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Idaho Indian Tribe Drops Ted Nugent Citing Rocker’s Racist Legacy
By Bill Morlin Less than seven hours after being asked about the racist legacy of rock entertainer Ted Nugent, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe of American…
How Child Abuse Primes the Brain for Future Mental Illness
By Maia Szalavitz Child maltreatment has been called the tobacco industry of mental health. Much the way smoking directly causes or triggers predispositions for physical…
Five Teachers Awarded 2014 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching
Founded in 1991 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance is dedicated to reducing prejudice, improving intergroup relations and supporting equitable school experiences for our…
SPLC report: Bundy ranch standoff was highly coordinated, reflecting threat of larger far-right militia movement
The standoff between federal agents and armed supporters of a Nevada rancher earlier this year was a highly coordinated effort by far-right militiamen that has…
Teaching Tolerance announces recipients for national education award
The SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance project announced today the five recipients of the 2014 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching – a biennial award given to K-12 educators nationwide…
Impacting Social Issues by Supporting the Healthy Development of Children and Families
Child abuse and neglect affects over 1 million children every year. Child abuse and neglect costs our nation $220 million every day. Fortunately, organizations…
Schoolhouse lessons confront small-town racism
Dayton is a picturesque little burg tucked in the southeastern corner of Washington state. With just over 1,000 families, it is 93 percent white. When…
Why We Need Boys Town
Why do we need Boys Town? Hundreds of thousands of children in the U.S. lose their childhood to poverty, gangs, homelessness and abuse, through no…
Remembering Vincent Chin: The Passion and Agony of a Community
I don’t know why I didn’t do it this year. Maybe because it’s too painful, and rounded-year anniversaries give us an easy excuse to let…
“Orange Is the New Black’s” trailblazing portrayal of foster care
In this excerpt from a new Salon.com article, which takes a look at how the hit show “Orange is the New Black” is “trailblazing in…
Thank You for Supporting the D.C. Metro Community Through Do More 24
Update: Thank you to everyone who participated in the Do More 24 day of giving event. Thanks to you, just over $1 million was raised…
SPLC Hatewatch: Miller’s Crossing
MARIONVILLE, Mo. – The troubled Miller boys are buried side-by-side, a few yards from the two-lane blacktop that cuts through the middle of the cemetery…