India, May 28 -- A new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that the number of white nationalist, hate and anti-government groups across the United States dropped in 2024.
In all, 1371 hate and anti-government extremist groups exist in the country, a 5 percent decline from the previous year.
These groups use political, communication, violent, and online tactics to build strategies and training infrastructure to divide the country, demoralize people, and dismantle democracy, says SPLC in its annual 'Year in Hate & Extremism' report.
In 2023, the nonprofit civil rights organization tracked 835 anti-government groups and 595 hate groups, totaling 1,430 hate and extremist groups.
In 2024, many hate and anti-government groups atta...