The number of hate groups in the United States rose for a second year in a row in 2016 as the radical right was energized by the candidacy of Donald Trump, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) annual census of hate groups and other extremist organizations, released today.
‘Telephone terrorism’ hits Jewish centers; Supremacist planned Roof-style rampage; Militia vows to protect congressman; and more.
At press conference, president tells one reporter to sit down after asking, and then blames incidents on ‘the other side.’
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick joined Tony Perkins, president of the anti-LGBT hate group Family Research Council (FRC), twice in the past two weeks to promote SB6, the so-called “Texas Privacy Act,” a top legislative priority for Patrick during this session.
Extremist anti-Muslim organizer with President Trump's ear has an answer to calming the waters after the Flynn debacle –– another extremist with a dubious track record.
Mexico has turned over to the United States a man suspected of involvement in two hate crime murders more than 17 years ago in California. The case is the first of its kind where civil rights criminal charges were filed against members of a street gang, authorities say.
Far across the radical right –– a movement of violence and terror that demands martyrs –– violent domestic terrorists are being lionized. But a Wisconsin congressman insists on minimizing the threat from the radical right.
Trump deflects anti-Semitism question; ‘Religious freedom’ a front for bigotry; Flynn’s hiring was scandalous, too; and more.
A white supremacist awaiting trial on three murder charges was involved in a failed attempt to escape last weekend from the Clark County Jail in Vancouver, Wash., authorities say.
Trump’s ‘genius bar’ of white nationalists; Priebus in nationalists’ sights; Jones claims Obama’s plotting anti-Trump revolt; and more.
The number of hate groups in the United States rose for a second year in a row in 2016 as the radical right was energized by the candidacy of Donald Trump, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) annual census of hate groups and other extremist organizations, released today.
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