An SPLC Data Lab investigation of anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-immigrant content on The Babylon Bee and its sister site, Not the Bee, has uncovered multiple controversial businesses formerly run by owner Seth Dillon, along with the identities of 14 pseudonymous Not the Bee writers, despite the website’s efforts to keep information secure.
An Alabama man who has been charged in connection with racist and antisemitic vandalism in Nashville, Tennessee, appears to associate with organized white power groups, a Hatewatch investigation has revealed.
Carley Stewart, former children’s librarian at Oconee County Library in Georgia, chose a book about entertainer RuPaul from the Little People, Big Dreams children’s book series to celebrate Pride month last year. Stewart said she chose the book because “it focused on celebrating your differences, how everyone's unique, and has something that makes them different. It told kids that you don’t have to sort of conform to this one specific idea.”
Every week, we highlight stories on extremism and the radical right from the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. Here are stories that caught our attention through June 7.
Every week, we highlight stories on extremism and the radical right from the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. Here are stories that caught our attention through May 31.
Thirteen federal judges sent a letter on May 6 to Columbia University president Minouche Shafik boycotting law clerks from the school and calling on the university to identify student protesters who participate in “campus disruptions” so “future employers can avoid hiring them.”
Every week, we highlight stories on extremism and the radical right from the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. Here are stories that caught our attention through May 24.
Ten years ago, a misogynist incel declared “war on women” before embarking on a deadly rampage in the beachside community of Isla Vista, California. On the evening of May 23, 2014, Elliot Rodger stabbed his two housemates and their friend to death before traveling to his ultimate target: a UC Santa Barbara sorority house. In his manifesto, he wrote that these women “represent everything I hate in the female gender.”
Every week, we highlight stories on extremism and the radical right from the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. Here are stories that caught our attention through May 17.
Amid ongoing campus protests advocating for a cease-fire in Gaza, a concerning trend has emerged: Right-wing activists, mainstream media, and politicians have begun to recycle decades-old antisemitic tropes to denounce the protests as inherently antisemitic.
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