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Fast Forward Southern Poverty Law Center adds Stephen Miller to its extremist list
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which documents hate across the United States, added a new entry to its list of extremists on Wednesday: White House senior advisor Stephen Miller. The organization wrote in its entry for Miller that the aide “is credited with shaping the racist and draconian immigration policies of President Trump.” It credits…
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Fast Forward Southern Poverty Law Center Leaves National Women’s March
(JTA) — The Southern Poverty Law Center and a major Reform synagogue in New York have disassociated themselves from this year’s Women’s March. Top leaders of the main organization have been accused of engaging in or condoning anti-Semitism, of not cutting ties with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and of failing to heed the…
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Fast Forward George And Amal Clooney Donate $1 Million To Fight Hate Groups
George and Amal Clooney are donating $1 million to the Southern Poverty Law Center to fund an initiative that will fight hate groups. George, an Oscar-winning actor and producer, and Amal, a prominent international lawyer and human rights activist, said in a statement that they were inspired to donate after witnessing events earlier this month…
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Fast Forward Under Pressure, Charity Website Decides To Pull SPLC ‘Hate Group’ Label
Guidestar, the online database that lists financial information on 1.2 million charitable organizations, has reversed a decision made in early June to apply the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) “hate group” designation to a handful of groups. Facing pressure from donors and conservative groups (including some which received the designation), Guidestar, itself a non-profit, announced…
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Fast Forward ‘Holocaust Revisionist’ Organization Upset At Being Labeled A ‘Hate Group’
A self-described group of “Holocaust revisionists” has taken issue with being designated a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Deir Yessin Remembered, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., says that its mission is to spread awareness about a 1948 massacre by Jewish militias that, by some estimates, killed more than 100 Arab villagers. However,…
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Fast Forward BREAKING: Neo-Nazi Sued For Anti-Semitic ‘Troll Storm’
A human rights group is suing the publisher of the internet’s biggest neo-Nazi website, alleging that he broke the law in the state of Montana by coordinating a campaign of anti-Semitic harassment against a Jewish real estate agent living in the town of Whitefish. Andrew Anglin, who runs the Daily Stormer website, launched the campaign…
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Breaking News Hate Groups Rose In 2016 — And Most Are Anti-Semitic
(JTA) — The number of hate groups in the United States rose in 2016, and most of them subscribe to anti-Semitic views, a civil rights group found. Last year, 917 hate groups were active, up from 892 in 2015, according to a report released Wednesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The SPLC released a list of…
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