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Even high school reporters are facing censorship now

As teenage journalists deal with threats to their school newspapers, they’re calling in attorneys for back up

The Guardian - US · Sep 4

Indictments against a top extremism researcher and the SPLC force a reckoning on research ethics – an extremism scholar reflects on the field’s challenges

The August 2026 federal indictment of Heidi Beirich, a longtime researcher who studies political violence and the American far right, has provoked strong reactions within the professional community of extremism scholars.

The Conversation · Aug 31

White supremacists spin a Justice Department indictment against a hate-monitoring group to legitimize extremism and expand recruitment

In April 2026, a federal grand jury returned indictments charging the Southern Poverty Law Center with wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The Conversation · Aug 20

SPLC says Trump’s DOJ is waging a political vendetta over KKK informant program

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The Independent UK · Jul 8

Feds allege donor money paid for KKK robes in explosive case against SPLC

Attorney Abbe Lowell entered a plea on Tuesday to a superseding indictment that expands on accusations first made in April

The Independent UK · Jul 8

Hard-right groups have expanded their influence across US government, report finds

Southern Poverty Law Center releases report as US government pursues federal fraud charges against group

The Guardian - US · Jun 9

Southern Poverty Law Center floats sanctions against DOJ after unsigned indictment shared with media before being filed in court

The civil rights group claims the DOJ shared a draft version of a new indictment this week before the document was officially filed in court, ‘putting media strategy before the sacrosanct rules on grand jury secrecy’

The Independent UK · Jun 5

More on the Southern Poverty Law Center Allegedly Funding the American Nazi Party and Other Racists

"[The National Socialist Party of America leader] used [SPLC] donors' money to, among other things, travel to extremist rallies, host extremist rallies, donate money to leaders of other extremist organizations, recruit new members into his extremist organization, publish racist and extremist material for the purpose of recruiting new members, both…

Reason · Jun 4

Southern Poverty Law Center asks judge to throw out Trump’s ‘vindictive’ case against anti-hate group

The federal government launched a case against the longstanding group last month, alleging its payments to confidential informants defrauded donors

The Independent UK · May 27

Southern Poverty Law Center seeks dismissal of 'vindictive' Justice Department indictment

The Southern Poverty Law Center says a Justice Department indictment against the group is part of a “top-down” campaign of retribution against President Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies and represents a vindictive prosecution that must be dismissed

The Independent UK · May 26