann Arbor, Michigan, targeting Jewish people.
- Brazilian influencer in US denounces xenophobic, racist comments
A Brazilian influencer living in Utah and her American husband compiled xenophobic and racist comments they received on their social media travel account and denounced them in a post.
- Woman killed by husband in murder-suicide at Florida campground
A woman was shot and killed by her husband at the Ocean Pond Campground in Olustee, Florida, before he took his own life.
- Antisemitic graffiti painted on Maryland elementary school
Antisemitic graffiti expressing anti-Israel sentiment was painted on the exterior of Greenwood Elementary School in Brookeville, Maryland, and reported to school security and county police.
April 2026
- Estranged husband breaks into wife's home, sparking gas explosion
A man forced his way into his estranged wife's basement apartment in South Ozone Park, Queens, terrorized her and her family, and set off a gas explosion that destroyed the home and injured several police officers.
- Congressman says Armenians should not serve in Congress
Rep. Randy Fine said on a nationwide podcast that Armenians should not be able to serve in Congress while criticizing a primary opponent.
- Jewish pedestrians shot with gel-blaster in suspected hate crime in Toronto
Visibly Jewish pedestrians in North York, Toronto were shot with a gel-blaster replica firearm from a passing vehicle, sustaining minor injuries.
- Woman killed during birthday trip in Jamaica; husband sought
A woman visiting Jamaica for her birthday died from blunt force head injuries after being dropped off at a hospital in St. James.
- Racist letters targeting Black residents left on vehicles in Amherst
Racist letters addressed to residents and targeting the Black and African American community were placed on multiple vehicles in Amherst.
- Antisemitic remarks at Park Slope Food Coop meeting spark outrage
At a Park Slope Food Coop meeting, a member declared over Zoom that 'Jewish supremacism is a problem in this country' and compared Jews to Nazis, drawing applause from attendees and condemnation from Jewish members.
- Jewish man attacked near Los Angeles synagogue
A 32-year-old Jewish man wearing a kippah was choked and attacked by a man who yelled 'Free Palestine' near an Orthodox synagogue in Los Angeles.
- Woman shot and seriously injured in South Bend-area domestic violence attack
A woman was shot and seriously injured, and a man was killed, in an attack apparently carried out by a former South Bend police officer who also died.
- Jewish man punched outside Vaughan synagogue in hate crime
A man tried to force his way into a synagogue, was turned away by security, and then punched a congregant walking with his son to prayer services.
- White man hurls racial slur at Black stranger in convenience store
A white man called a Black stranger a racial slur in a convenience store checkout aisle, prompting the Black man to punch him in the face.
- Woman shot and killed at Hartford home by ex-girlfriend
A 33-year-old woman was found shot dead at her Belden Street residence in Hartford, Connecticut, in what police described as a domestic-violence-related killing; her former girlfriend, identified as a person of interest, was later found dead out of state from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- Ohio florist hurls racial, misogynistic slurs at Black Uber driver
A Columbus, Ohio flower shop owner was recorded on video yelling racial slurs and misogynistic insults at a Black Uber driver during a delivery dispute at his store.
- Trump post calls India a 'hellhole', targets Indian immigrants
US President Donald Trump published a social media post calling India a 'hellhole' and accusing Indian immigrants in the tech industry of not hiring white Americans and lacking English proficiency.
- Teen investigated after swastika drawn in high school bathroom
A 15-year-old drew a swastika in a boys' bathroom at Syosset High School, prompting a police investigation that led authorities to his home, where hazardous chemicals were found and destroyed.
- Sign with racial slur displayed on Kansas State campus plaza
An individual set up a table on Bosco Plaza at Kansas State University holding a sign reading 'Say ni—, win candy,' a racial slur.
- Gunman kills Canadian tourist, wounds 13 at Teotihuacán pyramids
A man opened fire on foreign tourists climbing the Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacán, Mexico, killing a Canadian woman and wounding at least 13 foreign tourists, including a Colombian child and his mother.
- 14-year-old girl shot and killed by her father in Richmond
A 14-year-old girl was shot by her father in Richmond, Virginia, and died over the weekend; her older brother was also killed and their mother was injured.
- Woman killed after going to a fake job interview in Axochiapan
A woman who disappeared after leaving home for a supposed job interview was found dead in Axochiapan, Morelos; two people were detained in connection with her killing.
- Eight children killed in domestic violence mass shooting in Shreveport
A gunman shot ten people at a home in Shreveport, Louisiana, killing eight children aged 1 to 14; police described the attack as a domestic violence case and said some victims were the suspect's descendants.
- Venezuelan esthetician killed by ex-husband in Herriman, Utah
A Venezuelan esthetician and entrepreneur was killed by her ex-husband inside her residence in Herriman, Utah; the attacker then took his own life.
- Colorado school board member accused of racist, anti-immigrant remarks at district event
Three people filed complaints alleging that a Cherry Creek Board of Education member asked people at a district event about their ethnicity and where they were from, then asked whether they had crossed the southern U.S. Border with a 'coyote' after learning they were from Mexico City.
