How the SPLC's Biased 'Hate Map' Has Quietly Influenced Billions of Dollars in Corporate Giving

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which was recently indicted on federal charges for quietly paying more than $3 million to informants with several extremist groups, has been discreetly influencing corporate giving at more than 200 Fortune 1000 companies, according to a corporate watchdog.

While the SPLC's legal problems are only just beginning, conservatives have been sounding the alarm about the group's left-wing bias and undue influence for a long time. The SPLC was founded in 1971 and got its start investigating white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan, but has since expanded its focus to conservative and Christian organizations, which...