Southern Poverty Law Center

JACKSON, Miss. May 23, 2017 – Mississippi has repeatedly violated a nearly 150-year-old, legally binding obligation to operate a “uniform system of free public schools” for all children, an obligation placed on the state as a condition of rejoining the Union after the Civil War, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by the Southern […]

May 22, 2017 – The apparent elevation of Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke to a position within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security would mark another “first” of sorts for the Trump administration: It’s the first time any known participant in the antigovernment Patriot movement, let alone one of its leading figures, has ever held […]

May 3, 2017 – The Trump administration announced that Julie Kirchner, former executive director of the anti-immigrant hate group Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is the new Ombudsman for the Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) branch of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Kirchner previously served as an advisor to DHS before netting the […]

April 18, 2017 – The Southern Poverty Law Center, along with its Montana co-counsel, filed suit in federal court today against the founder of a major neo-Nazi website who orchestrated a harassment campaign that has relentlessly terrorized a Jewish woman and her family with anti-Semitic threats and messages. The lawsuit describes how Andrew Anglin used […]

March 28, 2017 – Across the contemporary far right, perhaps no sound carries further than the chorus of moaning that emanates from the “Manosphere.” A catchall euphemism, the term denotes the decentralized network of misogynist writers, speakers and online communities that gather together men who see women and their rights as the vise inside which […]

March 14, 2017 – A year after armed militia and antigovernment extremists took over an Oregon wildlife refuge, the courtroom scorecard stands at two convictions, 11 guilty pleas and seven acquittals. The latest update came late last week when a U.S. District Court jury found occupation organizer Jason Patrick, 43, of Bonaire, Ga., and security […]

Feb. 15, 2017 – 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. The […]

Jan. 12, 2017 – The entire racist radical right may be working to rebrand under the “Alt-Right” banner, a meme-crazed digital wing of the white nationalist movement known for online harassment campaigns. But they haven’t managed to get over the infighting and hypocrisy that has riddled the movement for decades. Last week, Andrew Anglin, publisher […]

Dec. 19, 2016 – Brian Brown, director of the anti-LGBT National Organization for Marriage and president of the anti-LGBT hate group World Congress of Families (WCF), has announced the launch of the International Organization for the Family (IOF). IOF is the new name of the Illinois-based Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society, which is the parent organization of […]

Nov. 14, 2016 – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today launched a new survey to take the pulse of the nation’s students and teachers following the election of Donald Trump after a divisive campaign that targeted racial, ethnic and religious minorities. The online survey seeks to update the findings of a survey conducted by […]