Documenting Hate

Tracking Hate Crimes and Bias Incidents

Hate crimes and bias incidents are a national problem, but there’s no reliable data on the nature or prevalence of the violence. We’re collecting and verifying reports to create a national database for use by journalists, researchers and civil-rights organizations.

Impact of Our Reporting

What We Found in Three Years of Documenting Hate: A Letter to Our Partners

by Rachel Glickhouse

January 2, 2020, 5:00 am EST

Police Don’t Do a Good Job Tracking Hate Crimes. A New Report Calls on Congress to Take Action.

by Rachel Glickhouse

November 13, 2019, 2:00 pm EST

Once Defiant, All Four White Supremacists Charged in Charlottesville Violence Plead Guilty

by A.C. Thompson

May 6, 2019, 4:21 pm EDT

Four Men Arrested Over Unrest During 2017 “Unite the Right” Rally

October 2, 2018, 7:30 pm EDT

A Day After Report, Violent White Supremacist Loses Job With Defense Contractor

by A.C. Thompson and Ali Winston

July 6, 2018, 5:00 pm EDT

U.S. Marine to Be Imprisoned Over Involvement With Hate Groups

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, Ali Winston, special to ProPublica

June 20, 2018, 4:13 pm EDT

Marines Open Investigation into Active-Duty White Supremacist

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Ali Winston, special to ProPublica

May 4, 2018, 5:00 pm EDT

Atomwaffen, Extremist Group Whose Members Have Been Charged in Five Murders, Loses Some of Its Platforms

by A.C. Thompson and Ali Winston

March 6, 2018, 5:00 am EST

What We Discovered During a Year of Documenting Hate

by Rachel Glickhouse

December 26, 2017, 8:00 am EST

Service Provider Boots Hate Site Off the Internet

by Ken Schwencke

August 16, 2017, 5:05 pm EDT

90 stories published since 2016

There Have Been Huge Gaps in FBI Hate Crime Data for Years. A New Law Aims to Fix That.

by Ken Schwencke

June 4, 2021, 1:10 pm EDT
I Spent Three Years Running a Collaboration Across Newsrooms. Here’s What I Learned.

by Rachel Glickhouse

December 13, 2019, 10:00 am EST
Congressional Survey on Hate Crimes

by Rachel Glickhouse and Derek Willis

November 18, 2019, 10:45 am EST
They Are Racist; Some of Them Have Guns. Inside the White Supremacist Group Hiding in Plain Sight.

by Carol Schaeffer and Fritz Zimmermann, special to ProPublica

November 8, 2019, 5:00 am EST
Building a Database From Scratch: Behind the Scenes With Documenting Hate Partners

by Rachel Glickhouse

October 23, 2019, 12:00 pm EDT
How We Identified the Frat Brothers Holding Guns in Front of an Emmett Till Memorial

by Thalia Beaty and Lucas Waldron

October 21, 2019, 10:51 am EDT
ProPublica and Frontline Win Emmy for “Documenting Hate” Documentaries

by ProPublica

September 25, 2019, 3:15 pm EDT
He Spent Years Infiltrating White Supremacist Groups. Here’s What He Has to Say About What’s Going on Now.

by Joe Sexton

August 30, 2019, 1:05 pm EDT
Las Vegas Man Arrested in Plots Against Jews Was Said to Be Affiliated With Atomwaffen Division

by Joe Sexton

August 14, 2019, 5:00 pm EDT
The FBI Told Congress Domestic Terror Investigations Led to 90 Recent Arrests. It Wouldn’t Show Us Records of Even One.

by Fritz Zimmermann

August 9, 2019, 11:15 am EDT
Here’s Proof Ole Miss Knew Identities of Two Students Who Posed in Front of Shot-Up Emmett Till Sign, but Did Little

by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting

July 30, 2019, 12:40 pm EDT
We Found Photos of Ole Miss Students Posing With Guns in Front of a Shot-Up Emmett Till Memorial. Now They Face a Possible Civil Rights Investigation.

by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting

July 25, 2019, 1:35 pm EDT
Federal Judge Dismisses Charges Against 3 White Supremacists

by A.C. Thompson

June 4, 2019, 4:30 pm EDT
New Zealand Massacre Dredges Up Worries at a Traumatized New York Mosque

