Extremism Headlines: Attacks on LGBTQ+ churches, Border Convoy rhetoric
Every week, the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project rounds up our recent work and headlines on extremism and the radical right that caught our attention through March 1.
View ArticleFirst Misogynist Incel Sentenced on Federal Hate Crime Charges
On Thursday Tres Genco was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison followed by five years on post-prison supervision for his 2020 plot to “slaughter” women at an Ohio university.
View ArticleBorder Battle in Context: Border Calls to Action Are Dangerous to Migrants,...
A recent call to action issued by the antigovernment group United Patriot Party of North Carolina (UPP NC) invited Americans to become border vigilantes alongside them in Eagle Pass, Texas. Such...
View ArticleAlliance Defending Freedom Accused by Ally of ‘Disingenuous’ Lobbying at...
In a Feb. 23 blog post, David Fowler, former Tennessee state senator and current president of Family Action Council of Tennessee (FACT), took aim at the lobbying efforts of anti-LGBTQ+ hate group...
View ArticleExtremism Headlines: Anti-LGBTQ lobbying, far-right outlet to close
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 March 8.
View ArticleFor CPAC Attendees, ‘America Is Under Attack’
National Harbor, Maryland – Activists at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this past month presented their movement as locked in an irrevocable, existential conflict with their...
View ArticleExtremism Headlines: Sovereign Citizen farmer, Far-Right Fraternal Order
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 March 15.
View ArticleExtremism Headlines: Ghana Anti-LGBTQ bill, SB4 and immigration rhetoric
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 March 22.
View ArticleAnti-Trans Rhetoric Helps the Right Pivot to Gun Violence Myths, Sell Guns
America is in the grip of a gun violence epidemic. On average, American young people know at least one person who has been injured or killed by a gun, according to a 2024 report from SPLC, Everytown...
View ArticleHow a Mainstream Racist Group Revived the Terroristic Tome 'Siege'
A foundation that sought to mainstream racist pseudoscience and pro-segregationist viewpoints established a publishing house that produced and promoted literature encouraging neo-Nazi terrorism,...
View ArticleExtremism Headlines: Nazi imagery on Army Patch, Arizona braces for election...
Every week, the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project rounds up our recent work and headlines on extremism and the radical right that caught our attention through March 28.
View ArticleGeorgia Non-Profit’s President, General Counsel Oppose LGBTQ+ Rights at...
Two ultra-conservative non-profit policy groups that frequently attempt to influence Georgia officials appear to be bolstered by the help of two people not registered as lobbyists, according to public...
View ArticleTexas Company Paid Extremist Group $20 million for Operation Lone Star Busing
A cache of documents related to Texas’ Operation Lone Star reveals that state contractor Wynne Transportation, LLC, paid over $20 million to an antigovernment extremist group to bus migrants in...
View ArticleKentucky Politician Claimed Jewish People ‘Promote White Genocide’ in 2017...
TJ Roberts, a politician from Boone County, Kentucky, claimed Jewish people promote “white genocide” in a private chat from 2017 that Hatewatch obtained.
View ArticleJudge Recommends Former ADF Attorney Be Disbarred, Law License Now Inactive
On March 27, a California judge issued a recommendation that former Trump Campaign attorney John Eastman be disbarred.
View ArticleExtremism Headlines: Uganda anti-LGBTQ law, Eastman disbarred, Politician...
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 April 5.
View ArticleExtremism Headlines: Book bans, conspiracy theories, FBI building attack
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 April 12.
View ArticleMixed Martial Arts Fighter in Montana Has Ties to the Far Right
A mixed martial arts fighter in Missoula, Montana, who appears to have three neo-Nazi tattoos on his chest and possible ties to a racist hate group, is sponsored by a far-right podcasting network whose...
View ArticleKentucky Politician Clarifies ‘White Genocide’ Comments
Kentucky politician TJ Roberts said he planned to endorse a white nationalist’s political platform, according to newly obtained text from a 2017 conversation, casting doubt on his explanation for...
View ArticleExtremism Headlines: God's Misfits, sovereign citizen trial, far-right fighter
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 April 19.
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