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from The Center for Investigative Reporting

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 inAccountability, Inequality, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: Article ‘normalizes’ a neo-Nazi, internet flips out

by Aaron Sankin and Will Carless December 1, 2017April 27, 2018

Critics slammed the paper for “normalizing” Tony Hovater and his neo-Nazi ilk.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: He was ‘preparing to fight a war on US soil’

by Will Carless and Aaron Sankin November 17, 2017April 27, 2018

Three white men have been charged with building bombs recently, the FBI’s much-awaited hate crime stats show an uptick and more.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: He said he hated Hispanic people. Then he shot three

by Will Carless and Aaron Sankin November 10, 2017April 27, 2018

You might not have heard about the gunman who killed three people in a hate-driven attack last week in Colorado.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: A swastika pumpkin and KKK propaganda on Halloween

by Will Carless and Aaron Sankin November 3, 2017April 27, 2018

Conspiracy theorists warn that the antifa are planning a civil war, Charlottesville 2.0 is a flop, and help us follow Nazi money.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: People have sent this neo-Nazi over $1M in bitcoin

by Aaron Sankin and Will Carless October 27, 2017April 27, 2018

Neo-Nazis are getting rich off bitcoin, domestic terror experts have questions about the Las Vegas shooter, and white nationalism thrives in the U.S.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: A tale of two hate crimes

by Will Carless and Aaron Sankin October 20, 2017April 27, 2018

This week: The trouble with hate crime laws, a white supremacist’s bodyguard reportedly has ties to the military and how to fight back against hate.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: Charlottesville 2.0

by Will Carless and Aaron Sankin October 13, 2017April 27, 2018

Lesser-known hate groups plan a White Lives Matter protest, similarities in white supremacist and Islamic State recruiting and new hate attacks.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: When people stand up to white supremacy

by Will Carless and Aaron Sankin October 6, 2017April 27, 2018

In this week’s roundup: Stories that break the hate.

Posted inAccountability

New Jersey continues to use easily hacked voting machines

by Aaron Sankin October 6, 2017June 30, 2021

When New Jersey voters go to the polls to choose a new governor, the technology they use will be woefully outdated and vulnerable to cyberattack.

Posted inHate, The Hate Report

The Hate Report: A spree of hate speech on college campuses

by Aaron Sankin and Will Carless September 29, 2017April 27, 2018

Plus: a church shooting in Nashville is being investigated as a possible hate crime, and a list of who’s calling Trump a white supremacist.

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