Southern Poverty Law Center

THE CENTER IS DEDICATED TO FIGHTING HATE AND BIGOTRY AND TO SEEKING JUSTICE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY. USING LITIGATION, EDUCATION, AND OTHER FORMS OF ADVOCACY, THE CENTER WORKS TOWARD THE DAY WHEN THE IDEALS OF EQUAL JUSTICE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WILL BE A REALITY.

Recent News About Southern Poverty Law Center

Terry Newsome and U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.).

Non-profit

Newsome reacts to SPLC amid federal indictment: ‘Calling us domestic terrorists while they’re paying the f***ng KKK’

On April 21, a federal grand jury in Alabama indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on charges including wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy. Prosecutors allege the SPLC funneled more than $3 million between 2014 and 2023 to individuals tied to groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations and National Alliance through shell entities, while misleading donors about how funds were used.

April 30, 2026

Two different mages of Jeff Tischauser emerge from the University of Wisconsin (left) and his X account (right).

Business

Pro-Antifa Tischauser allegedly worked with DuPage County Dems to target vocal parents

Jeff Tischauser, a Chicago-based senior research analyst for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), has taken aim at parent activists like Terry Newsome for supporting conservative causes.

March 11, 2025

Schools

Parent accused of being 'terrorist' for standing up for children finds irony in SPLC claiming its attorney unfairly accused of terrorism in Atlanta

DOWNERS GROVE – Southern Poverty Law Center, which calls peaceful protesters like Terry Newsome of Downers Grove terrorists, declared its staff attorney Thomas Jurgens innocent after police arrested him on a terrorism charge at a flaming protest in Atlanta.

March 10, 2023