Hate groups on the rise

The number of radical hate groups rose significantly last year in what civil rights advocates described as a nearly unprecedented increase spurred by sharper political rhetoric and the growth of the Internet. There were 14 percent more hate groups in 2015 than in 2014, according to a new annual count released Wednesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The number anti-government “Patriot” groups, which were considered in a different category, also rose by 14 percent/ The Hill . More here .