- Israel Culture Club flyers torn down, dumped in urinals at NY high school
Flyers promoting a Scarsdale High School Israel Culture Club event were torn off walls and dumped in boys' bathroom urinals, an act officials and parents called antisemitic.
- Man shoots girlfriend outside Staten Island Target store
A gunman shot his 20-year-old girlfriend in the neck outside a Target store on Richmond Avenue in New Springville, Staten Island, then fled on a motorcycle.
- Prada 2 clip draws racism backlash over Asian character's name
A promotional clip for The Devil Wears Prada 2 released by 20th Century Studios shows an Asian assistant whose name was widely heard as resembling an anti-Asian slur, prompting accusations of racism and calls for a boycott.
- Man assaults sister and 13-year-old daughter in Puerto Lindo
A 56-year-old man assaulted his sister, leaving her with injuries requiring four days of recovery, and verbally and psychologically abused his 13-year-old daughter in Puerto Lindo, in the Portobelo district of Colón province.
- Man kills wife and himself in murder-suicide at Virginia home
A man shot and killed his wife several times before killing himself at their home in Annandale, Virginia, where their two teenage children were present.
- Former Miss Teen Universe found shot dead in Mexico City apartment
A 27-year-old former beauty queen was found shot in the head in a luxury apartment in Polanco, Mexico City.
- Muslim woman verbally accosted and kicked at on Scarborough bus
A man on a Durham transit bus in Scarborough verbally accosted a Muslim woman wearing a hijab and kicked at her, according to video posted by the National Council of Canadian Muslims.
- Black transgender woman refused service and ejected from Ferndale gay bar
A Black transgender woman was refused service at Soho, an LGBTQ+ bar in Ferndale, Michigan, after a bartender rejected her state ID, and she was told to leave.
- Woman attacked with machete by husband in Cintalapa, Chiapas
A 27-year-old woman was attacked with a machete, allegedly by her husband, in Cintalapa, Chiapas, suffering amputation of parts of both arms and severe head injuries.
- University student dies after being shot by her boyfriend in Chiapas
An 18-year-old university student in Tuxtla Chico, Chiapas, was shot in the head, allegedly by her boyfriend, and died days later from her injuries.
- Teacher killed by ex-partner in Jagüey Grande, Cuba
A 23-year-old teacher was killed by her ex-partner in her home in San Bernardo, Jagüey Grande, Matanzas.
- US Rep. Brandon Gill's remarks targeting Indian 7-Eleven workers and H-1B immigrants
US Representative Brandon Gill made remarks in a video and on The Benny Show calling the idea of importing 7-Eleven workers from India 'asinine' and 'idiotic,' calling H-1B workers fraudsters, and calling for a ban on H-1B visas.
- Woman found buried in Costa Rica condominium; partner detained in femicide
A young Nicaraguan woman was found buried in a shallow grave at a condominium in Santa Ana, Costa Rica, after being missing for a week.
- Former police chief hurls racial slur at Black alderman during council meeting
At a Springfield City Council meeting, former police chief Michael Walton directed a racial slur at Ward 2 Alderman Shawn Gregory, sparking a confrontation that required citizens to restrain Gregory.
- Woman hurls racist, xenophobic insults at woman at San Ysidro crossing
A woman verbally attacked another woman waiting to cross into Tijuana at the San Ysidro border crossing, calling her racist and xenophobic slurs.
- Man kills Nebraska farmer, kidnaps and assaults estranged wife
A man shot and killed a farmer at a hog farm in Osceola, Nebraska, then kidnapped his estranged wife and physically assaulted her before taking his own life.
- Man accused of assaulting girlfriend, killing her puppy in West Chester
A man argued with and slapped his former live-in girlfriend during an assault at a home on Lackawana Court in West Chester, then threw her small puppy against a wall, severely injuring it; the puppy later died.
- Woman assaulted by ex-boyfriend in her Frankfort home
A man forced his way into his ex-girlfriend's home in Frankfort, Kentucky, slammed her to the ground, punched her in the head and strangled her before fleeing.
- Man assaulted in suspected homophobic attack in Toronto's Church-Wellesley Village
Two men yelled homophobic slurs at a victim walking along Church Street in Toronto's Church-Wellesley Village, then assaulted him before fleeing in a dark-coloured sedan.
- Harvard Republican Club post disparages campus Eid celebration
The Harvard Republican Club published a social media post criticizing a Harvard Islamic Society Eid al-Fitr celebration, describing the university as 'captured' and portraying Muslim students as a disruption.
- Shots fired at Jewish-owned restaurant in North York, Toronto
A gunman fired multiple shots into a Jewish-owned restaurant in North York, Toronto, damaging the building but causing no injuries.
