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Amazon's AI Recommends: Antisemitism

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how people consume and trust information—including what books they read. Amazon, the world’s largest bookseller, uses Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate short, snappy summaries of customer reviews. While this may be useful when applied to bedsheets or kitchen appliances, applying AI to book reviews—without human oversight—is proving to be deeply problematic. We found that AI-generated reviews are promoting books that…

April 17, 2025

Year in Review: Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate & Extremism Incidents, 2022 – 2023

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This new annual report from ADL & GLAAD documents extremist and non-extremist incidents of anti-LGBTQ+ hate in the United States.

June 22, 2023

Lives Who Inspired Us in 2020

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They were ordinary people who lived extraordinary lives – or extraordinary people who put their lives on the line to protect the health and welfare of everyone. In what has become an annual tradition, as the year comes to a close ADL pauses each December to take stock of the moments and people who shaped the last 12 months – for better, or for worse – with a Top 10 list. For 2020, we compiled two Top 10 lists: One looking back on the moments of hurt and hate that…

December 18, 2020

White Supremacists Help Raise Hundreds of Thousands For Woman Who Hurled Slur at Black Child

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A screengrab of the fundraising campaign on GiveSendGo for Hendrix.

White supremacists, antisemites and racists rally behind a woman who called a Black child a racial slur, helping her raise over $700K while spreading hate.

May 07, 2025

The N-Word: Its History, Use, and Impact

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Teach students about the history of the N-word, its harm and impact and engage them in exploring school-based scenarios.

July 28, 2023

Parade: A Reflection and Discussion Guide

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Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond of the 2023 broadway play "Parade"

This discussion guide about the musical Parade will help middle and high school students and adults reflect upon and discuss the themes and artistic elements of Parade.

June 08, 2023

LGBTQ+ Pride Month and Education Resources

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Commemorated each year in the month of June, LGBTQ+ Pride Month honors the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City. In June of 1969, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn staged an uprising to resist the police harassment and persecution to which LGBTQ+ Americans were commonly subjected. This uprising marked the beginning of a movement to outlaw discriminatory laws and practices against LGBTQ+ Americans. Today, LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebrations include pride parades, picnics, parties,…

May 31, 2023

Bellen Woodard, Identity and “Crayon Activism”

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Teach students about Bellen Woodard, how she became a "crayon activist," and how they can change something they think is unjust.

September 23, 2022

Most U.S. Teens Experienced Harassment When Gaming Online, ADL Survey Finds

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60 percent of children ages 13-17, and 83 percent of adults 18-45, were harassed while participating in online multiplayer games New York, NY, September 15, 2021 … Sixty percent of children ages 13-17 have experienced harassment while playing games online, according to a first-of-its-kind survey of online gaming experiences released today by the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Technology and Society. Despite the significant percentage of young adults who reported…

September 15, 2021

ADL: Supreme Court Ruling in Fulton v. Philadelphia Underscores Importance of Anti-Discrimination Law

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New York, NY, June 17, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) expressed disappointment in response to today’s Supreme Court ruling in favor of Catholic Social Services, which rejected the city of Philadelphia’s argument that it should not have to renew a foster care certification contract with an agency that refuses to serve same-sex couples. However, the decision was narrow, and it is important to note that the Court focused on the details of the city’s contract…

June 17, 2021

Meyers Leonard fined and suspended for antisemitic slur; Israeli society increasingly divided; LGBTQ protections stripped from hate crimes bill

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March 12, 2021 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard was fined $50,000, suspended from the team's facilities and banned from team activities after he uttered an antisemitic slur while playing video games. Israeli society is increasingly divided, with 81 percent of Israelis stating that they believe that their society is increasingly divided, a 12 percent increase since 2017, according to a new ADL. survey. A panel of South Carolina lawmakers stripped explicit protections…

March 12, 2021

Young People in the Civil Rights Movement

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Little Rock Nine Escorted by 101st Airborne Division

