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- Dismantling White Supremacy
April 2026 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. Anti-democracy efforts Tech and extremism Anti-immigrant activity Anti-Muslim activity Militia and…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
These books deliver the flavors and vibrancy of Arab American Heritage Month
Arab American authors steep their novels and books for young readers in the scents, tastes, textures and colors of exotic foods, lush dream landscapes and a soulful longing for native lands. But their novels are also filled with characters who fall victim to political and family strife and prejudice, are confused over identity and face…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Unwanted: A lawsuit and the resurgent hateful language of ‘conversion therapy’
Anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) scored a victory in late March when the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated a 2019 Colorado law to ban so-called “conversion therapy” or “sexual orientation change efforts” (SOCE) for minors. Both are umbrella terms for a dangerous and discredited set of psychological interventions that reinforce the…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
University of Alabama closes student magazines, prompting free speech lawsuit
On the Monday following Thanksgiving, University of Alabama (UA) graduate student Gabrielle Gunter opened a text message from the Office of Student Media (OSM). It was the first week of December, a time college students refer to as dead week, when they begin a staggered shuffle back to the graveyard of emptied buildings and dormitories…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Association for the Preservation of the Eatonville Community, Inc. v. School Board of Orange County, Florida
The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a new lawsuit against the school board of Orange County, Florida, on behalf of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (PEC) to protect the Robert Hungerford Preparatory High School property. The lawsuit alleges that the Orange County School Board is selling that historic land after secret negotiations in violation of…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Amid attacks on history, there’s hope countering the Confederacy’s ‘Lost Cause’
This April, five states recognize Confederate History Month. Ironically, the practice of dedicating a “Confederate History Month” erases the true history of the Confederacy — that Confederates fought explicitly to protect white supremacy and the practice of enslavement — rather than remembering it. Confederate History Month began in seven former Confederate states in 1994. In…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
A timeline of events in Eatonville, Florida
Founded in 1887 during Reconstruction, Eatonville, Florida, was one of the first towns in the U.S. to be incorporated by people who were freed from slavery. The community near Orlando is one of fewer than 200 Black settlements that became all-Black incorporated communities with autonomous Black city governments. Today, “The Town That Freedom Built,” is…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Georgia Must Take These 12 Steps to Adequately Fund Elections
Over the course of this series, we have shown how insufficient state funding puts Georgia’s election infrastructure at risk. This research has been grounded in interviews with a diverse array of election supervisors from counties large and small, across the state. We have learned that elections in the state would significantly benefit from state funding…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
New HUD rule could push millions of families with low incomes out of their homes
President Donald Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a proposed rule earlier this month that would cut housing benefits and worsen housing stability for families working hard to make ends meet. It would allow housing programs to impose burdensome and unnecessary paperwork in the form of work reporting requirements and new time…
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Cliff Kincaid
Claiming to be a media watchdog, Cliff Kincaid is an unrepentant conspiracy propagandist for hard-right causes, but reserves a special vehemence for attacking the LGBTQ+ community, which he says is destroying the American way of life.
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