- Trump calls Somali Americans 'low IQ' and 'bad people' at White House event
During an Easter lunch speech at the White House, US President Donald Trump described Somali Americans as 'low IQ' and 'bad people,' drawing widespread criticism.
March 2026
- Mosque president detained by ICE after being pulled over in Milwaukee
A lawful permanent resident and president of Wisconsin's largest mosque was pulled over by more than 10 ICE agents without cause and taken to out-of-state detention facilities.
- Woman killed by husband in suspected murder-suicide at Kearns home
A 61-year-old woman was shot and killed inside her Kearns home by her husband in what police believe was a domestic violence incident; her two adult children were also shot and survived, and the husband then killed himself.
- GOP account posts 'No Queens' jab at Tim Walz
The official GOP account on X quote-retweeted Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's 'No kings' message with a photo of him and the caption 'No Queens,' which critics described as a homophobic jab.
- Woman killed by partner in apparent murder-suicide in north Phoenix
A man shot and killed a woman at a home in north Phoenix before turning the gun on himself, in what police describe as an apparent murder-suicide.
- Woman activist and municipal delegate shot dead in Temoac, Morelos
Sandra Rosa Camacho Flores, a social activist and municipal delegate, was shot dead in Temoac, Morelos.
- Body of 18-year-old woman found with signs of torture in Comayagüela
An 18-year-old woman was found dead on a solitary street in the colonia 14 de Enero in Comayagüela, with signs of torture and burns on her intimate parts.
- Florida candidate posts AI image of Black man resembling George Floyd in attack on opponent
A Florida gubernatorial candidate posted an AI-altered photo on X showing a Black man resembling George Floyd holding a rifle, in an attack on his Black opponent, Rep. Byron Donalds.
- Antisemitic and racist graffiti found on bank in Springfield, Pennsylvania
Antisemitic and racist graffiti was found on the outside of a Wells Fargo bank in Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
- Woman found dead in Des Moines apartment; boyfriend suspected in killing
A 33-year-old woman was found dead in a bedroom of her apartment on Des Moines' south side during a welfare check.
- Man sought in anti-Muslim subway robbery in Brooklyn
A man approached a 20-year-old woman on the northbound D train platform at the 9th Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, made anti-Islamic statements, threw her to the ground, and damaged her phone before she fled.
- Confederate flag hoisted on Wendy's flagpole in Murrells Inlet
Someone raised a Confederate flag on the flagpole outside a Wendy's restaurant on Tadlock Drive in Murrells Inlet, where it flew for about three hours before the general manager removed it.
- Woman killed in her Mount Vernon apartment; boyfriend charged
A 33-year-old teacher's assistant was attacked and killed inside her apartment in Mount Vernon, New York.
- Woman killed in apparent murder-suicide after domestic violence call
A man assaulted the mother of his children and both parents were later found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a home in Sacramento, California.
- Indigenous student disciplined by university over Facebook complaint
An Indigenous Ch'ol Maya student at the Universidad Tecnológica de Calakmul was ordered by the university's Honor and Justice Commission to issue a public apology and undergo a psychological evaluation after posting a Facebook complaint about a cafeteria sandwich.
- Woman killed in domestic violence shooting in Blount County
A 29-year-old woman was found dead inside a residence in Warrior, Blount County, Alabama, in a fatal domestic violence shooting.
- Vehicles in Ames vandalized with swastikas and racial slurs
Unknown perpetrators spray-painted swastikas and racial slurs on vehicles parked in several locations in Ames, Iowa, with the most recent report.
- Woman killed by husband in murder-suicide near Trenton, Texas
A 62-year-old woman was shot and killed by her 56-year-old husband at a residence near Trenton, Texas, before he killed himself.
- NASCAR driver suspended for mocking rival with 'gay voice' on livestream
NASCAR driver Daniel Dye used a derogatory 'gay voice' to mock fellow racer David Malukas during a livestream, leading NASCAR and his team to suspend him.
- Woman fatally shot at her apartment; ex-boyfriend arrested
A woman was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds at her apartment near Durango Drive and Blue Diamond Road after calling 911 to report her ex-boyfriend had pointed a gun at her.
- Man holds woman and child in Phoenix apartment during domestic violence standoff
A man held a woman and her young daughter trapped in a west Phoenix apartment and fired at officers during a domestic violence call before being killed in a shootout with police.
- 14-year-old girl killed by her stepfather in Las Tunas
A 14-year-old girl died violently at the hands of her stepfather in her home in the La Caldosa neighborhood of El Cornito, Las Tunas, Cuba.
- Woman found strangled in boyfriend's Antioch apartment
A 26-year-old woman was found strangled to death in her boyfriend's apartment on Brittany Park Drive in Antioch, Tennessee.
- Theater's window defaced with 'Murder Black Women' message
Someone scrawled the message 'Murder Black Women' across the front window of Definition Theatre, a Black-led theater in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.
- Armed attacker rams car into Michigan synagogue, opens fire
An armed attacker drove his vehicle into the entrance of Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, and opened fire inside the building where about 140 children were present.
