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Civil rights groups urge US Department of Education to investigate children’s rights violations at Louisiana’s Angola prison
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‘Make Things Right’: Florida activists grapple with revelations about Klan leader
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Centering community healing on second anniversary of Atlanta spa shootings
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SPLC recognizes International Day to Combat Islamophobia
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Federal judge rules that Alabama laws criminalizing homelessness are unconstitutional
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Idaho Lawmaker Tammy Nichols Pals With Extremists
Third-term Idaho state Sen. Tammy Nichols has associated publicly with several extremists in recent weeks, first posting a photo of herself at a GOP fundraising event with a white nationalist YouTuber she praised as “amazing,” and last week appearing on the show of a far-right livestreamer to promote a state House bill that would criminalize the administration of COVID-19 vaccines.
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'Alt-Right' Disinformation King Faces Trial
Jury selection started today in the trial of 33-year-old Douglass Mackey, a man who prolifically spread hate and politically charged disinformation under the pseudonym “Ricky Vaughn” during Donald Trump’s political rise.
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‘Legal Lynching’: ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws reflect legacy of white supremacist vigilantism in Deep South
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Florida sheriff’s office settles lawsuit over illegal detention of US resident
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‘Absolutely Bonkers’: Inside Infowars’ Money Machine
The text messages from Alex Jones’ phone show how Infowars sowed hatred, fear and lies, while also selling products to its audience, some at markups as high as 900%.
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‘We Are Moving’: SPLC officials join thousands to commemorate Bloody Sunday march
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CPAC Hosted Convicted Sex Offender Amid Calls To Protect Children
A convicted sex offender manned a booth at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) as featured speakers told the crowd it was conservatives’ duty to protect children from the threat of “transgenderism” and “sexualization.”
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Nick Fuentes Holds Racist Conference Across From CPAC
White nationalist Nick Fuentes booked a hotel across the street from the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the National Harbor for a racist, post-CPAC conference Saturday.
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Congresswoman, activists honor John Lewis by laying wreath at Civil Rights Memorial
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‘Good Trouble Quilts’: Civil Rights Memorial Center exhibit celebrates John Lewis
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Mainstreaming Hate: Anti-LGBTQ Family Research Council Hires Republican Ex-Congressman
Republican former Rep. Jody Hice of Georgia has joined the Family Research Council (FRC) as a senior adviser to the anti-LGBTQ hate group’s longest-serving president, Tony Perkins. FRC helped launch the religious right as an overt political movement in the 1980s and remains one of the largest anti-LGBTQ organizations in the U.S. Hice described working for the anti-LGBTQ hate group as a “personal mission.”
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‘Day of Reckoning’: Nikole Hannah-Jones among speakers at Alabama conference on Black women’s health disparities
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Constitutional Sheriffs Chief Runs Online Radio Station Featuring White Supremacists
Sam Bushman, the CEO of the antigovernment Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), defended running white-nationalist broadcasts on his online station, Liberty News Radio (LNR), during an extended, often-meandering telephone conversation with Hatewatch on Feb. 21.
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‘Justice Prevailed’: Federal court approves settlement of lawsuit challenging immigration raid
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Railroaded: Residents of predominantly Black Georgia community fight back against train proposal
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