Mark Potok is director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project, which monitors extremist activity across the United States. Rage on the Right, the organization’s new report on the growth of extremist groups can be read at www.splcenter.org.

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David Barton’s Make-Believe Version of American History

Despite the fact that he has no academic training in history or related fields at all, Barton has become the go-to man for much of the religious far right.

Hate Groups Spread Lies and Kill Cops

Law enforcement officials say the number of violent encounters with anti-government “sovereign citizens” is rising.

Misrepresenting Occupy Wall Street

Even the Anti-Defamation League denies that the Occupy movement is infused with anti-Semitism, but ultra-conservative pundits are sticking with that non-story anyway.

America the Vulnerable

Violent right-wing extremism is surging, but the Department of Homeland Security is scaling back intelligence units that might catch the next Timothy McVeigh before it’s too late.

Islamophobia is Un-American

A small coterie of highly vocal activists, using angry rhetoric and xenophobic propaganda, are stoking this rage.

Heritage of Shame

Events celebrating secession are effectively glorifying the South’s defense of slavery and the white supremacist doctrine that underpinned it.

They Say They Want a Revolution

Right-wing extremists are on the rise.

    David Barton’s Make-Believe Version of American History

    Progressive Charlestown (RI) | August 26, 2012

    David Barton’s Make-Believe Version of American History

    The Liberty (TX) Vindicator | August 21, 2012

    Hate Groups Spread Lies and Kill Cops

    The Xenia (OH) Daily Gazette | March 17, 2012

    Hate Groups Spread Lies and Kill Cops

    The (Price UT) Sun Advocate | March 13, 2012

    America the Vulnerable

    The (Price UT) Sun Advocate | June 28, 2011

    America the Vulnerable

    The Marysville (CA) Appeal-Democrat | June 27, 2011

    America the Vulnerable

    YubaNet | June 27, 2011

    Islamophobia is Un-American

    The Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times | April 13, 2011

    Islamophobia is Un-American

    Liberal Opinion Week | April 12, 2011

    Islamophobia is un-American

    YubaNet | April 11, 2011

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