The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. February 22, 2019 Record Number of Hate Groups Reported in U.S. --------------------------------------------- The Southern Poverty Law Center is reporting the number of hate groups in the United States has reached a record high of just over 1,000. The group says the number of hate groups has jumped by 30 percent since Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign in 2015. .