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Credit ehrlif / Adobe Stock The Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights watchdog, says it has identified 25 hate groups in the state of Michigan for its 2020 annual "Hate Map" report. Among those groups is the Christ the King Reformed Church in Charlotte, Michigan. The churchs pastor, Bret McAtee, has maligned a panoply of persons and groups, including LGBTQ individuals, feminists, non-Christian immigrants, whom he calls "Christ-haters," other pastors, and people who support diversity, wh...

12 Feb 2021 Indiana’s Valparaiso University announced it is dropping its team name, the Crusaders, because “hate groups” often embrace the word to describe themselves. The college said it was canceling its team name and all logos and mascots associated with it in a Thursday statement. “The negative connotation and violence associated with the Crusader imagery are not reflective of Valpo’s mission, and values, which promote a welcoming and inclusive community,” interim president Cole...

From Washington DC to Wall Street, 2021 has already seen online groups causing major organised offline disruption. Some of it has been in violation of national laws, some in violation of internet platforms’ terms of service. When these groups are seen to cause societal harm, the solution has been knee-jerk: to ban or “deplatform” those groups immediately, leaving them digitally “homeless”. But the online world is a Pandora’s box of sites, apps, forums and message boards. Groups bann...

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New data released this week shows 68 hate groups are being tracked right now across Florida.The states list stayed about the same from last year, even as other states saw a decline.Researchers say, across the country and here in Florida, hate and extremism are not declining. Rather, they are spreading further -- online -- instead of through formal groups.Several suspects arrested in the deadly U.S. Capitol riot are from Florida. Among them is a known organizer of the Proud Boys.There are f...

And from the record-high 1,020 in 2018, which the report attributes to Donald Trumps presidency. That doesnt mean there are fewer racist and xenophobic ideologies in the United States.  It just means these hate groups are turning to online platforms, especially amid the pandemic. That also makes the groups harder to track. "Whats most important is that the threat from extremist groups has gone up," Southern Poverty Law Center President Margaret Huang said. "And so actually, what its telling us...

The Southern Poverty Law Center, an Alabama-based organization that tracks racism and xenophobia, says it identified 838 active hate groups operating across the...

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A federal lawsuit seeking that Facebook block militias and hate groups from using the site after they used the platform to draw armed people to anti-police brutality protests...

Holocaust educator: Capitol riots should serve as wake-up call WISN 12s Adrienne Pederson spoke to Samantha Abramsen on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Share Updated: 6:45 PM CST Jan 27, 2021 Holocaust educator: Capitol riots should serve as wake-up call WISN 12s Adrienne Pederson spoke to Samantha Abramsen on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Share Updated: 6:45 PM CST Jan 27, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY, 12 NEWS�...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Black Voices for Black Justice Fund Announces Awards to 19 Black Activists Working to Advance Racial Justice January 26, 2021 GMT WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 26, 2021-- In the wake of white supremacists attempting to overthrow the federal government and Black Americans continuing to be disproportionately affected by the pandemic and economy, a new racial justice fund is doubling down on its suppor...