Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration: Luri Gagarin/Dreamstime/California Legislative Information "Hate speech" is ...

New hate crimes legislation is part of an agreement Gov. Hochul reached with legislative leaders in negotiations over the state budget. Gov. Kathy Hochul is trying to change that. In January, during ...

A new definition of anti-Muslim hatred will not impinge on freedom of speech, the Communities Secretary has said. Steve Reed also said there should be a "greater expectation" for individuals arriving ...

"Hate speech" is notoriously hard to define and is usually a subjective characterization of harsh words. Though the term is thrown around by people describing comments they don't like, it generally ...