Friend,

For more than 50 years, the SPLC has been tracking, exposing and countering hate and antigovernment extremism in America. Our annual Year in Hate and Extremism report provides a comprehensive analysis of the groups upholding white supremacy in the United States and their contemporary strategies, activities and agendas.

The newly released Year in Hate and Extremism report warns of intensifying hate and antigovernment groups built on the oppression of Black people, women, immigrants, Jews, Muslims, and Latinx, low-income, Indigenous and LGBTQ+ communities. More than anything, this report uncovers the playbook these groups and their leaders have used to undermine civil and human rights over the past year. They have meticulously prepared the groundwork for an authoritarian takeover and a more deeply divided nation.

You’re an important part of an anti-hate movement that spans our nation — a movement of good-hearted people who will not rest until equity and justice is a reality for all. Please make a special contribution today to help the SPLC fight hate and extremism during this critical time.

These are the top takeaways you need to know:

• We documented 835 active antigovernment groups (compared to 702 the previous year) and 595 active hate groups (compared to 523 the previous year).

• Among those groups were the highest number of both active anti-LGBTQ and white nationalist groups ever recorded by the SPLC.

• Increasing numbers of elected officials and influencers on the far right are turning to conspiracy and theocracy in their politics.

• There has been a coordinated resurgence of attempts to keep education shackled to a narrow, authoritarian version of Christianity. In 2023, we documented 297 active Moms for Liberty chapters.

Far-right extremists and those opposing inclusive democracy spent the last year legitimizing insurrection, painting hate as virtuous and transforming conspiracy theories into mainstream narratives — all in preparation for one of the most significant elections in U.S. history.

Our report documents record numbers of white nationalist and anti-LGBTQ+ groups and shows an intensifying effort by antigovernment extremists to undermine democratic institutions, especially at the local level. Communities of color, immigrant communities, minority faith communities and LGBTQ+ communities are all targeted by and experience the negative effects of hate-filled rhetoric and antigovernment conspiracies through actions such as banning books, protesting drag story hours and using school boards as political battlegrounds.

The report also shows a disturbing rise in male supremacy. In 2023, we identified nine anti-abortion extremists, as part of the male supremacist hate group designation, including Operation Rescue and End Abortion Now. The year Roe was overturned, the National Abortion Federation documented a 913% increase in incidents of stalking, a 538% increase in clinic obstructions and a 133% increase in bomb threats targeting abortion providers and clinics.

The SPLC is the preeminent organization tracking and exposing hate groups. Taking on the most hateful factions in our country is critical to dismantling white supremacy and advancing the civil rights of all people. But we can’t do it alone.

Thank you for your outstanding commitment to equity, justice, and human rights for all.

Sincerely,

Your friends at the Southern Poverty Law Center