- Jewish congressman receives antisemitic death threat
A caller left a threatening message for Rep. Max Miller, a Jewish member of Congress, saying he hoped an Arab man would cut off his head 'just for being a Jewish piece of sh*t.'
- Senator posts 9/11 image beside Muslim mayor's iftar photo
Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville posted an image of the burning Twin Towers next to a photo of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosting a Ramadan iftar, adding the caption 'The enemy is inside the gates,' and followed with posts attacking Islam.
- Swastika and hate messages targeting Jewish and Black students found in school bathroom
A swastika and hateful messages directed at the Jewish and Black communities were found in a second-floor bathroom at Hillhouse High School.
- Husband fatally shoots wife then himself in Waxhaw home
A man shot and killed his wife inside their home in Waxhaw before going into the backyard and killing himself, police said.
- Vehicle ramming and shooting attack at Michigan synagogue
A truck rammed into Temple Israel, a Reform synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, and a suspect exchanged gunfire with security before being found dead.
- Protesters chant antisemitic slogans outside Park East Synagogue
An anti-Zionist demonstration outside Park East Synagogue on Manhattan's Upper East Side chanted 'Death to the IDF,' 'Globalize the intifada,' and 'Jewish pricks,' with one demonstrator saying attendees should be made scared, targeting Jews at a Nefesh B'Nefesh event inside.
- School board member's Facebook post derides Black History Month pageant
A Lexington One school board member posted on Facebook calling a Black History Month pageant at a district high school 'a disgusting display of their history' and 'vulgar and ghetto behavior,' and shared photos of the students without consent.
- Man kills ex-partner and her parents in New Jersey home
A man entered a home on Fairwood Drive, shot and killed the parents of his three children's mother, then chased and shot her dead before killing himself.
- Congressman posts that Muslims don't belong in American society
A U.S. Representative wrote on social media that Muslims do not belong in American society and that pluralism is a lie, drawing condemnation from fellow members of Congress.
- Man smears feces on door of Brooklyn mosque, throws torn Quran pages
A man threw torn pieces of what was likely a Quran at the Daoud Mosque, also known as the Islamic Mission of America, in Brooklyn Heights and smeared an unknown substance believed to be feces on its door.
- Georgetown College Republicans post 'Muslims have no place in American society'
Georgetown University College Republicans posted on X that 'Muslims have no place in American society,' drawing condemnation from Muslim students and campus groups before the post was deleted.
- Two Israeli-American men beaten outside San Jose restaurant
Three attackers beat two Israeli-American men outside a restaurant in San Jose, California, after hearing them speak Hebrew, shouting 'Don't mess with Iran!'
- Toronto synagogue damaged by gunfire in suspected hate crime
A synagogue in North York, Toronto was struck by gunfire, damaging the building.
- Young Republicans group chat in Florida features antisemitic and racist remarks
A Young Republicans WhatsApp group chat in Florida included antisemitic slurs against Jewish women and babies and a racist epithet about killing Black people.
- Shots fired at Thornhill synagogue in antisemitic attack
Shots were fired at the front door of the BAYT Synagogue in Thornhill, Ontario, in an attack the congregation's rabbi called an act of terror meant to intimidate the Jewish community.
- Man fatally stabs mother and three other women in Pierce County neighborhood
A man fatally stabbed his mother and three other women in her neighborhood in Pierce County, Washington, before being shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy.
- Antisemitic graffiti threatening Jewish community found at San Jose State
Antisemitic graffiti threatening violence against the Jewish community was found scrawled in a bathroom stall in MacQuarrie Hall at San Jose State University.
- Black candidates receive racist text messages in Indiana
Black political candidates in Boone County, Indiana received text messages containing racial slurs in response to campaign texts.
- Idaho church sign says 'Antisemitism isn't a sin'
A Baptist church in Hagerman, Idaho displayed a sign reading 'Antisemitism isn't a sin, but gossip is,' and its pastor defended the message after complaints from residents and criticism from a local rabbi.
- Radio host calls NYC Mayor Mamdani a 'radical Islam cockroach'
A conservative radio host posted a tweet calling New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani a 'radical Islam cockroach' and a 'Jew hating' 'antisemite,' prompting condemnation from Senator Chuck Schumer.
- Spokane theater cast list excludes performers of color from Romani roles
Spokane Civic Theatre announced a largely white cast for its production of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame,' excluding performers of color from Romani roles, prompting actors and community members to describe it as systemic bias.
- Jewish subway commuter assaulted on Manhattan train
A Jewish man reading a psalm on a New York City subway train was struck on the head by an assailant, knocking off his kippah, before the attacker fled at the 116th St.–Columbia University station in Morningside Heights, Manhattan.
- Postpartum patient shot and killed by husband in Alabama hospital
A 24-year-old woman recovering from childbirth was shot multiple times by her husband in her hospital room at a medical center in Homewood, Alabama, before he turned the gun on himself.
