The Palestinian community that lives just outside of Chicago remains in mourning a day after a funeral service was held for 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume. Crowds gathered in Bridgeview — home to a large Palestinian community — to say goodbye to the boy killed in what authorities have called a hate crime fueled by the Israel-Hamas war.
Read MoreSikh Americans are the most disproportionately targeted group in the country, at a rate four times the national average. Anti-Sikh hate crimes hit a record high of 89 documented incidents in 2020, reflecting an 82% increase over 2019, despite an overall decrease in the number of anti-religious hate crimes.
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