Alabama man charged with threatening synagogues, mosques
Federal prosecutors charged an Alabama man who made multiple threatening calls and messages to Jewish and Muslim religious leaders across the South.
Extremism
Southern Poverty Law Center releases 2024 “Year in Hate and Extremism” Report
The SPLC identifies 1,371 extremist organizations nationally in 2024, noting a 25 percent increase in Alabama and mainstream infiltration of far-right ideologies.
Alabama white supremacists charged with trespass, burglary at nuclear power plant
An extremism researcher says the men's arrest at the site of critical infrastructure is deeply concerning.
SPLC and PERIL unveil resource to combat gender-based bigotry in youth
This critical guide provides tools to address and mitigate the influence of extremist ideologies on young people.
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See recent postsAmerica has trouble coming
A government operated by the worst, most incompetent people results in the worst, most incompetent government. Just ask Alabama.
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See recent postsAlabama’s crossroads: Business growth and political extremism in the balance
What the state is experiencing can be termed a "soft dictatorship" where one-party rule gradually becomes dominated by its radical wing.
SPLC releases 2022 “Year In Hate and Extremism” report
The SPLC found that there was a marked shift in extremism into mainstream discourse and onto “main street” in 2022.