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Aaron Sankin

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Aaron Sankin is a reporter for Reveal covering online extremism, election administration and technology policy. Before joining Reveal, he was a founding editor of The Huffington Post's San Francisco vertical and a senior staff writer on The Daily Dot's politics team. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Salon, Time, The Motley Fool, Mashable, Business Insider, San Francisco magazine and The Onion. A San Francisco Bay Area native, Sankin studied history and sociology at Rice University. His work at The Daily Dot was a finalist in Digiday's 2015 publisher of the year award, and a story he wrote about a Midwestern family being terrorized by a teenage hacker was labeled by The Atlantic as an essential piece of journalism for 2015. Sankin is based in Seattle.

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Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: The nation’s Islamophobic public officials

by Will Carless and Aaron Sankin April 13, 2018April 27, 2018

The false narrative around the Pulse shooting, white supremacist messaging through diapers and what internal DOJ documents say about civil rights.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: The relationship between fake news and white supremacy

by Aaron Sankin April 6, 2018April 27, 2018

“Because so much disinformation is geared toward splitting people apart, it’s often racialized,” says Snopes Managing Editor Brooke Binkowski.

Posted inInequality, The Trump Era

DOJ’s civil rights workers have lost faith in leaders’ integrity

by Aaron Sankin April 3, 2018November 7, 2018

Internal employee surveys obtained by Reveal show that opinions of leadership have plummeted.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: White nationalists welcome new census question

by Aaron Sankin and Will Carless March 30, 2018April 27, 2018

In this week’s roundup: A push for a new domestic terrorism law, Gonzo journalism on Nazis in Maine and a black activist saves a white supremacist.

Posted inThe Trump Era, Voting

Crosscheck is ineffective and insecure. But states aren’t withdrawing

by Aaron Sankin March 26, 2018April 3, 2018

The system run by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is supposed to help stop voter fraud, but it’s opening up millions to identity theft.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: The alt-right is a mess

by Will Carless and Aaron Sankin March 23, 2018April 27, 2018

Richard Spencer says anti-fascists are winning, but an actual neo-Nazi has won a Republican primary in Illinois.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: Get to know the Three Percenters

by Aaron Sankin and Will Carless March 16, 2018January 6, 2020

The man allegedly behind the Minnesota mosque bombing, a white supremacist group collapses due to family drama and some conspiracy mongers get sued.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: Signs that Jeff Sessions is bringing hate crime cases

by Will Carless and Aaron Sankin March 9, 2018April 27, 2018

Plus: School shooter chat groups are taken down following our reporting, Richard Spencer’s struggles and a Confederate mural is painted over.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: Gaming app has 173 groups that glorify school shooters

by Will Carless and Aaron Sankin March 2, 2018August 14, 2018

Steam, one of the world’s largest online gaming platforms, has a thriving community dedicated to glorifying and discussing school shootings.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: The KKK is packing up its hoods

by Aaron Sankin and Will Carless February 23, 2018April 27, 2018

We explore the waning power of the KKK, the argument over whether a New Mexico school shooter was a racist finally seems settled and more.

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