Nate Schweber for ProPublica, and Rachel Glickhouse, ProPublica

March 29, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
5 Things You Need to Know About Hate Crimes in America

by Rachel Glickhouse

March 22, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
Despite Crackdowns, White Supremacist and Neo-Nazi Videos Take Stubborn Root on YouTube

by A.C. Thompson and Lucas Waldron, ProPublica, and Christopher Mathias, HuffPost

March 15, 2019, 8:14 pm EDT
“Get Out”: Black Families Harassed in Their Own Homes

by Rahima Nasa and Rachel Glickhouse

January 7, 2019, 5:00 am EST
Documenting Hate in America: What We Found in 2018

by Rachel Glickhouse

December 24, 2018, 5:00 am EST
Member of White Supremacist Group Pleads Guilty to Assaults at 2017 Rally

by A.C. Thompson

November 21, 2018, 7:30 pm EST
An Atomwaffen Member Sketched a Map to Take the Neo-Nazis Down. What Path Officials Took Is a Mystery.

by A.C. Thompson

November 20, 2018, 10:45 am EST
Brothers Whom Authorities Linked to Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Had Flyer Supporting Neo-Nazi Group, Officials Say

by Catherine Trautwein, FRONTLINE, and A.C. Thompson, ProPublica

November 16, 2018, 6:30 pm EST
Brothers Who Were Online Friends With Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Had Ties to Violent Neo-Nazis

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Catherine Trautwein, FRONTLINE

November 14, 2018, 6:30 pm EST
“Documenting Hate: New American Nazis,” Coming Soon From ProPublica and Frontline

by ProPublica

November 12, 2018, 2:00 pm EST
4 Members of Violent White Supremacist Group Face Riot Charges, Federal Authorities Say

by A.C. Thompson

October 24, 2018, 5:20 pm EDT
The Imam’s Widow

by Rahima Nasa

September 4, 2018, 12:35 pm EDT
Marines Move to Tackle Racial Extremists in the Corps

by Rahima Nasa

August 30, 2018, 2:00 pm EDT
48 Hours in Charlottesville: Fear, Nausea, and a Sad Lack of Surprise

by A.C. Thompson

August 7, 2018, 10:00 pm EDT
For Charlottesville Authorities, a Painful Post-Mortem on Preparedness

by Ali Winston, special to ProPublica

August 7, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Using the Power of the Crowd to Document Hate

by Rachel Glickhouse

August 7, 2018, 4:59 am EDT
New Documentary From ProPublica and Frontline Chronicles a Year of Reporting on Violent White Supremacists and Neo-Nazis

by ProPublica

July 25, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
In New York, Intolerance Has Become Routine

by Rahima Nasa

July 16, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
American Hate Group Looks to Make Allies in Europe

by Ali Winston and A.C. Thompson

July 5, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
He Is a Member of a Violent White Supremacist Group. So Why Is He Working for a Defense Contractor With a Security Clearance?

by A.C. Thompson and Ali Winston

July 5, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
An Evening of Stories and Conversations on Hate in Southern California

by ProPublica

June 1, 2018, 11:10 am EDT
About That Hate Crime at a Western Illinois Cemetery

by Logan Jaffe

June 1, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
An Alarming Tip About a Neo-Nazi Marine, Then an Uncertain Response

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Ali Winston, special to ProPublica

May 22, 2018, 4:45 pm EDT
Police Are Mislabeling Anti-LGBTQ and Other Crimes as Anti-Heterosexual

by Rachel Glickhouse and Rahima Nasa

May 15, 2018, 11:12 am EDT
At a Killer’s Sentencing, Native Americans Talk of Both Healing and Enduring Suspicions

by Rahima Nasa

May 14, 2018, 3:52 pm EDT
He’s a Proud Neo-Nazi, Charlottesville Attacker – and a U.S. Marine

by Lucas Waldron

May 3, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Ranks of Notorious Hate Group Include Active-Duty Military

A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, Ali Winston, special to ProPublica, and Jake Hanrahan, special to ProPublica

May 3, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
A Killing at Donkey Creek

by Rahima Nasa

April 26, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
What’s Ahead for Documenting Hate in 2018

by Rachel Glickhouse

February 26, 2018, 11:33 am EST