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The Year in Hate and Extremism 2024
In 2024, the SPLC documented 1,371 hate and antigovernment extremist groups across the United States. These groups use political, communication, violent, and online tactics to build strategies and training infrastructure to divide the country, demoralize people, and dismantle democracy. In 2024, many groups attacked bedrock anti-discrimination by railing against “DEI.” Some actors used threats of…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Letter to strongly urge U.S. representatives to vote no on House Budget Reconciliation bill
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ADF adviser uses corporate activism to advance Christian supremacist agenda
Anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has targeted the human rights of queer people in public and in private, in the U.S. and abroad. Now, it’s setting its sights on corporate initiatives for the environment and sustainability, along with diversity and equity. The ADF’s Viewpoint Diversity Score (VDS) program, which it uses to malign…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Impact of Federal Cuts to Social Safety Net in Mississippi
Families across Mississippi are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. But the looming federal budget cuts will have an outsize effect on our state because federal funding is essential to supporting the basic needs of many Mississippians. Unfortunately, Mississippi is home to the highest…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Impact of Federal Cuts to Social Safety Net in Louisiana
Families across Louisiana are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. But the looming federal budget cuts will have an outsize effect on our state because federal funding is essential to supporting the basic needs of many Louisianians. Unfortunately, Louisiana is home to some of…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
League of Women Voters of Louisiana, et al. v. Landry, et al.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a coalition of voting rights groups against the state of Louisiana following its passage of a proof of citizenship law that violates the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). The NVRA does not allow states to require the collection of additional documentation to register…
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Impact of Federal Cuts to Social Safety Net in Georgia
Families across Georgia are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. But the looming federal budget cuts will have an outsize effect on our state because federal funding is essential to supporting the basic needs of many Georgians. Unfortunately, Georgia is home to some of…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Alabama Advocacy Institute fellows foster strength in their communities
Before 2005, Pearlington, Mississippi, wasn’t known for much — if at all. The small riverside town, population 1,153, hugs the southern corner of the state’s western border with Louisiana near the mouth of the Pearl River. When Warren Tidwell arrived that fall, it was mostly rubble. After Hurricane Katrina made its second landfall a couple…
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Impact of Federal Cuts to Social Safety Net in Alabama
Families across Alabama are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. But the looming federal budget cuts will have an outsize effect on our state because federal funding is essential to supporting the basic needs of many Alabamians. Unfortunately, Alabama is home to some of…
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Impact of Federal Cuts to Social Safety Net in Florida
Families across Florida are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. But the looming federal budget cuts will have an outsize effect on our state, because federal funding is essential to supporting the basic needs of many Floridians. Unfortunately, Florida is home to some of…