- Antisemitic emails sent to Stanford Jewish leaders
Emails from an account named 'exposingstanfordjews' were sent to seven Stanford Hillel leaders and Jewish campus leaders, making unfounded claims and alleging threats against Jewish students.
February 2026
- Black student attacked by teens on e-bikes at UC Irvine
A Black student at UC Irvine was chased by a group of white teens on e-bikes who shouted racial slurs and struck him with a bike, injuring his leg.
- Man arrested for beating his wife and father in Alta Verapaz
A 30-year-old man was detained by police in Santa María Cahabón, Alta Verapaz, after attacking his 25-year-old wife with slaps and kicks and then assaulting his 58-year-old father.
- Male student assaults female classmate at Veracruz secondary school
A male student at the ETI 26 technical secondary school in Veracruz attacked a female classmate in a school corridor, leaving her injured, while other students recorded the assault.
- Woman chants 'Tax the Jews' at San Francisco press conference
At a San Francisco press conference on tax reform, a woman repeatedly chanted 'Tax the Jews' and 'tax Israel', antisemitic shouts that continued for about two minutes before officials and others condemned them.
- Trump demands deportation of two Muslim congresswomen in social media post
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social demanding that two Muslim congresswomen be sent back to where they came from, calling them mentally ill and unfit to serve.
- Woman fatally shot by ex-partner at San Jose shopping center
A man fatally shot a woman, an employee at a waxing business, in the parking lot of the El Paseo de Saratoga shopping center in West San Jose, then turned the gun on himself.
- Man kills wife and daughter in meat cleaver attack at Virginia apartment
A man attacked his wife and daughter with a meat cleaver inside their apartment in the Mantua area of Fairfax County, Virginia, killing both women; he was shot and killed by police.
- Wrestler Thunder Rosa speaks out after anti-immigrant harassment
Professional wrestler Thunder Rosa received a hateful anti-immigrant message attacking her Mexican migrant identity, which she addressed in a video posted on social media.
- White supremacist group holds demonstration outside Hamilton city hall
Members of the white nationalist group Nationalist-13, dressed in black and wearing masks, held a banner with the group's name and performed a Nazi salute outside Hamilton city hall.
- Man shoots woman, then kills himself in Philadelphia home
A man shot a 25-year-old woman multiple times and then shot and killed himself inside a home on Milne Street in Philadelphia, while their children were inside.
- Church in Santa Monica vandalized with homophobic graffiti
The Church in Ocean Park in Santa Monica was vandalized with homophobic graffiti scrawled across its walls and doorway, an act church officials and local leaders condemned as hate-motivated intimidation of the LGBTQ+ community.
- Racist graffiti found outside Otter Student Union at Cal State Monterey Bay
Racist graffiti targeting Black students was found on loading dock equipment outside the Otter Student Union at Cal State Monterey Bay, prompting Black Students United to demand action from university leaders.
- Swastika drawn on bathroom wall at Coast Guard training center
A hand-drawn swastika was found on a men's restroom wall at the Coast Guard recruit training center in Cape May, New Jersey, and was removed after an instructor reported it.
- Antisemitic graffiti painted on snow at Yale campus
Political messages including 'Intifada' and 'IDF Die' were painted in red on the snow at Yale's Cross Campus and Old Campus, which Jewish campus leaders called a direct threat to the university's Jewish community.
- Actor arrested after Mardi Gras fight, admits homophobia
During a Mardi Gras party in New Orleans, an actor was arrested after punching two men in a fight outside a bar on Rue Royale; two LGBT witnesses said he shouted homophobic slurs, and he later said he is homophobic and fought a gay man.
- Activist's post calls Hindu temple statue a 'Third World' invasion
A Texas-based conservative activist posted a video and message attacking a Hanuman statue at the Shri Ashtalakshmi Temple in Sugar Land, Texas, describing it as evidence of a 'Third World Aliens' invasion and comparing the suburb to New Delhi and Islamabad.
- Two men trespass at Dallas Jewish center, shout 'Free Palestine' and 'fake Jews'
Two men trespassed the grounds of the Olami Dallas Center in Texas, demanded entry to the rabbi's home by claiming to be window cleaners, spat on the property, and shouted 'Free Palestine' and 'fake Jews'.
- Racist death threat spray-painted on Virginia church wall
A threatening message containing a racial slur was spray-painted on an exterior wall of Village of Faith Ministries in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
- Rep. Randy Fine makes Islamophobic post suggesting dogs over Muslims
Rep. Randy Fine, a Republican congressman, posted an Islamophobic statement suggesting he prefers dogs to Muslims, prompting calls for his resignation from Democrats.
- California high school seniors spell homophobic slur in class photo
Ten seniors at Redwood High School in Visalia, California arranged themselves in a class photo to spell out a homophobic slur, prompting an investigation and disciplinary action from the school district.
