As Eric Lichtblau began research for a non-fiction book on the rise of hate crimes in the United States, he found that there was a seemingly unending array of horrific examples. In 2022, a White supremacist shot and killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. That same year, a Colorado Springs man, inspired by other hate-inspired mass shootings, killed five patrons at an LGBTQ nightclub. A few years earlier, 23 Hispanic people were shot and killed at an El Paso Walmart by a man who posted a hate-filled manifesto online before opening fire. Before that, 11 Jewish people died...