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As Italy quarantines over coronavirus, swans appear in Venice canals, dolphins swim up playfully | TheHill

“Nature just hit the reset button” in the suddenly clear waters of Venice canals and off the coast of a locked-down Italy.

Source: As Italy quarantines over coronavirus, swans appear in Venice canals, dolphins swim up playfully | TheHill

White nationalist hate groups have grown 55% in Trump era, report finds

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Southern Poverty Law Center warns of growing movement driven by ‘fear of demographic change’

White nationalist hate groups in the US have increased 55% throughout the Trump era, according to a new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and a “surging” racist movement continues to be driven by “a deep fear of demographic change”.

Nationally, there were 155 such groups counted last year, and they were present in most states. These groups were counted separately from Ku Klux Klan groups, racist skinheads, Christian Identity groups, and neo-Confederate groups, all of which also express some version of white supremacist beliefs.

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