Robbie Medwed
New Civil Rights
Atlanta, GA, United States
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Past articles by Robbie:
REPORT: Right-Wing Groups Commit Nearly 3 Out of Every 4 Deadly Extremist Attacks in US
Radical Islamic Attacks Happen Less Frequently, but Are Larger in Scale → Read More
Anti-Semitic Incidents Have Already Jumped 86% So Far This Year
Sharp Rise in Anti-Semitic Incidents Linked to 2016 Election → Read More
Yes, People Voted for Trump Because of Racism.
A New Study Shows Racism Absolutely Motivated Trump Voters → Read More
A High Schooler's Request: Observe the Day of Silence this Friday
Happy Passover, Happy Easter, Happy Spring! I’ve been privileged to work with LGBTQ teens across the country, and they constantly inspire and amaze me. Over the weekend, Zachary Bernstein, a high school student from Michigan I’ve been lucky to get to know over the past few years posted a request to his friends and family to observe the Day of Silence this coming Friday. For many folks the Day of… → Read More
Gay Man From Chechnya: 'If I Go Home, They Will Kill Me'
Families Are Killing Their Own While Donald Trump Remains Silent → Read More
Op-Ed: We Need to Talk About Christian Supremacists
Not All Christians – but Christian Extremists – Are Distorting Christianity and Putting Us All in Danger → Read More
Lawmaker Introduces Resolution to Honor the Confederacy While Making No Mention of Slavery
Lawmaker Also Praised the KKK in 2016 • 'We Just Elected a President That Said He Was Tired of Political Correctness' → Read More
What’s It Like to Lead LGBTQ Suicide-Prevention Workshops in the South?
The 15-year-old-boy with a kippah on his head approached me timidly—he clearly had a lot on his mind. Just a few hours earlier, he had participated in a workshop I had given at his summer camp, about preventing LGBTQ suicide and how to be an ally to LGBTQ people. It was Tisha... → Read More