This week, 25 donor networks worth more than $1 billion launched the "Hate Is Not Charitable" campaign, to cut off funds from organizations marked as "hate groups" by the far-left smear factory the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Behind the campaign's catchy title lies a humongous problem: the SPLC routinely demonizes mainstream conservative and Christian groups as "hate groups," listing them with the Ku Klux Klan.
Amalgamated Bank, whose charitable foundation spearheaded the effort, did not respond to multiple requests for comment from PJ Media. PJM attempted to ask why the 25 donor networks trust the discredited smear factory, especially given its recent decision to fire its co-founder amid claims of sexual harassment and racial discrimination. A former employee took to the New Yorker to call the organization "a highly profitable scam." -- More...