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Violence Caused by Far-Right Extremists Has Surpassed That Caused by Domestic Jihadists, Study Says
A report by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that domestic terrorism is a bigger threat to Americans than political violence from abroad, and that a lot of it has more to do with antigovernment ideology and rightwing hatred than with radical Islam.
Indian Workers Awarded $14M In Post-Hurricane Katrina Trafficking Case
The men paid up to $20,000 each to their recruiter, some selling all they had to make the trip. But they never got the promised green cards — getting trapped instead in what advocates called “one of the largest labor trafficking cases in US history."
Judge Says Gay Conversion Therapy Is Consumer Fraud in Groundbreaking Ruling
A judge has declared that conversion therapy — the practice of "curing" gay people through counseling — is fraud because it falsely defines homosexuality as a disorder.
Apple Pulls White Power Music From iTunes; Why Haven’t Google and Amazon Done the Same?
The Southern Poverty Law Center's ongoing investigation got one music retail giant to make a change, but what about the others?
How the Ku Klux Klan Helped Republicans Win Voters in the US South
Academics say that the KKK had a long-lasting impact on political views, and votes, four decades after the movement's popularity had peaked.
A KKK Member Is Starting a Racially Inclusive Klan Chapter in Montana
John Abarr says it’s time for the Klan to open its membership to all races to prove it’s not a white supremacy group.
‘Want Some Klandy?’ The Ku Klux Klan Launches a Nationwide Propaganda Push
The KKK hopes that anti-immigration sentiment and concern over the recent border crisis will help swell its ranks.
This Small Prison in Rural Alabama Is One of the Most Violent Places in America
St. Clair Correctional Facility has seen three fatal stabbings in the past ten months.
White Supremacists Screw With Easter, Put Hate Messages in Eggs
Filling plastic eggs with racist slogans was an apparent attempt to revive the stillborn White Man March after its failure last month.
A Holiday Gift Guide for Bigots
It's Christmas time. And just because you're a piece of shit with repellant views doesn't mean you shouldn't get to enjoy the season too. Here are our pick of gifts available from "hate groups," as designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center.