Emboldened by President Trump’s rhetoric, white supremacist groups have increased their distribution of flyers and banners in public spaces across the country, spreading racist and antisemitic propaganda and seeking to recruit new members.
The SPLC joined other advocacy organizations and elected officials today in demanding change to a Georgia state law that prohibits local communities from removing Confederate monuments.
As our nation grapples with yet another mass shooting we must look closely at why this hate-fueled violence is contaminating our society.
The SPLC today announced the release of Change the Terms, a set of policy recommendations to help social media and other internet companies reduce hateful activities on their platforms.
Robert E. Lee was a slaveholder who led an armed rebellion against the United States to keep people enslaved.
It doesn’t take the infiltration of a hate group meeting or a deep dive into extremist chat rooms to be exposed to white nationalist ideas.
In the two days since he was implicated as a co-conspirator in a federal crime, the president – with the help of his allies in the right-wing press – has fallen back on his most basic political strategy: stoking racial resentment and fear.
Another Trump administration official has been consorting with a white nationalist.
