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November 3, 2023

Zachary Powell (criminal justice) published an article on whether changing the legal standard for law enforcement officers’ use of deadly force changed the number of fatal officer-involved shootings in California. “AB 392, the California Act to Save...

November 3, 2023

Researchers, including Brian Levin, the founding director of the CSUSB Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, say hate crimes against Hispanics spike when there is extensive media coverage involving Latinos, such as news about migrant caravans...

November 3, 2023

Islamophobia has swept across the United States, putting American Jewish and Muslim communities on edge. Brian Levin, professor emeritus at California State University, San Bernardino, was interviewed for this article. Recent years have seen...

November 3, 2023

Brian Levin, the founding director of the CSUSB Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, was interviewed for a segment on the increase in hate crimes targeting Muslims and Jews in the U.S. as the conflict in Gaza and Israel escalates.

November 2, 2023

The latest measure of the Inland Empire’s economic performance may suggest an impending downturn. The Purchasing Managers’ Index registered a decrease last month. It was the first month with a drop below the 50% baseline after five consecutive months...

November 2, 2023

“When violent conflicts occur in the Middle East, there are those in the U.S. that exploit these horrifying events to inflame antisemitism,” said Brian Levin, a professor emeritus and the founding director of the  Center for the Study of Hate and...

November 1, 2023

The Spanish-language newscast included research by the CSUSB Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism that pointed to an increase in hate crimes in the U.S.’s 10 largest cities from 2021 to 2022, with average increases of 22%. 
“Anti-Latino hate...

November 1, 2023

Brian Levin, founding director of CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, was interviewed for a segment about the FBI director’s statement to Congress that threats against the U.S. are growing as the conflict escalates in Gaza and Israel...

November 1, 2023

In light of recent hate incidents on college campuses, U.S. Rep Pete Aguilar, D-San Bernardino, reintroduced a bill that would fight discrimination and harassment on university, college and trade school campuses. He announced his effort to...

October 31, 2023

The United States typically experiences a rise in hate crimes against Jews and Muslims when there are escalations in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said Brian Levin, the former director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at...

October 31, 2023

“These kinds of spikes in hate crimes are unlike 20 years ago because they are elongating,” said  Brian Levin , the founder of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino. “We aren’t only seeing a higher number occur...

October 31, 2023

Nicolas M. Brunet (psychology) recently published a study that “explores early Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) sensitivity to facial stimuli, investigating various facial features aimed to unveil underlying neural mechanisms. Two experiments, each...