- Man suspected of stabbing ex-wife to death in Farmingville home
A 57-year-old man is suspected of fatally stabbing his 46-year-old ex-wife at a house in Farmingville, New York, and then stabbing himself; a teenager in the home was also injured.
- Man fatally shoots partner, wounds her daughter in Glover Park
A man shot and killed his partner in the doorway of their apartment building in Glover Park, Washington, D.C., and wounded her 10-year-old daughter in the arm before fleeing with their 3-year-old son.
- Professor makes racist remarks about Black students during school meeting
A tenured biology professor at Hunter College was heard on a live microphone making racist remarks about Black students during a virtual Community Education Council meeting in Manhattan's District 3, as a Black eighth-grade student spoke about school closures.
- Man fatally shoots estranged wife and her 4-year-old daughter in Ocala
A man shot and killed his estranged wife, 34, and her four-year-old daughter at a condominium complex in Ocala, Florida, before fleeing toward Georgia.
- Synagogue signs and banners vandalized with swastika and anti-Zionist graffiti
Vandals spray-painted a swastika, the acronym 'AZAB', and the word 'genocide' on the entrance sign and banners of Shaare Tefila Congregation.
- Woman shot and killed by husband at their Guthrie home
A woman was shot and killed by her husband at their home in Guthrie, Oklahoma, before he turned the gun on himself.
- Ex-husband stabs woman to death in her Maryland home
A 47-year-old woman was stabbed to death inside her residence in Howard County, Maryland, by her ex-husband, who surrendered to police about two hours later.
- FAMU student told to remove 'Black' from Black History Month flyer
A faculty member at Florida A&M University told a law student to remove the word 'Black' from a flyer promoting Black History Month events, saying it would violate state law; the university later called it a staff-level error.
- White House post depicts Obamas as apes in racist video
A video shared by the White House depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes in a jungle, invoking a racist trope.
- Woman says she was sexually assaulted by a band's roadie at Oklahoma City concert
A woman says she was sexually assaulted by a roadie for the band Nothing More in a bathroom at The Criterion Theater in Oklahoma City after a concert.
- Commentator airs antisemitic claims in online program
A public commentator opened her program with 'Good evening, non-Jews' and repeated the antisemitic claim that Jews kill Christian children before Jewish holidays, calling Jews a racist people who view others as cattle.
- Woman killed by husband in Brossard home in murder-suicide
A 54-year-old woman was found dead with stab wounds in her Brossard home alongside her husband, in what police are calling a murder-suicide.
- South Carolina Senate candidate posts antisemitic conspiracy claims on X
A Republican candidate for US Senate in South Carolina posted on X claiming that high-ranking Jews imported drugs and are carrying out an extermination campaign against white people.
January 2026
- Woman reports sexual assault in university residence hall
A woman reported being sexually assaulted in a university residence hall room by an unknown male suspect.
- University of Illinois Republicans club posts anti-immigrant image
The Illini Republicans student club at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign posted an Instagram illustration of a masked gunman holding a weapon to a kneeling man's head, captioned 'Only traitors help invaders,' and text calling immigrants 'enemies of the American people.'
- Woman assaulted in domestic violence incident in Bexar County
A woman reported that a man assaulted her, slapping her, slamming her head against a wall, dragging her back inside a home and kicking her after she rejected his request for another chance.
- Councilor's post labels flight-school students Chinese military agents
An Anderson city councilor posted a graphic with red arrows pointing at individual students at a Redding flight school, falsely claiming they were Chinese military members, drawing on their Asian appearance.
- Woman shot dead in Las Vegas home after domestic-violence reports
A 31-year-old woman was found shot dead in her Las Vegas home along with a male friend after she had reported domestic violence involving her ex-boyfriend in the days before.
- Car rammed into Chabad World Headquarters in Brooklyn
A man intentionally and repeatedly crashed his car into the Chabad World Headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
- Congresswoman Ilhan Omar sprayed with substance during Minneapolis speech
A man sprayed an unknown substance from a syringe at Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar while she spoke at Minneapolis City Hall criticizing immigration raids.
- Woman killed by man she had been helping in Albany murder-suicide
A 65-year-old woman was shot and killed at her Myrtle Avenue home by a 60-year-old man she had allowed to stay with her, who then killed himself.
- CMS administrator alleges Armenian community ran health care fraud in LA video
In a video posted on social media, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz alleged that members of Los Angeles's Armenian community orchestrated large-scale hospice and home care fraud, referring to 'the Russian Armenian mafia' while standing near an Armenian bakery in Van Nuys.
- Antisemitic vandalism found along Sleeping Giant Trail on Kauai
Fourteen examples of antisemitic vandalism were discovered at various points along the Nounou Mountain Trail, known as the Sleeping Giant Trail, in Wailua, Kauai.
- Federal agents kill man in Minneapolis during immigration enforcement
Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old medical technician in Minneapolis during enforcement of the administration's anti-immigration policy.
