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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Defending against hate and extremism, SPLC safeguards democracy, civil rights
Since our founding almost 55 years ago, the Southern Poverty Law Center has been at the forefront of the fight to protect and expand civil rights in the Deep South. We have done this through litigation, legislation, public education and other forms of advocacy. One of the main ways we have actively confronted hate and…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Gullah-Geechee culture, once isolated, now on the brink as world encroaches
Editor’s note: This is the first story in the “Gullah-Geechee vs. Greed” series about the fight to preserve the last of the Black communities on these islands of the southeast Atlantic coast. From the outside, Bobby Grovner’s house on Sapelo Island, Georgia, is a humble but neat affair, its freshly mowed lawn roughly abutting the…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Truth, poverty and democracy on display as tour gets underway in Mississippi
The morning of Sept. 30 in downtown Jackson, Mississippi, was beautiful. It was also uplifting as some three dozen “pilgrims” began the second annual Truth, Poverty and Democracy Tour at the Mississippi State Capitol. The tour, organized through the efforts of Waikinya Clanton, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Mississippi state office and her…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
SPLC sees rising tide of violence as Hate Crimes Awareness Month kicks off
The deluge of hate crimes in the U.S. has accelerated in the last few years. But the scariest part of the constant roar of violence and mayhem is the knowledge that a large portion of those acts goes unreported. That is why the Southern Poverty Law Center has named October as Hate Crimes Awareness Month.…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Network Radio spreads antisemitic conspiracy theories
Network Radio is a far-right conspiratorial media platform founded by Fadi Malkosh. Known primarily for producing podcasts and livestream content centered on antisemitic themes, the platform claims to promote critical thinking and independent journalism. In 2024, the group held its first JP (Jewish Problem) Conference, which brought together antisemites, white supremacists and conspiracy theorists who…
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E. Michael Jones promotes antisemitism and Holocaust denial
E. Michael Jones is the founder of Fidelity Press and editor of Culture Wars magazine. A self-proclaimed Catholic intellectual, Jones is best known for promoting virulent antisemitism cloaked in religious rhetoric and pseudo-academic language. His work advances conspiracy theories alleging Jewish control of media, government, finance and culture. In recent years, he has become a…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Network Radio
Network Radio is a far-right conspiratorial media platform founded by Fadi Malkosh. Known primarily for producing podcasts and livestream content centered on antisemitic themes, the platform claims to promote critical thinking and independent journalism. In 2024, the group held its first “JP [Jewish Problem] Conference,” which brought together antisemites, white supremacists and conspiracy theorists who…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
E. Michael Jones
E. Michael Jones is the founder of Fidelity Press and editor of Culture Wars magazine. A self-proclaimed Catholic intellectual, Jones is best known for promoting virulent antisemitism cloaked in religious rhetoric and pseudo-academic language. His work advances conspiracy theories alleging Jewish control of media, government, finance and culture. In recent years, he has become a…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Hate Crimes Awareness Month
The FBI’s most recent hate crime report identified 11, 679 hate crime incidents in 2024 , the second most since the bureau started collecting the data in 1991. While the FBI’s annual report documented a small decrease in hate-fueled crimes from 2023, they continue near-record high levels of reported bias-motivated violence and vandalism. To highlight this alarming…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
SPLC rolls out second annual Mississippi Truth, Poverty and Democracy Tour
For three days in October 2024, a bus crisscrossed the Mississippi Delta region carrying dozens of community leaders, legislators and representatives from aid groups, bringing them into rural communities where people who most need their services and leadership live. That Southern Poverty Law Center outreach effort was so successful — and the challenges facing people…