Civics Lesson GRADE LEVEL: High School How Were Youth Involved in the Civil Rights Movement? Throughout history, young people have stepped up and into leadership roles during different civil rights and social movements. This was never more evident than in the Civil Rights Movement, where young people were on the frontlines of the Montgomery bus boycotts, Freedom Rides and sit-ins. Given that student activism is on the rise again across the U.S., understanding how those young voices…

February 04, 2021

The Supreme Court and the Right to Marry

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John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney during a Marriage Equality Rally stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court

Civics Lesson GRADE LEVEL: High School What Were the Multiple Perspectives of the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court Based on During the Repeal of DOMA? According to the Supreme Court Decision, Who Has the Right to Marry? What Assurances Do We Have that the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are Able to Be Non-partisan and Avoid Bias When Deciding a Case? The Judicial branch of the U.S. government is headed by the Supreme Court. This court analyzes and judges cases…

May 04, 2020

ADL Urges Supreme Court to Prevent Taxpayer-Funded Foster Care Agency From Discriminating Against Same-Sex Couples

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New York, NY, August 20, 2020 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging it to reject a taxpayer-funded foster care agency’s claim that its religious beliefs entitle the agency to violate a local anti-discrimination law barring discrimination based on sexual orientation, religion, and other protected characteristics. The brief in the case, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, was joined by a diverse coalition of religious, civil…

August 20, 2020

Antisemitism and Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric Mar Poland’s Presidential Election

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July 20, 2020 Incumbent President Andrzej Duda defeated Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, 51%-49%, for a second five-year term. While the presidency is supposed to be non-partisan, the contest clearly pitted the nationalist populist Law and Justice party, which supported Duda, against the pro-European liberal supporters of Trzaskowski. Duda was the early favorite, but the race tightened as election day neared. In response, Duda’s campaign turned negative, including the…

July 17, 2020

Civil Rights Campaign Targets Facebook Ads; SCOTUS Upholds Federal Law Protecting LGBTQ Workers; Hezbollah School Textbooks Promote Antisemitism and Terrorism

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June 19, 2020 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 ADL convened a coalition of civil rights groups encouraging corporate advertisers to pull spending from Facebook during the month of July to protest the company’s failure to make its platform a less-hostile place. The Supreme Court ruled that federal civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender workers from discrimination. School textbooks used in institutions controlled by the terror group Hezbollah are teaching children “egregious…

June 19, 2020

On-Screen Diversity: Why Visibility in Media Matters

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GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School, Middle School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language Does Entertainment Represent Our Increasingly Diverse Society?In recent years, we have seen some progress made in terms of the diversity and representation of characters and actors we see in movies and on television. For example, over the last sixteen years, the percentage of Asian characters with speaking roles increased from 3.4% to 15.9%. However, there is still much…

October 15, 2019

ADL Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Key Anti-Discrimination Protections for the LGBTQ Community

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New York, NY, July 3, 2019 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today joined a broad coalition of 59 civil rights organizations in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify that a key provision of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 (CRA), Title VII protects LGBTQ individuals from discrimination in the workplace. The amicus brief, led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, highlights that LGBTQ…

July 03, 2019

ADL Hails Fourth Circuit Court Decision Upholding Constitutionality of Hate Crimes Prevention Act

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New York, NY, June 13, 2019… ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upholding the constitutionality of the landmark federal hate crime legislation, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act (HCPA), as applied in the case of an Amazon worker who was targeted because of his perceived sexual orientation. "Today represents an important victory in the ongoing fight against bias and hate…

June 13, 2019

Small Group of Neo-Nazis Protest Michigan Pride Festival with Homophobic, Anti-Semitic Slurs

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June 11, 2019 On Saturday, June 8, ten neo-Nazis associated with the National Socialist Movement protested Detroit’s Motor City Pride Festival, carrying guns and shouting homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs. NSM leader Burt Colucci and Aric Lemieux, NSM’s South Michigan chapter leader, headed up the protest, which included participants from Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Michigan. Lemieux expressed his intention to protest the festival months ago, and other group…

June 11, 2019