- ICE agent fatally shoots nurse during Minneapolis protest
A federal ICE agent shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, in Minneapolis while he was filming and protesting the agency's presence and its crackdown on immigrants without residence permits.
- NYU receives hoax bomb threats with racist, antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ language
Two hoax swatting emails threatening bomb attacks targeted NYU's Palladium Hall and Silver Center, containing anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Black, anti-Asian, Islamophobic, antisemitic and anti-Jesuit language.
- Rep. Maxwell Frost punched at Sundance by man who threatened deportation
A man punched Rep. Maxwell Frost in the face at a bar during the Sundance Film Festival after telling him 'we are going to deport you and your kind' and yelling a racial slur.
- International student assaulted near Tuscany Village in Saanich
An international graduate student at the University of Victoria was attacked near the Tuscany Village shopping complex, suffering facial fractures and other injuries.
- Nicki Minaj uses homophobic slur in social media exchange
Nicki Minaj used a homophobic slur in posts on X while criticizing coverage of an anti-ICE protest, drawing condemnation from fans and advocacy groups.
- Dozens of swastikas spray-painted in Brooklyn park
Dozens of swastikas were spray-painted in multiple locations in Gravesend Park in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn, a heavily Jewish community.
- Congressional candidate's video uses antisemitic slur against Jewish residents
A campaign video circulated on social media featuring a congressional candidate and an anti-Zionist pundit using the antisemitic slur 'Zio' and claiming Jewish residents of Riverdale buy politicians.
- Rabbi disinvited from MLK breakfast over Israel connection
Rabbi Hanan Leberman of Tifereth Israel Synagogue was removed from the speaker lineup at the All People's Breakfast in Balboa Park after organizers cited concerns about Zionism and anti-Zionism, leaving no Jewish clergy at the event.
- Influencers sing antisemitic song at Miami Beach club
A group of influencers were filmed singing along to Kanye West's antisemitic song 'Heil Hitler' in a van and again inside Vendôme nightclub in Miami Beach after requesting it.
- Woman stabbed to death by partner in Rougemont, Quebec
A 40-year-old mother was stabbed multiple times and killed by her partner in an apartment building in Rougemont, Quebec.
- Man hurls N-word at Black 7-Eleven employee in Florida
A man threw candy and shouted the N-word at a Black female 7-Eleven employee in Florida, then slammed his hand against a store window when she filmed him.
- Woman and husband found dead in Phoenix home in domestic-violence shooting
A 42-year-old woman and her husband were found shot dead in their home on Bell Road in Phoenix, with their children in the house; detectives believe she shot him and then herself.
- Indigenous man shot and killed by RCMP at Neqotkuk First Nation
RCMP officers shot and killed Bronson Paul, an Indigenous man, at a residence on Main Street in Neqotkuk First Nation during a domestic dispute call.
- Four South Asian immigrant teens injured in racist assault at London park
Four immigrant youths from the Malayali community were injured, one critically with an eye injury, in a targeted racist assault at Victoria Park in London, Ontario.
- Swastika etched into chalkboard at Brooklyn Tech classroom
A swastika was found carved into a chalkboard in a classroom at Brooklyn Technical High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; staff covered the carving with a sticker.
- Anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian graffiti found at Bethesda high school
Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian graffiti was found on an exterior wall of Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland.
- U.S. State Department account posts 'send them back' message targeting immigrants
The official Portuguese-language account of the U.S. State Department published a social media post with an image of Donald Trump and the phrase 'Send them back', along with a caption threatening to jail and deport immigrants.
- US diplomat's post calls refugees 'barbarian rapist hordes'
A US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy posted comments on X referring to predominantly Syrian Muslim asylum-seekers as 'barbarian rapist hordes,' drawing widespread condemnation.
- Father fatally shoots wife and daughter, fires at second daughter in Lakewood home
A man shot and killed his wife and 17-year-old daughter inside their Lakewood, California home and fired at his 19-year-old daughter, who escaped unharmed, before killing himself.
- Bridge honouring residential school survivors vandalized in Port Alberni
A bridge in Port Alberni honouring residential school survivors was vandalized with racist and derogatory words.
- Broken Arrow council denies zoning request for new mosque
The Broken Arrow City Council voted to deny a zoning request for a new mosque, prompting the Islamic Society of Tulsa to plan legal action and call the denial discriminatory.
- AME church in North Philadelphia vandalized with racist graffiti
Racist graffiti was spray-painted on the outside wall of Union Trinity AME Church in North Philadelphia and discovered after Sunday services, according to the pastor.
- Church Christmas pageant in New Jersey features antisemitic Jewish caricature
A Christmas pageant at St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Clifton, New Jersey, included a caricature of a Hasidic Jewish man named 'Moshko' carrying a sack of coins, dancing with the devil, and using an antisemitic slur.
- Synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi set on fire
A fire was set at Beth Israel Congregation, the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, destroying its library, office spaces and Torah scrolls.
