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Notes on the Study of Hate and Kindness

A blog of the Initiative to Study Hate and the Bedari Kindness Institute

How the Israel-Palestine Conflict Has Shaped Islamophobia and Antisemitism in the United States

May 26, 2026/by Maia Ferdman

How Markets Teach Us to Care about Strangers

April 28, 2026/by Maia Ferdman

Fighting Blind: Why Bias Evades Measurement–and Why That Matters

April 7, 2026/by Maia Ferdman

Where You Find Hate on Social Media

February 23, 2026/by Maia Ferdman

Breaking the Cycle: Why Jails Could Prevent Hate Crimes Before They Happen

November 26, 2025/by Maia Ferdman

Music and Hate: A Conversation

October 30, 2025/by Maia Ferdman

What Hate Hears: Language Policy as Sonic Violence

May 9, 2025/by Naomi Taub

(Un)Shared Reality and Contempt Across the Political Divide

April 7, 2025/by webteam

Are Politicians Responsive to Mass Shootings? Evidence from U.S. State Legislatures

February 14, 2025/by Naomi Taub

The Rise of Social Media Hate

December 20, 2024/by Naomi Taub

Hate Speech with a Catchy Beat

December 10, 2024/by Naomi Taub

The Psychological Basis for Intergroup Hate: An Increasingly Relevant Phenomenon

December 2, 2024/by Naomi Taub

Welcome to Notes on the Study of Hate

May 21, 2024/by Naomi Taub

Snips and Clips of Hate

May 14, 2024/by webteam