

Nation Mar 14

The center's president said in a statement that Morris Dees' employment had been terminated but did not give a specific reason for his departure.
By Kim Chandler, Associated Press
Nation Oct 31

To people who study extremism, the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's digital footprint was a sign of a disturbing trend.
By Joshua Barajas
Nation Aug 15

On Monday, a judge handed down the last in a series of prosecutions stemming from a 2013 probe that targeted members of various white supremacist gangs, including the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, selling drugs in the north Texas area.
By Joshua Barajas
Nation Aug 13

The Charlottesville white nationalist rally, along with the associated deaths and injuries linked to it, follow a nationwide increase in hate crimes in the past year. Within 10 days of Donald Trump’s election, the Southern Poverty Law Center tracked 900…
By PBS NewsHour
Jun 12

By Lisa Marie Pane, Associated Press
Experts says these militia groups could be a potential powder keg, if those feelings of having a kindred spirit in Trump erupt into a sense of betrayal if the president fails to deliver on his promises.
In 2015, the couple shouted racial slurs and made armed threats outside a child's birthday party, according to court documents.
Nov 15

By PBS NewsHour
Hate crimes were up 6.8 percent last year, including a 67 percent increase toward Muslim-Americans, according to new FBI statistics. To discuss factors that have led to a surge, Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Rizwan Jaka of All Dulles Area Muslim…
Some Americans are wearing safety pins as a symbol of solidarity with victims of racism, homophobia and religious discrimination.
Aug 08

Last September, a federal court in Alabama ruled that the disciplinary practices used by the Birmingham Police Department toward high school students were unconstitutional. The police department’s appeal will be heard next month. Ebony Howard, the lawyer who filed the…
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