Active U.S. Hate Groups

The Southern Poverty Law Center counted 932 active hate groups in the United States in 2009. Only organizations and their chapters known to be active during 2009 are included.

All hate groups have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.

This list was compiled using hate group publications and websites, citizen and law enforcement reports, field sources and news reports.

Hate group activities can include criminal acts, marches, rallies, speeches, meetings, leafleting or publishing. Websites appearing to be merely the work of a single individual, rather than the publication of a group, are not included in this list. Listing here does not imply a group advocates or engages in violence or other criminal activity.

Map can be found here.

Pentagon Tightens Supremacist Ban after Southern Poverty Law Center Urging

The Pentagon has revised its policy prohibiting active-duty personnel from participating in hate groups. As the SPLC pointed out for years, the previous policy allowed soldiers to engage in a range of supremacist activities. The revised regulations will finally allow the military to root out racial extremists like airman and neo-Nazi Robert Lee West

Full artice can be found here.