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Head of Trump’s Immigration Plans Met Proud Boys Associate About Deportations
Content warning: This article contains graphic and racist language. Reader discretion is advised. The head of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, Tom Homan, appears to have met with an associate of the Proud Boys on at least four separate occasions. At least one of these instances was a private meeting held in Chicago after the…
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Black church’s win against Proud Boys offers hope in the fight against racism
I was proud to learn this week that the historically Black church where I was christened as a baby, where I attended Sunday school and where I received the spiritual foundation for my life had won a $2.8 million judgment against a racist hate group that attacked it. Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington,…
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Attacks on Bishop After Trump Confrontation Undermine ‘Religious Freedom’ Claims
Despite frequently using the cover of “religious freedom” to advance hard-right activism, extremist groups and politicians undermined this common tactic as they responded with verbal attacks against Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde after she confronted President Donald Trump in her sermon at the Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 21. The bishop asked the president to “have…
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Barnes v. Felix
After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit dismissed a case where a Texas county constable fatally shot an unarmed Black man, and after the man’s family appealed that dismissal to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed an amicus brief in support of the man’s family. The amicus brief…
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Hate and Antigovernment Groups by Year
The SPLC has been tracking hate and antigovernment groups since 2000.
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Hopewatch
Why is it wrong to teach students about diversity, equity and inclusion?
The college where I teach had always been very progressive. It encouraged faculty and staff to exercise freedom of speech and welcomed inclusive speakers, lessons and events. Texas Senate Bill 17 was passed in May 2023, and almost overnight things changed. This law, similar to ones in two of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s focus states…
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Hatewatch
‘Heckler’s veto’ by City of Naples Leads to $30,000 Fee for Pride Permit
On Jan. 15, the Naples City Council in Florida voted to conditionally grant a permit to Naples Pride to host its annual event in the city’s Cambier Park, provided the group pays an estimated $30,000 police security fee and holds a planned drag performance indoors. During the meeting, city officials tied security costs to intensifying…
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Leader of Fringe Political Party Advocates Lynching to Stop LGBTQ+ Pride Event
Content warning: This article contains violent anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and praise for the practice of lynching. Reader discretion is advised. The leader of a fringe political party in Florida called the Jeffersonian Party appeared at a Naples City Council meeting on Jan. 13 to extol the history of lynching in the United States and claim “violence…
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How Meta’s policy updates could encourage hate and threaten democracy
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced significant changes to how the company will moderate its social media content. The changes could have far-reaching and dire effects for democracy and for people who have historically been targeted by online hate, experts and advocates say. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp, revised its…
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Hatewatch
Trump order seeks to end birthright citizenship, advance anti-immigrant agenda
On day one of his second term, President Donald Trump issued a flurry of draconian executive orders on immigration, including seeking to end birthright citizenship, a longtime objective of anti-immigrant entities and white nationalists. Trump underscored his campaign commitment to a xenophobic agenda and delighted anti-immigrant extremists with his round of executive orders that came…