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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Federal budget cuts will hurt most Americans but make rich people wealthier
Editorâs note: This is the sixth story in the âCuts & Consequencesâ series about the effects that federal spending reductions would have on people living in the Deep South. When Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term in office on Jan. 20, he immediately began taking an ax to the countryâs regulatory agencies…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
April 2025 Trends, Rhetoric and Incidents of the Hard Right
The Southern Poverty Law Center works to dismantle white supremacy in public forums and online, exposes hate and anti-democracy extremism and counters disinformation and conspiracies with research and community resources. The Intelligence Project monitors and exposes white supremacy and its impact on communities. Male supremacy & Anti-abortion Extremism Antisemitic and Neo-Nazi efforts Conspiracy propagandism …
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Federal court ruling in Alabama case a victory for reproductive rights
A federal district court in Alabama last month issued a pivotal opinion prohibiting the Alabama attorney general from carrying out his threats to criminally prosecute people who help pregnant Alabamians leave the state to access abortion where it is legal. The court held that the threats violated the Yellowhammer Fundâs right to free expression and…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Opposing President Donald Trumpâs executive order targeting voting rights
The right to vote is a cornerstone of democracy; it safeguards all other rights. Yet recently we have witnessed systemic assaults to voting on several fronts. Last month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that unilaterally aims to upend voting as we know it. If implemented by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the order…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Diverse Coalition Calls for $825M in Federal Funding for Elections in FY26
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
The Federal Budget and Its Impact on the Social Safety Net, Explained
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Podcast platforms host Jake Shieldsâ antisemitism, bigotry and racism
Content warning: This article contains references to graphic antisemitic, racist, misogynistic and anti-LGBTQ+ language. Reader discretion is advised. A former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter turned podcast host is spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories, male supremacist bigotry and white nationalist beliefs to audiences on mainstream podcasting platforms, behavior that appears to violate their content moderation policies.…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Farmers not feeling the love as federal program cuts, tariffs threaten income
Editorâs note: This is the fifth story in the âCuts & Consequencesâ series about the effects that federal spending reductions would have on people living in the Deep South. Rafael Guerrero and his four brothers had worked as agricultural harvesters their whole lives. But as the world was coming out of its COVID-19 bubble in…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Victory in Georgia! State Senate authorizes rights restoration study committee
The Southern Poverty Law Center is honored to stand alongside the Rights Restoration Coalition of Georgia to celebrate a meaningful step forward: the Georgia State Senateâs passage of SR 429. This resolution establishes a study committee to examine the criminal legal systemâs impact on the disenfranchisement of Georgians. The lieutenant governor will appoint six state…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
âDebankingâ conspiracy theory movement is led by Christian dominionists
At a series of events in February 2024 at North Greenville University in South Carolina, a wealth manager named David Bahnsen talked about the relationship between Christianity and the financial market. Christiansâ influence in the marketplace, he said, âis exponentially greater than in the political sphere,â according to an article on the small Baptist universityâs…
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