The origins of the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense can be traced back to 2013. Its founding members formerly belonged to the New Black Panther Party and are acolytes of Khalid Muhammad and ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi (ACLU-MS) filed a class action complaint challenging Mississippi’s Safe Solicitation Act, which criminalizes ...

This rhetoric threatens democracy at its core, since it encourages white Christians to disregard feelings for others who ...

Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a motion in federal court to dismiss the charges against the SPLC based on vindictive prosecution. The motion argues that the charges brought ...

Voting rights groups will challenge Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ overtly partisan congressional map all the way to the Florida Supreme Court, if necessary, after a circuit court judge declined to stop ...

Two teenagers in San Diego appeared to have been inspired by leaders and figureheads associated with the now defunct Atomwaffen Division.

Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama blocked the state’s attempt to move forward with the 2023 congressional map that dilutes the power of Black voters. The Southern ...

In 2022, SPLC documented 1,225 hate and antigovernment extremist groups across the United States. Extremist ideas that mobilize these groups now operate more openly in the political mainstream. But ...

After decades of trying to insert his distinctive brand of Christian fundamentalism into mainstream politics, Chuck Baldwin appears to have given up trying to infiltrate Capitol Hill and moved instead ...

Thousands of people massed in front of the white marble steps leading up to the Alabama Capitol. Demonstrators stretched down ...

Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) mourns the loss of former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, who served Massachusetts in elected office for 32 years. Frank was one of the first openly gay members ...