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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
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SPLC Files Application for Appeal Against Cobb County School District for Inappropriate Expulsion of Student
COBB COUNTY, Ga — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed an application for discretionary appeal with the Georgia Court of Appeals in an ongoing student expulsion case. SPLC client, K.B., is a Black student with a disability who was expelled for alleged behavior that occurred outside of school, under the Cobb County School…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
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SPLC President Condemns Continued Attacks on U.S. Department of Education by Trump Administration
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang strongly condemned the executive order from the Trump Administration calling on Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. “This executive order shows the administration’s disdain for the well-being and future success of our nation’s children and for all people…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
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SPLC Launches Campaign to Encourage Voter Turnout in Local Elections in Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama
New Interactive Card Game Aims to Boost Youth Voter Education Campaign MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), relaunches The South’s Got Now | Decidimos, a bilingual voter engagement campaign to encourage voter engagement and turnout by uplifting the importance of local elections in the Deep South and young people’s vital role…
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SPLC Announces Appointments of New Executive Vice Presidents
Montgomery, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is pleased to announce the appointments of Erika Mitchell as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Jennifer Riley Collins as Executive Vice President and Chief of Programs and Innovation. Both will report to Margaret Huang, the President and CEO of the SPLC. Erika Mitchell…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
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SPLC Slams Reckless Funding Bill as an Attack on Working Families
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, Congress passed a harmful FY 2025 Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government. SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang discusses the impacts of the CR on funding for programs and services essential to everyday Americans: “This Continuing Resolution is a blatant attack on the country’s economy and on the American people,” said Margaret…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
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SPLC President Condemns Actions to Dismantle the U.S. Department of Education by Firing Half the Workforce
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang strongly condemns the latest actions from the Trump Administration dismantling the U.S. Department of Education: “The Trump Administration’s latest attempt to destroy the U.S. Department of Education by going around Congress and firing its workforce is an attack on every…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
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SPLC Commemorates 60th Anniversary of Selma Bridge Crossing
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) marks the 60th anniversary of the Selma Bridge Crossing. This historic event celebrates the lives and contributions of civil rights activists and martyrs who braved Jim Crow, violence, and bigotry to demand equal voting rights for Black Americans in the South and across the nation.…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
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SPLC Denounces the Renaming of Fort Moore and Other Military Bases
MONTGOMERY, Ala — Yesterday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reverted the name of Fort Moore, Georgia, to its previous name, Fort Benning. The Army base was originally named after Confederate General Henry L. Benning. This is the second military base that has been renamed by the Trump administration. “Secretary Hegseth’s unilateral actions stand in sharp contrast to the…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
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SPLC Applauds Reintroduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) welcomes the reintroduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) by Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-07). This bill, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the historic passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), aims to restore, strengthen and modernize…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
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Tenant Files Litigation Against Louisiana Justice of the Peace Courts Over Unfair Eviction Practices
BATON ROUGE, La. — A class-action complaint has been filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the National Housing Law Project (NHLP), and civil rights attorney Bill Quigley on behalf of a tenant in Baton Rouge. The group is seeking a declaration that Louisiana law creates an unconstitutional financial incentive for justices of the…