EXCLUSIVE: SPLC's 'far-left' 'anti-racism' curriculum found in classrooms as early as kindergarten: watchdog

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Steve Harrigan reports on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) being accused of funding extremist groups and facing a DOJ indictment for financial fraud. EXCLUSIVE: As the liberal activist organization Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) faces federal fraud charges, an education watchdog warns that the group continues to integrate its "far-left content and materials" into classrooms as early as kindergarten in more than 40 states across the U.S. Nicole Neily, president of Defending Education, which was once labeled an "extremist" group by SPLC, told Fox News Digital that "unbeknownst to parents, the Southern Poverty Law Center has been poisoning pupils’ minds around the country for years with its toxic curriculum." Defending Education published a new exposé detailing how an SPLC education program called "Learning for Justice" (formerly "Teaching Tol