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SPLC hate group census

The Southern Poverty Law Center's annual hate group census and its methodology for tracking hate groups

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Feb 7, 2026

What standards do organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center use to label rhetoric as extremist or hateful?

and similar watchdogs label rhetoric “hate” or “extremist” by looking at an organization’s or individual’s stated principles, the public statements of leaders, and observable activities and materials ...

Feb 7, 2026

What methods do organizations like the SPLC and independent trackers use to identify and count KKK or other extremist groups?

Organizations such as the compile lists and counts of chapters and other extremist groups by applying a combination of definitional criteria, public-record research, field reporting and digital monito...

Jan 29, 2026

Which Texas counties currently have the highest number of hate groups according to the SPLC hate map?

interactive Hate Map shows dozens of organizations operating in , and state-level tallies put Texas among the states with the most listed groups (54 in the SPLC’s reporting cited by ) . However, the s...

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