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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
SPLC grant helps AAPI voters build civic and electoral power from the ground up
As the fastest-growing racial group in the country, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are becoming increasingly powerful at the polls. Over the past four years, the number of eligible AAPI voters has grown by 15%, or about 2 million, much faster than the 3% growth rate for all eligible voters over the same period,…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Sovereign citizens put public servants and safety professionals at risk
Investigative Update Summer 2025 A War of Ideas: The unrelenting propaganda of the Lost Cause mythology GoyimTV relies on other mainstream and extremist sites for hateful content Missouri Minutemen and white nationalist Active Club learning from each other The United States has hundreds of thousands of people who identify as “sovereign citizens.” Sovereign citizens have…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Harmful ‘trans shooter’ myth widely promoted after Charlie Kirk killing
In the immediate wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing on Sept. 10, right-wing influencers and outlets promoted disinformation about trans people and the alleged perpetrator’s gender identity. As the Southern Poverty Law Center has previously reported, this follows a trend whereby far-right propagandists use high-profile incidents of gun violence to push the myth of a “trans…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Under the Radar
Introduction 2025 marked the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a landmark natural disaster and human cataclysm. Amid the devastation of that hurricane, we witnessed the infringement of fundamental human rights, including access to food, water, shelter and safety. But the right that undergirds all of these is the right to vote: “preservative of all rights,”…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Georgia teacher suspended for posting Charlie Kirk quote on Facebook files suit
It started like any other day in Michelle Mickens’ high school English classroom at Oglethorpe County High School in Lexington, Georgia, near Athens. While teaching poetry to 18 teenagers on Sept. 10, she made a bargain with the class: Work through the day’s lesson and instead of starting the next day’s work early, they’d have…
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Protecting Our Rights
Gains made toward full and fair voting rights and equal representation of Black and Brown voters are under assault, and the SPLC is fighting to protect them. Read about our voting rights policy priorities here. The dangerous and deceptive SAVE Act will make it harder for millions of Americans to vote. Learn more about who…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Rising health care costs threaten to become a crisis we can no longer ignore
In the Deep South, access to Medicaid is a crucial lifeline because the region has one of the highest percentages of people living in poverty in the United States. Medicaid’s primary purpose is to provide government-funded health insurance to people with low incomes and people with disabilities who cannot afford or do not have access…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Missouri Minutemen and white nationalist Active Club learning from each other
Investigative Update Summer 2025 A War of Ideas: The unrelenting propaganda of the Lost Cause mythology GoyimTV relies on other mainstream and extremist sites for hateful content A militia organizing in Missouri as modern-day minutemen has adopted a model of networking closely with white nationalist Active Clubs, providing a template for collaboration between such groups…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Killing of lawmaker spotlights Christian supremacy, political violence
The murders of a Minnesota legislator and her husband earlier this year highlight a modern hard-right movement rooted in Christian supremacy. In June, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered in their home. State Sen. John Hoffman of Minnesota and his wife were also wounded in an attack at their home. Vance…
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GoyimTV relies on other mainstream and extremist sites for hateful content
Investigative Update Summer 2025 A War of Ideas: The unrelenting propaganda of the Lost Cause mythology Missouri Minutemen and white nationalist Active Club learning from each other GoyimTV is one of the most prolific hate sites on the internet. It features thousands of videos espousing racist, antisemitic, misogynistic and other extremist content. The site, which…
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