Friend,

Our annual Year in Hate and Extremism report chronicles the trends, agendas and strategies guiding hard-right activity. The data we gather is a crucial tool for advocates and communities working to prevent radicalization and counter white supremacy, disinformation and false conspiracy theories.

Your generosity makes this work — our shared pursuit of racial justice — possible. Will you make a special gift to the SPLC today to ensure the march for justice continues for generations to come?

The investigations and prosecutions related to the failed Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol have revealed just how close the nation came to a right-wing coup. In 2022, the SPLC documented how the hard right shifted its focus to hyperlocal campaigns intended to amplify the “fear and pain experienced by Black, Brown and LGBTQ+ communities” and “disrupt their ability to participate in an inclusive democracy.” That year, hate crimes significantly increased across the board, but Black, Latinx and LGBTQ+ people experienced an especially dramatic escalation in violence.

In 2023, it became clear that the two years since the Jan. 6 insurrection was a time of preparation for the hard right. Extremists and those opposing meaningful democracy have used the past year to legitimize insurrection, paint hate as virtuous and transform conspiracy theories into truth — all in preparation for one of the most significant elections in U.S. history.

In 2023, we tracked 1,430 hate and antigovernment groups across the U.S.

How can we use this information to relegate white supremacy out of the mainstream? And what can you do to support this work?

Our Intelligence Project researchers outlined these six actions critical to stopping hate:

1. Ensure that the planners and perpetrators of the deadly insurrection, and those who financed and inspired them to act, are held accountable, with serious consequences.

2. Fund safe, evidence-based academic research on prevention programs that promote social cohesion and community wellness.

3. Enforce existing federal and state hate crime laws and expand training for judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officials on alternative sentencing and restorative justice initiatives.

4. Protect voters and prevent political violence by issuing guidance promoting best practices, publicly tracking threats to elections officials and infrastructure and limiting guns at polling places.

5. Prevent the hiring, promotion or retention of law enforcement officials who actively promote unlawful violence, white supremacy or other biased policing and mandate an annual report on these actions.

6. Demand that social media companies not enable the funding or amplifying of white supremacist ideas or provide a haven for extremists.

We’re so glad you’re in this movement with us because we can’t do it alone. Will you make a special gift to help us keep fighting hate during this critical time?

Spreading the word about meaningful actions we can take right now brings us closer to a world where equity, justice and human rights are a reality for all. Thank you for your commitment to freedom, hope and our shared humanity.

Sincerely,

The Southern Poverty Law Center