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Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center Makes Millions Trafficking Hate
The Center has gotten rich in part thanks to its "hate map," which smears many good people.
The SPLC Is Massively Overcounting 'Hate' Groups—and It's Not Just Moms for Liberty
At this rate, the Southern Poverty Law Center's notorious hate map might eventually describe everyone as an extremist.
Support Encryption for Everybody or Place Your Faith in Government Snoops
Government agencies have repeatedly proven themselves to be abusive.
Study Finds More School Arrests In Florida After the State Doubled The Number of Police in Schools
There were four times as many incidents of physical restraint against students the year after Florida doubled the number of police in its schools.
Democrats Unveil Policing Reform Bill
The bill includes many items on police reformers' wishlists, but it would also pump more federal money to police departments instead of shrinking their budgets.
Serving 12 Years for Possessing a Cellphone—Unless the Coronavirus Gets to Him First
Some places are releasing nonviolent offenders during the COVID-19 outbreak. Mississippi won't free a man who failed to hand in his phone.
Poynter Institute's Retracted List of Fake News Sites Was Written by SPLC Podcast Producer
Media watchdogs should not outsource their fact-checking to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The Southern Poverty Law Center Is Both a Terrible Place to Work and a Place That Does Terrible Work
Top executives are departing amidst reports of racial and sexual harassment.
Alabama's Biased, Punitive, and Expensive War on Marijuana Is Ruining Lives
Black people in Alabama are more than four times as likely to be arrested for a marijuana offense, according to a new report.
The Southern Poverty Law Center's Apology to Maajid Nawaz Is Bad News for Free Speech
Frivolous defamation lawsuits undermine the First Amendment.
Spotify Partners with the Southern Poverty Law Center to Purge 'Hate Content' from Its Music
A well-intentioned new policy threatens the violent, angry music we know and love.
Southern Poverty Law Center Calls Cinco de Mayo Festivities 'Textbook Cultural Appropriation'
"Mexican culture cannot be reduced to tacos, oversized sombreros and piñatas." True, but those shouldn't be off-limits either.
Southern Poverty Law Center Scraps Its Anti-Muslim Hate List
But its illiberal tactics against liberal Muslim reformers remain extremely troubling.
The Intellectual Poverty of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Branding dissenters as haters undercuts its effectiveness.
The Southern Poverty Law Center's Hateful Agenda
The outfit's silly hit jobs against intellectual opponents only discredit it
Can You Trust Trump to Use Domestic Terrorism Resources to Go After White Supremacists?
The threat of domestic terrorism is frequently used to crack down on dissent.
ACLU Sues Louisiana Parish for Alleged Bail Extortion Scheme
A civil rights lawsuit says a state judge and a private company are effectively holding defendants for ransom.
The Southern Poverty Law Center Is Counting Extremists Again
Do its numbers tell a story?
Don't Rebrand the 'Countering Violent Extremism' Program—Just End It
The question shouldn't be which groups the program ought to target. It's whether the program should exist at all.
Police Union Objects to 'Black Lives Matter' Shirts Being Sold on Amazon
FOP president calls the products "offensive," wants them removed.
Has Donald Trump's Election Really Caused a Staggering Increase in Schoolyard Bullying?
The Southern Poverty Law Center says yes, predictably.
The Southern Poverty Law Center Has Little Authority to Claim Trump Has Driven Up School Bullying Rates
Trump is definitely a bully, but are things really that bad in American schools?
Trump Effect? School Bullying Isn't Increasing, But Hillary Clinton Wants to Spend $500 Million Fighting It
Clinton and Co. blame Trump from a rise in bullying that may not even be happening.
Sen. Bob Casey Wants to Ban Gun Sales to "Anyone Reasonably Suspected to be Guilty" of Misdemeanor Hate Crimes
One need only be suspected of an ineffective "feel-good law" to be deprived of rights.
On the Radio Today: Jesse Walker, Mark Potok, and Michael Wood Debate Conspiracy Theories
On WHYY in Philadelphia from 11 to 12 ET
The Southern Poverty Law Center Strikes Again
What should we make of the SPLC's annual count of "hate groups" and "anti-government groups"?
Alabama Cops, Confederate Flags, Racism, and an Over-Eager Media
Despite unsubstantiated claims that police planted evidence on black men, credible accusations of systemic racism and police malfeasance remain.
How Common Are Church Arsons?
More common than you probably think, less common than they used to be
Three Strange Claims in Mother Jones's Report on the 'Rise of Right-Wing Extremism'
Taking a closer look at the data
Deeply Confused Newsweek Story Compares Republicans to Timothy McVeigh
The weekly gets both the past and the present wrong.
Department of Homeland Security
Exclusive: Here is the New Homeland Security Report on 'Sovereign Citizen Extremist' Violence
Does it live up to CNN's hype about domestic right-wing terror? You decide.
The Killer, the Reporter, and the Southern Poverty Law Center
Reporter interviews source about murderer, doesn't ask about murderer's apparent fondness for source's organization.
MSNBC Host Looks at Boston Bombings, Sees Opportunity to Discuss 'Radical Libertarian Agenda'
Alex Wagner's comfort zone
FBI Video Shows Man Admitting to Attacking Group for Anti-Gay Marriage Views
Opened fire at Family Research Council headquarters after classification by Southern Poverty Law Center
Southern Poverty Law Center Finds Fewer Militias, Hypes Militia Threat Anyway
Fearmongering with the SPLC
Talkin' John Birch History Blues
Them Birchers they was comin' around/They was in the air/They was on the ground.