There has been a lot of debate lately about whether media outlets should use the term“alt right.”Some argue that the term whitewashes or normalizes a grouping that is,…
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Applications for smartphones and tablets have become an emerging segment of the online and entertainment industry. As with videos, blogs and social networking platforms which…
Many educators want to incorporate the passing of significant figures into their classroom discussion. ADL’s Education Division provides resources to educators about contemporary…
Beginning on Memorial Day and for four consecutive evenings this week, the History Channel will air its 2016 version of ‘Roots,’ a remake of the 1977 television mini…

It has been a rough summer as the topic of guns, violence, police and bias scream across the news headlines and our smart phones.
Marriage equality, refugees seeking safety in Europe, the Confederate flag, police shootings of black and Latino men, the presidential election, Caitlyn Jenner, ISIS, and immigration are just a few of the news stories that inhabited the headlines this year...
On Saturday, January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, 500,000 people gathered in Washington, DC for theWomen’s March–to express their…
As 2016 draws to a close, the Anti-Defamation League is counting down the major milestones we accomplished this year in the fight hate.
Suspensions and expulsions are among the best predictors of which students will drop out of high school. Studies show that a student who has been suspended at least once is more…
We recently had a reminder of the enduring power of stereotypes in American when an interview by Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman prompted a slew of racist…
Criticism of immigrant policy is not an excuse to undermine the humanity of others with the kind of vitriol that dominated the internet, especially Twitter, after the Atlanta…
It happened again. College students dressed up like members of a “culture” for a stereotyped theme party. In the most recent example, sorority students at Columbia University wer…

Stop and consider whether celebrations of Cinco de Mayo in general are inclusive, respectful, and do not promote stereotypes of groups of people.
Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education the promise of equal educational opportunities in the United States remains unfulfilled. On May 17, 1954 the U.S. Supreme Cour…
I can’t tell Asians apart. You’re different for a Black guy. You don’t look Jewish. Microaggressions. They are everyday slights, indignities, put-downs and insults that people o…
Malala. Ferguson. Immigration. Ebola. Voter ID Laws. Climate Change. These are just a few of the topics teachers are regularly and actively bringing into their…
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Monday, January 19, and many educators will take the opportunity to teach about King and his enormous contributions to our society.