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Rosa Parks鈥 defiance 鈥 and the boycott it fueled 鈥 can teach us in this moment
Each year hundreds of visitors, many of them young students, travel to Montgomery, Alabama, to visit the Rosa Parks Museum at Troy University. There they learn how, on Dec. 1, 1955, Parks鈥 refusal to vacate her seat for a white passenger on a crowded city bus would spark a movement, one that helped usher in…
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10 great reads that highlight Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott
On Dec. 1, 1955 鈥 70 years ago today 鈥 Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. Parks鈥 arrest led to the 381-day Montgomery bus boycott, the first major event of the Civil Rights Movement. The boycott began on Dec.…
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Goyim Defense League spreads hate through disruption and harassment
The Goyim Defense League (GDL) spreads virulent antisemitic and racist harassment through stunts that it characterizes as pranks. Nevertheless, its members have sometimes faced civil and criminal charges in the United States and Europe related to their targeting of religious, ethnic and sexual minorities. GDL founder Jon Minadeo II, who also uses the pseudonym 鈥淗andsome…
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Appeal to Heaven: The flag of Christian supremacy
The Appeal to Heaven flag has a long history in the United States. Commissioned by George Washington, it has flown in front of government buildings. Today it is a major symbol and internet meme among Christian supremacists, as well as opportunists in and out of government. Right-wing politicians took up this symbol after its use…
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November 2025 Intelligence Project Dispatch: Trends and incidents of the hard right
The Southern Poverty Law Center works to dismantle white supremacy in public forums and online, exposes hate and anti-democracy extremism, and counters disinformation and conspiracy theories with research and community resources. The Intelligence Project monitors and exposes white supremacy and its impact on communities. Conspiracy propagandists Anti-人兽性交+ movement Anti-immigrant/anti-Muslim activity Male supremacy Confederate monuments Militia…
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Sovereign citizens put public servants and safety professionals at risk
Investigative Update Summer 2025 A War of Ideas: The unrelenting propaganda of the Lost Cause mythology GoyimTV relies on other mainstream and extremist sites for hateful content Missouri Minutemen and white nationalist Active Club learning from each other New York politics used to promote misinformation, hard-right war against Muslims The United States has hundreds of…
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Harmful 鈥榯rans shooter鈥 myth widely promoted after Charlie Kirk killing
In the immediate wake of Charlie Kirk鈥檚 killing on Sept. 10, right-wing influencers and outlets promoted disinformation about trans people and the alleged perpetrator鈥檚 gender identity. As the Southern Poverty Law Center has previously reported, this follows a trend whereby far-right propagandists use high-profile incidents of gun violence to push the myth of a 鈥渢rans…
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Georgia teacher suspended for posting Charlie Kirk quote on Facebook files suit
It started like any other day in Michelle Mickens鈥 high school English classroom at Oglethorpe County High School in Lexington, Georgia, near Athens. While teaching poetry to 18 teenagers on Sept. 10, she made a bargain with the class: Work through the day鈥檚 lesson and instead of starting the next day鈥檚 work early, they鈥檇 have…
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Missouri Minutemen and white nationalist Active Club learning from each other
Investigative Update Summer 2025 A War of Ideas: The unrelenting propaganda of the Lost Cause mythology GoyimTV relies on other mainstream and extremist sites for hateful content Sovereign citizens put public servants and safety professionals at risk New York politics used to promote misinformation, hard-right war against Muslims A militia organizing in Missouri as modern-day…
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Killing of lawmaker spotlights Christian supremacy, political violence
The murders of a Minnesota legislator and her husband earlier this year highlight a modern hard-right movement rooted in Christian supremacy. In June, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered in their home. State Sen. John Hoffman of Minnesota and his wife were also wounded in an attack at their home. Vance…
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