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May 5, 2026
Edith Olmsted
DOJ Walks Back One of Todd Blanche’s Main Accusations Against SPLC
Blanche initially claimed the Southern Poverty Law Center had not shared information with law enforcement.
April 28, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
SPLC Debunks Justice Department Lie on “Secret” Informant Program
The Southern Poverty Law Center says the Trump administration knew all along about its work with paid informants.
April 28, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Deranged Trump Rants Edited Out of
60 Minutes
Interview After Shooting
CBS news didn’t air some particularly troubling rants from President Trump in its interview following the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.
April 24, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Claims SPLC Lawsuit Is a Sign He Actually Won the 2020 Election
Donald Trump seems to think that this lawsuit vindicates one of his longest-running conspiracies.
April 23, 2026
Matt Ford
The Justice Department Sides With the Ku Klux Klan
The administration’s vindictive targeting of the Southern Poverty Law Center is yet another mask-off moment.
April 21, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
DOJ Launches Criminal Probe Into Southern Poverty Law Center
The prominent civil rights group warned it could face criminal charges for its past use of paid informants on extremist organizations.
August 12, 2020
Ian Allen
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Danielle Christmas
Donald Trump’s Coded Message to White-Nationalist “Accelerationists”
Far-right extremists may be souring on Trump as a political leader, but he’s resolutely making the world a better place for the worst among them.
April 4, 2018
Stephanie Russell-Kraft
The Rise of Male Supremacist Groups
How age-old misogyny morphed into an explicit ideology of hate
October 17, 2017
Sarah Jones
How Trump Stole the Soul of the Values Voter Summit
This weekend's annual gathering was evidence that the religious right never had much quarrel with far-right populism.
March 20, 2017
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Sarah Posner
Amazing Disgrace
How did Donald Trump—a thrice-married, biblically illiterate sexual predator—hijack the religious right?
April 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump is already leaving an ugly mark on the lives of American children.
March 5, 2013
Chuck Thompson
Is Racism Worse in the South?
John Roberts's question frames the Voting Rights Act case. Too bad there's no answer.
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