The Year in Hate & Extremism 2022
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 the ascent of the hard right is not inevitable. We can push back against this rising authoritarianism and turn the tide.
Illustration by Kasia Bojanowska
Contents
- From the Director
- Hate and Extremism — In the Mainstream and on the Main Street
- Building New Networks To Address Targeting of Young People
- Returning to the Schoolhouse Steps, Extremist Groups’ Reactionary Anti-Student Inclusion Efforts
- Protecting Public Education: Support Our Schools
- Understanding Youth Radicalizing and Firearms Narratives To Build a Safer Future
- As Militia Numbers Decline, Antigovernment Threat Persists
- Old Bigotries Melded With New Conspiracies Burgeon White Christian Nationalism
- American Antisemitism Animates the Hard Right
- The Sheriffs Working to Subvert Democracy
- Hate on Main Street
- Alt-tech Sites Continue to Provide Safe Haven for Hard-Right Extremists
- Policy Recommendations to Address Hate and Antigovernment Extremism
Introduction: 2022 the Year in Hate and Extremism Comes to Main Street
The Assault on Inclusive Education and How We’re Fighting Back
Trends and Threats of Hate & Antigovernment Extremism
Hate Strategies Exposed
Hate and Anti-Government groups Map
Policy to Prevent, Expose, Counter and Remedy Hate and Antigovernment Extremism