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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Alabama youth used advocacy to rise above after unjust school suspension
There aren’t many people who can say that they’ve had an audience at the United Nations. But at 20 years old, CJ Jones has done it twice — on two different continents. Last year, he flew from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Geneva, Switzerland, to address the U.N. Permanent Forum on People of African Descent with a delegation…
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New York politics used to promote misinformation, hard-right war against Muslims
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 Sovereign citizens put public servants and safety professionals at risk Anti-Muslim and hard-right activists used Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign and subsequent election as mayor of New York City…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Goyim Defense League spreads hate through disruption and harassment
The Goyim Defense League (GDL) spreads virulent antisemitic and racist harassment through stunts that it characterizes as pranks. Nevertheless, its members have sometimes faced civil and criminal charges in the United States and Europe related to their targeting of religious, ethnic and sexual minorities. GDL founder Jon Minadeo II, who also uses the pseudonym “Handsome…
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Goyim Defense League
Goyim Defense League (GDL) is a white supremacist group that engages in antisemitic harassment that it casts as pranks. Its members have harassed Jewish people in the streets, “zoombombed” public meetings with antisemitic slurs and rhetoric, filmed themselves with antisemitic signs outside a Nazi concentration camp, used racial slurs against children, marched alongside other white…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Appeal to Heaven: The flag of Christian supremacy
The Appeal to Heaven flag has a long history in the United States. Commissioned by George Washington, it has flown in front of government buildings. Today it is a major symbol and internet meme among Christian supremacists, as well as opportunists in and out of government. Right-wing politicians took up this symbol after its use…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
November 2025 Intelligence Project Dispatch: Trends and incidents of the hard right
The Southern Poverty Law Center works to dismantle white supremacy in public forums and online, exposes hate and anti-democracy extremism, and counters disinformation and conspiracy theories with research and community resources. The Intelligence Project monitors and exposes white supremacy and its impact on communities. Conspiracy propagandists Anti-LGBTQ+ movement Anti-immigrant/anti-Muslim activity Male supremacy Confederate monuments Militia…
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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 New York politics used to promote misinformation, hard-right war against Muslims The United States has hundreds of…
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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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