Extremists Links: Number of Hate Groups Decline, Proud Boys Membership Surges

The number of SPLC designated 'hate groups' in the U.S. decreased for a third straight year in 2021, however membership surged in the right-wing gang the Proud Boys.

Daniel Devlin, president of the New York Chapter of the Oath Keepers. (Image: Sharon Cantillon / Buffalo News)

The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.

White Supremacists, Militia Movement, and Extremists

• Number of hate groups declined in 2021, but Proud Boys chapters surging, says SPLC [PBS NewsHour]

• How far-right militia groups found a foothold in deep-blue California [The Washington Post]

• Distribution of white supremacist propaganda is increasingly coordinated [NPR]

• Building on anti-mask activism, far-right groups pivot from mandates to midterms [The Washington Post]

• U.S. intelligence report details 'indirect' Russian government support for Western neofascist groups [Yahoo! News]