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The Anti-Defamation League said there has been an 80% increase in Illinois hate crimes in just 1 year. Planned Parenthood said it can tell.

It’s not illegal for hate groups to spread their message via leaflets or protests, and that’s happening far more often these days, an Anti-Defamation League report found. It’s important to stop their rhetoric before it leads to harm.

Lee Zoldan remembers the 2017 attack on her downtown synagogue every time she walks in the building. “Those windows were broken. Nazi stickers were placed on those doors,” the Chicago Loop Synagogue president recalled Tuesday. “The windows were replaced. The stickers were removed. But the invisible scars remain.” Years later, the same hate and extremism that shook Zoldan’s congregation has ...

David Goldenberg, the Midwest director of the Anti-Defamation League, joins Lisa Dent to talk about their report titled Hate in the Prairie State which identifies radical groups targeting the state, including white supremacist groups, anti-LGBTQ organizations, and why the number of those groups appear to be growing. Follow The Lisa Dent Show on Twitter:Follow @LisaDentSpeaksFollow […]

“In some ways, we think that we live in Illinois and somehow we’re immune to this,” said David Goldenberg, the Midwest director of the Anti-Defamation League.