Reports
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Report: Shelby County v. Holder continuously harms voting rights in Deep South
>> Read our latest report, an update on an 11th year without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act << The U.S. Supreme Court’s Shelby County v. Holder decision changed the landscape of voting rights in the Deep South as we know it. This landmark opinion dismantled the preclearance process of the Voting…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Policy to Prevent, Expose, Counter and Remedy Hate and Antigovernment Extremism
Effective and strategic policies are crucial, but we cannot legislate, regulate, tabulate or prosecute racism, hatred or extremism out of existence. These policy recommendations are but one piece of the larger effort to counter extremism. Policy Recommendations to Address Hate and Antigovernment Extremism By Michael Lieberman Speak Out and Act Against Hate, Political Violence and…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Hate Strategies Exposed
Hate on Main Street Jeff Tischauser and Lydia Bates Hate groups descended into public spaces across the U.S. in 2022 to protest against LGBTQ inclusive programming, reproductive rights and classroom discussions of systemic racism. Whether hate groups were responding to calls for action from mainstream far-right groups or were directing their membership themselves, protests attacking…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Trends and Threats of Hate & Antigovernment Extremism
As Militia Numbers Decline, Antigovernment Threat Persists By Freddy Cruz The Southern Poverty Law Center identified 61 active militia groups throughout the United States in 2022. This is a decline from the 92 active militia groups identified in 2021. This decrease in active paramilitary groups took place at a time when several antigovernment militants face…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Assault on Inclusive Education and How We’re Fighting Back
Returning to the Schoolhouse Steps, Extremist Groups’ Reactionary Anti-Student Inclusion Efforts By Maya Henson Carey A group of Southern women are standing outside of a school, protesting changes while yelling derogations and obscenities at a child they do not want to attend the school. The only so-called threat this child poses is that, in one…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Introduction: 2022 The Year in Hate and Extremism Comes to Main Street
From the Director By Susan Corke Two weeks after the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, I joined SPLC to lead its historic work to track, expose and counter hate and extremism in the United States. With our democracy in crisis and the danger of former President Trump’s “big lie” exposed, I was hopeful both parties’…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
The Fiscal Consequences of Private School Vouchers
Report documents explosive growth in voucher spending in seven states and its impact on public education
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
The Year in Hate & Extremism 2021
Monitoring over 1,500 active extremist groups and dismantling their influence – promoting safety and justice nationwide.
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy (Third edition)
Although the Civil War ended more than 150 years ago, 2,089 Confederate memorials can still be found throughout the United States and its territories.[1] Despite these numbers, there has been progress in removing Confederate symbols of hate and white supremacy. Public opinion is changing as more people learn about the cause of the Civil War—slavery—and…
