SPLC testifies before congressional hearing on financing of domestic terrorism
The SPLC’s Lecia Brooks testified yesterday before the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy about how technology companies can disrupt the operations of hate groups. We’ve been pressing internet companies to create policies to ensure that their social media and payment platforms aren’t used by white nationalists and other extremists to promote hate, raise funds and spread radicalizing propaganda that can lead to domestic terrorism.
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Miller emails mirror white nationalist propaganda
In the latest installment of our exclusive series about leaked emails written by White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, we reveal messages he sent to Breitbart News that echo the so-called “great replacement” theory – the notion that white Americans are being systematically replaced by nonwhite immigrants. White supremacist terrorists in recent years have cited this idea to justify acts of violence.
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SPLC sues Trump administration over family separations
We’ve filed suit in federal court on behalf of two immigrant parents separated from their children at the U.S. border. Our suit describes how the government deliberately terrorized these families under a cruel policy intended to deter future migrants from entering the United States.
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News You Should Know 

Border Patrol is detaining asylum-seeking families at a Texas facility for longer than the law allows (BuzzFeed News) 

Monsey Rabbi who survived Hanukkah attack speaks out against antisemitic violence (NBC New York)

‘A blood bath’: 5 dead as gang violence rocks Mississippi prisons (The New York Times)

Modern day debtors prison? Mississippi makes people work to pay off debt (Clarion Ledger)

The legacy of 1619: Columbia Law explores the impact of slavery on the American legal system (Columbia Law School)

The 2020 census is on the way. Here’s what to expect (USA Today)