U.S. hate groups down, but hate still up

The number of active hate groups in the U.S. declined for a second straight year in 2020, but levels of hate remained as extremists moved to online networks, according to the Southern Poverty Law Centre (SPLC)


NUMBER OF HATE GROUPS IN U.S.* 	Total 	White nationalist

1,018: Spike after election of Barack Obama, first black U.S. president

1,020: Reaches all-time high under President Donald Trump

926  932  1,002       1,007 939  784  892  917  954       940  838
112  134  136   147   134   126  113  87   85   100  148  155  128
2008 2009 2010  2011  2012  2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020


Department of Homeland Security has warned that U.S. could face heightened threat of domestic extremist violence from people angry at Trump’s election defeat and inspired by storming of Capitol building on Jan 6


*Designated by SPLC


Sources: Associated Press, Reuters, SPLC 
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