Toolkits, Guides, and How-tos
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
The Year in Hate and Extremism 2024
In 2024, the SPLC documented 1,371 hate and antigovernment extremist groups across the United States. These groups use political, communication, violent, and online tactics to build strategies and training infrastructure to divide the country, demoralize people, and dismantle democracy. In 2024, many groups attacked bedrock anti-discrimination by railing against “DEI.” Some actors used threats of…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Impact of Federal Cuts to Social Safety Net in Mississippi
Families across Mississippi are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. But the looming federal budget cuts will have an outsize effect on our state because federal funding is essential to supporting the basic needs of many Mississippians. Unfortunately, Mississippi is home to the highest…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Impact of Federal Cuts to Social Safety Net in Louisiana
Families across Louisiana are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. But the looming federal budget cuts will have an outsize effect on our state because federal funding is essential to supporting the basic needs of many Louisianians. Unfortunately, Louisiana is home to some of…
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Impact of Federal Cuts to Social Safety Net in Georgia
Families across Georgia are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. But the looming federal budget cuts will have an outsize effect on our state because federal funding is essential to supporting the basic needs of many Georgians. Unfortunately, Georgia is home to some of…
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Impact of Federal Cuts to Social Safety Net in Alabama
Families across Alabama are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. But the looming federal budget cuts will have an outsize effect on our state because federal funding is essential to supporting the basic needs of many Alabamians. Unfortunately, Alabama is home to some of…
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Impact of Federal Cuts to Social Safety Net in Florida
Families across Florida are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. But the looming federal budget cuts will have an outsize effect on our state, because federal funding is essential to supporting the basic needs of many Floridians. Unfortunately, Florida is home to some of…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
2025 Federal Policy Priorities
For over five decades, the Southern Poverty Law Center has worked to build a more just and equitable America, ensuring that all people — especially Black and Brown communities — can thrive. Through litigation, community mobilization and advocacy in Washington and across the Deep South, we advance policies that protect civil rights, provide opportunity and…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Trump Executive Order Ended the Prohibition on Private Federal Prisons
What does this executive order do? On Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump rescinded former President Biden’s executive order titled Reforming Our Incarceration System To Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities. Biden’s order had prohibited the Attorney General from renewing contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities. President Biden’s order was issued in…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Trump’s Executive Order Mandating Use of the Death Penalty
What does the executive order do? On Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety, which falsely claims that the death penalty is necessary to deter violent, lethal crimes. It specifically calls for the Attorney General (AG) to seek the death penalty for every federal…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Trump’s Executive Order on Antisemitism — Explained
Image at top: Protesters gather in Newark, New Jersey, after the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, who helped lead pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University. (Credit: VIEW Press via Getty Images)
