Law center: Hate groups in US at highest level in 2 decades
The U.S. had more hate groups last year than at any point in at least the past two decades, according to an organization that tracks white supremacists and other far-right extremists. The Southern Poverty Law Center said Wednesday that the 1,020 groups it counted in 2018 is the most since 2011 and the highest number since the center broadened its survey of such groups in the 1990s. Last year's tally also represents a 7 percent increase over the 954 groups that the Alabama-based law center counted in 2017. Heidi Beirich, director of the law ...
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