Coast Guard reclassifies swastikas and nooses as hate symbols after backlash

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

Coast Guard clarifies 'hate symbols' policy after widely panned change

The U.S. Coast Guard clarified its “hate symbols” policy after Jewish groups blasted a revision the service made to its ...

Coast Guard releases new policy on display of swastikas and nooses

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

US Coast Guard denies claim it will stop classifying swastikas as hate symbols: ‘Categorically false’

The claims that the U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses or other extremist imagery as prohibited ...

What we know about Coast Guard's policy update on swastikas, other hate symbols

According to a November 2025 Coast Guard policy, symbols like swastikas and nooses were "potentially divisive" rather than ...
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Coast Guard Downgraded Swastikas, Nooses from Hate Symbols. How They Were Forced Into a Humiliating U-Turn

The U.S. Coast Guard reportedly reclassified swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to "potentially divisive" instead. Now, ...
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Confederate symbols are still in places across the US. Activists still want them gone.

WASHINGTON _ Despite recent efforts to remove or rename Confederate memorials, there are still more than 2,000 symbols in places across the country, according to a report released Thursday. “We should ...