Neo-Nazi Ex-Marine Buys Up Land in Rural Maine for 'Blood Tribe'

July 27, 2023

Jeff Tischauser

Since the beginning of 2023, neo-Nazi and ex-Marine Christopher Alan Pohlhaus has ramped up his efforts to create a white supremacist enclave in Maine by accumulating rural property, soliciting cryptocurrency donations on Telegram and embarking on a cross-country recruiting trip, according to messages Pohlhaus posted to Telegram.

Federal Court Blocks Implementation of Mississippi’s New Voting Law

July 26, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court has granted a request by Disability Rights Mississippi, the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, and three Mississippi voters to block S.B. 2358 — a newly implemented state law that...

Hatewatch

Speaker at ‘Unite The Right’ Rally Charged

July 26, 2023

Hannah Gais and Rachel Janik

Virginia authorities have arrested and charged a white nationalist once prominent in the “alt-right” for his involvement in a torchlit march the night before the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Hatewatch has learned.

Publication

U.S. Youth Attitudes on Guns Report

July 25, 2023

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New Report Reveals How America’s Gun Violence Crisis Affects Young People at Home, at School and in Communities

July 25, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Guns are the leading cause of death for children, teens, and young adults in the United States, but very little research has been conducted to understand how young people feel about and use firearms – until now...

Case Against Racially Gerrymandered Cobb County School Board Map to Move Forward

July 24, 2023

ATLANTA, Ga. — A federal court judge on Friday agreed with voting rights groups representing impacted individuals and organizations in Cobb County that a lawsuit challenging the racially discriminatory Cobb County School Board...

Features and Stories

Complaint details discriminatory impact of school closures in Louisiana parish

July 21, 2023

Esther Schrader

Exterior Washington Elementary School in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Arthur Castille, Paroled after 32 Years of Confinement in Louisiana Prison

July 21, 2023

LOUISIANA— More than 32 years after being sentenced to life without parole in Louisiana, Arthur Castille has been released from custody. “Arthur is truly deserving of the opportunity to come home. I am consistently impressed by...

Alabama District Attorney Dismisses Criminal Charges for Nonpayment of Trash Bills

July 20, 2023

VALLEY, Ala. — Following an investigation by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Alabama’s Fifth Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office has dismissed all cases involving nonpayment of trash fees in Valley, Alabama. The...

State Legislature Fails Louisiana Children, Parents and Doctors Yet Again