Nov. 3, 2020
As tensions mounted on the eve of a bitterly contested presidential election Tuesday, law enforcement officials assured voters they can cast their ballots without fear of intimidation and violence.
Pre-election anxiety is not new...
Nov. 3, 2020
Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, was quoted in an article that reported on private paramilitary militias as being illegal in all 50 states. Some of...
Nov. 2, 2020
There is an “elevated” possibility of conflict in the two weeks around the election, though it will likely be “low-level noise” rather than extreme violence, an extremism expert told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Even though there...
Nov. 2, 2020
Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at CSUSB, was interviewed for a segment about an FBI report that said hate crimes increase nationwide during presidential election years.
“The date after the 2016...
Nov. 1, 2020
Jason Burke, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Cal State San Bernardino, has received a $440,000 research grant from the National Institutes of Health.
The four-year grant will be used to train undergraduate...
Oct. 30, 2020
Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino, was interviewed for an article about Bishop Gerald Barnes issuing a video message urging the faithful in the Roman Catholic Diocese of...
Oct. 31, 2020
Considering trends in 2008 and 2016 elections, authorities in San Diego County are bracing for an expected rise in hate crimes as Election Day nears.
The trend has been documented to some extent during every presidential cycle since...
Oct. 30, 2020
Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, was interviewed for an article about a social media video in which three Jewish men were harassed with slurs from...
Oct. 29, 2020
An article about Filipino American nurses on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic included an interview with Cal State San Bernardino alumna Arlene Abcara. She works with COVID-19 patients in the intensive-care unit at VA Loma Linda...
Oct. 29, 2020
“Facing a seemingly endless pandemic and an election that has little hope of going smoothly, we’re all on a grim, existential roller coaster now,” the article says. “As people try to endure their unwilling ride on this grim existential...
Oct. 29, 2020
Counting down to election day on Tuesday, Nov. 3, fears of political violence are playing out in a lot of peoples’ minds. Grocery giant Walmart, while still selling guns to customers, is pulling both guns and ammunition from displays...
Oct. 29, 2020
With the upcoming election, experts, including Brian Levin, director of CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, worry about increasing extremist activity and hate crimes nationally and in Utah.
Groups use patriotic...