Hate groups are not good for business in Lancaster County. Let's make it clear that their presence isn't welcome here. [editorial]
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We’d like Pennsylvania to be No. 1 in, say, state education funding (it’s not close). Or in national sports championships.
Nowhere in the nation had more white supremacist propaganda in 2021 than Pennsylvania, according to an annual assessment published by the Anti-Defamation League. The organization reported 473 instances of white supremacist propaganda being distributed in the state last year. That's almost double what the ADL reported in 2020 and close to 100 more than the 375 cases reported in Virginia, the state with the second-highest levels of white supremacist propaganda.
Numerous reports of racism and discrimination have been reported across Pennsylvania.