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Join @Tolerance_org's Maureen Costello as she participates in a panel discussion on "The Spread of Hate and Racism: Confronting a Growing Public Crisis" @HarvardChanSPH on Feb. 13, at 11:30 a.m. EST. The event will be live streamed. @pritheworld & @wgbhhttps://bit.ly/2Bpmsft 

Borrowers need protections from predatory lenders, not the other way around. @CFPBDirector should fulfill the Bureau’s mission to protect consumers, instead of giving breaks to loan sharks #StopTheDebtTrap #ProtectConsumershttps://bit.ly/2THyUhC 

At the border, customs officers ask questions: "Who are you? Where are you from? Where are you going? Why?" "I always simply answer 'American' to the citizenship question. But what I really want to say is that I’m a fronterizo. I’m from both sides."https://bit.ly/2GoiWWa 

Brandy Cooke didn't know the friend she was driving was wanted in a drug case. The cops never found drugs on her or the car. What they found was $4,670 in tips from her serving job. They kept it. This is an all-too-common story of civil asset forfeiture:https://bit.ly/2GneVRE 

President Trump has opened the White House doors to extremism, not only consulting with hate groups on policies that erode our country’s civil rights protections but enabling the infiltration of extremist ideas into the administration’s rhetoric & agenda.https://bit.ly/2UBQW5f 

Nearly one-third of people incarcerated in CA have a mental illness. "That is a sad state of affairs...that only when you get locked up does it become a priority to get you treatment." "It’s our own fault...for not having a good mental health system."https://bit.ly/2TtlK81 

Jerry Smith remembers driving past William Lewis Moore, who was walking toward Jackson along U.S. Highway 11 to deliver a letter urging integration to the governor. Moore was killed 2 days later. Now, thanks to Smith, an historical marker will honor him.https://bit.ly/2GoMYJf 

Native American communities were harmed during the #shutdown. Not only were 240,000 Native Americans employed the federal government out of work, the government did not fulfill its obligations to provide basic services, such as health care.https://abcn.ws/2GjvjTn 

The man who killed 11 Jews in a house of worship in Pittsburgh was radicalized on Gab, a social media network adopted by the racist so-called “alt-right”. We need to take seriously the threat of domestic extremism in this country.https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/28/analyzing-terrorists-social-media-manifesto-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooters-posts-gab …

President Trump has tried before to make political hay out of violence allegedly perpetrated by immigrants. One family rejected his anti-immigrant rhetoric & refused to let him use their daughter to obfuscate the crisis his administration manufactured.https://www.splcenter.org/news/2019/01/12/weekend-read-ask-laura …

It’s a myth that immigrants are a burden on our economy, are violent, or commit crime at higher rates than native-born Americans. None of that is true. The president should know better.https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/spring-2011/ten-myths-about-immigration …

Yes, there is a crisis at our nation’s Southern border — one this administration has manufactured. It's a direct result of the president’s relentless war on asylum seekers and his refusal to comply with the law.https://www.splcenter.org/news/2019/01/08/speech-tonight-trump-won%E2%80%99t-talk-about-real-crisis-%E2%80%93-asylum-seekers-being-denied-rights …

We need sweeping criminal justice reform. The #FirstStepAct did nothing for nearly 9/10 people incarcerated or under supervision in the US — those in state prisons, on parole or probation, in local jails, and in prison-like detention centers.https://www.splcenter.org/news/2018/12/20/splc-statement-bipartisan-passage-first-step-act-criminal-justice-reform-bill …

We’ll be paying close attention to President Trump tonight during the #StateOfTheUnion. We hope he stops telling lies about immigrants to stoke fear and resentment and learns from the suffering he's caused. But we’re not naïve.https://www.splcenter.org/news/2019/02/05/we%E2%80%99ll-be-paying-close-attention-state-union-address …

Through litigation, legislative advocacy and education, we'll continue working to end systematic voter suppression and to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to make their voice heard at the ballot box. #msleghttps://www.splcenter.org/our-issues/voting-rights …