The US Coast Guard on Thursday issued a memo that reclassifies swastikas and nooses as “hate symbols,” in a rapid about-face ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as ...

Any display, use or promotion of such symbols, as always, will be thoroughly investigated and severely punished,” Admiral ...

After days of backlash, the Homeland Security Department said hateful and violent behavior would not be tolerated.

The Coast Guard is reacting to reports that it had downgraded swastikas, nooses and other hate symbols in its new harassment manual. A new policy debuted overnight.