Hate Crimes

St. Louis Metropolitan Police officers are investigating a noose that a Black contractor found hanging in a tree on an Asian American woman's property in the Benton Park neighborhood.

What’s it like growing up in a Black and white city when you don’t fit neatly in either category? A Chinese American and Thai American share their perspective on life in St. Louis — and the deadly attacks in Atlanta that have galvanized Asian American communities across the U.S.

After a man killed eight people in Atlanta, six of them Asian women, Asian Americans in St. Louis are on heightened alert for hate crimes and discrimination. Community leaders want Asian Americans to understand that they can report racist acts to authorities.

Asian American leaders in the St. Louis region are decrying a rise in racist comments reported by people in their communities. They are raising the alarm just days after authorities charged a man with killing eight people, most of them Asian women, at three Atlanta spas.

New Northside Missionary Baptist Church — a predominantly black Jennings church — is a welcoming space on the inside. But on the outside, it’s…

It’s hard to tell who has a gun at Fellowship of Wildwood church, unless you’re really looking.The men stand silently at the edge of the crowd, as…

Nationally, the number of reported hate crimes remained fairly stagnant in 2018 compared to the year before, but Missouri saw a 39% reduction. According…

Nearly doubling since 1999, the long-growing number of hate groups active within the United States has remained nearly static since the election of…

The number of hate crimes reported in the United States rose for the second year in a row, according to an FBI report released on Monday.Law-enforcement…

St. Louis Public Radio is partnering with ProPublica and other newsrooms across the country to track hate crimes and bias-motivated incidents throughout…