- Man assaults woman, flees with infant before police chase
A man assaulted a woman at a home on Andrews Road and fled with her three-month-old child, leading police on a pursuit from Alabama into Georgia before he died by suicide.
- Colombian teenager shot and killed after leaving school in Chicago
A 17-year-old Colombian student was shot and killed in Chicago shortly after leaving his high school, in an attack his family says followed xenophobic bullying that school authorities ignored.
- Swastika carved into locker room at UN International School in New York
A swastika was etched into a boys' locker room at the United Nations International School in New York, which school officials described as an antisemitic incident and said they are investigating.
- Protesters chant 'We support Hamas' outside Queens synagogue
Masked protesters waving Palestinian flags gathered outside a Jewish house of worship in Queens, chanting 'We support Hamas here' and holding signs opposing Zionism, while a counter-protest took place across the street.
- ICE officer fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis during immigration raid
An ICE officer shot and killed a woman in her car in Minneapolis during a large-scale anti-immigrant operation targeting the Somali community.
- Woman killed by her partner in Granma, Cuba
A 38-year-old woman, a local museum director, was fatally attacked by her partner in the Alto del Moro neighborhood of Las Mercedes, Bartolomé Masó municipality, Granma, as she was on her way to work.
- Woman legal observer shot dead by immigration agent in Minneapolis
A woman volunteering as a legal observer of immigration enforcement operations was shot three times by an immigration agent while sitting in her SUV in Minneapolis.
- Hawaii synagogue receives antisemitic bomb-threat hoax email
The Jewish Congregation of Maui, Beit Shalom, in Kihei, Hawaii, received an emailed bomb threat demanding cryptocurrency payment and using antisemitic slurs; police searched the premises and found no device.
- Somali American Uber driver accosted by ICE agents at Minneapolis airport
A Somali American Uber driver was confronted by over a dozen masked ICE and Border Patrol agents at the Minneapolis airport, who questioned his citizenship and told him he did not sound like he was from the country.
- Trump calls Venezuelans 'the ugliest people in the world' at Washington meeting
During a meeting with Republican lawmakers at the Kennedy Center in Washington, US President Donald Trump made derogatory remarks about Venezuelans, calling them 'the ugliest people I have ever seen' and disparaging Venezuelan immigrants in the United States.
- Cuban nurse sexually assaulted and killed at prison camp
A 59-year-old nurse working at the Las Mulas prison camp in Jatibonico was sexually assaulted and killed; her body was found in a nearby sugarcane field.
- Somali child care provider surveilled outside her San Diego home
A Somali child care provider in San Diego was surveilled by two young men with a camera parked outside her home as she returned with children in her car.
- 10-year-old girl forced to give birth after sexual abuse in Chiapas
A 10-year-old girl was brought to a hospital in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, to give birth, suffering severe internal injuries; she had been sexually abused by an 18-year-old man who presented himself as her husband.
- Roxborough High School vandalized with swastikas and racist graffiti
Someone spray-painted swastikas and racist epithets on Roxborough High School in Philadelphia overnight, prompting a cleanup and condemnation from officials.
- Man shoots former partner and her friend in intimate partner violence attack
An 81-year-old man shot his 80-year-old former partner and her 83-year-old male friend at a home in Cornwall, killing the friend and seriously injuring the woman, before dying by suicide.
- Venezuelans at Mexico City protest told to leave over their nationality
At a protest outside the US embassy in Mexico City, demonstrators confronted Venezuelan residents celebrating Maduro's capture, telling a Venezuelan woman she could not push them out of their country and that she should keep Maduro as president.
- Synagogue in Winnipeg vandalized with antisemitic graffiti
An unknown individual spray-painted swastikas and the word 'hate' on the doors and marble siding of the Shaarey Zedek synagogue in Winnipeg.
- Woman shot dead by husband in Bethlehem murder-suicide
A 39-year-old mother of four was shot and killed by her husband at their home in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
December 2025
- Gay couple's New Year's Eve kiss in Times Square draws online hate
A gay couple who kissed during the New Year's Eve broadcast in Times Square received hateful messages and comments online, including threats that they would be stoned and accusations of corrupting children, after a conservative account shared a clip of the moment.
- Vandals destroy Nisqually tribal welcome figures at Washington state park
Vandals cut the bases of and toppled welcome figures at Nisqually State Park, a park developed in partnership with the Nisqually Tribe near Eatonville, Washington.
- Woman punched on Manhattan subway after antisemitic slur
A man shouted an antisemitic remark and punched a 31-year-old woman in the head aboard a southbound No. 1 train near the 116th St. Station in Morningside Heights, Manhattan.
- Black Cubans denied entry to Havana's Cuban Art Factory
A man and two friends were refused entry to the Cuban Art Factory in Havana while white or foreign patrons were admitted, which he described as racial discrimination against Black Cubans.
- Woman says her partner beat her in her Mexico City apartment
A young woman publicly accused her partner of beating her inside her apartment in Mexico City, and said authorities granted her protection measures after she filed a complaint.