In 2022, SPLC documented 1,225 hate and antigovernment extremist groups across the United States. Extremist ideas that mobilize these groups now operate more openly in the political mainstream. But the ascent of the hard right is not inevitable. We can push back against this rising authoritarianism and turn the tide.
He testified before the House Select Committee in a July 2022 public hearing investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
To push his extreme agenda, DeSantis has used the megaphone that comes with being governor, backed right-wing policy in the state and fought for his self-created culture war in court.
Polignano is a veteran member of the white power movement, and Counter-Currents has played a leading role in spreading white nationalist thought between North America and Europe.
Each year since 1990, the SPLC has published an annual census of hate groups operating within the United States. The number is a barometer, albeit only one, of the level of hate activity in the country. The hate map, which depicts the groups' approximate locations, is the result of a year of monitoring by analysts and researchers and is typically published annually. It represents activity by hate groups during the previous year.
Learn More About Hate GroupsThe SPLC also tracks white supremacist flyering in the U.S.
View a map of white supremacist flyeringHate groups use flyers to publicize, recruit, and intimidate.
We tracked 1,225 hate and extremist groups in 2022. Hate has no place in our country.