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Corporate America, big tech, government, and the media all cite the Southern Poverty Law Center as an arbiter of hate, sometimes with serious financial and reputational consequences to the SPLC’s targets. Hotels, web platforms, and credit card companies have blacklisted those unlucky enough to land on the “hate list” – often due to their political opinions. Yet the SPLC is far from credible. Roiled by a racism and sexism scandal, the SPLC forced out its co-founder and key fundraiser. Frustrated by having been “part of the con,” former employees came clean about the group’s unscrupulous fundraising strategies – which include the much-vaunted list of “hate groups.” Some victims are fighting back, and the SPLC has had to pay out millions with more lawsuits on the way. Making Hate Pay explores the deep roots of the SPLC’s scandals, its enigmatic co-founder, the weaponization of its hate labeling, and why it matters for the future of free speech in America.