President Obama and Congress recently took an important step toward closing the achievement gap in our nation’s schools and stemming the tide of students needlessly pushed out of class and into the school-to-prison pipeline.
Donald Trump’s call for a 'total and complete shutdown' of Muslims entering the United States is just the latest example of the extreme, anti-Muslim rhetoric that has reached a fever pitch this year.
The far-right backlash against our civil rights progress reaches the U.S. Supreme Court this week with two critically important cases that could dramatically set back efforts to achieve racial equality in our nation.
As we reflect on Rosa Parks’ historic act of defiance and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, we must recognize change comes only when people of conscience come together and demand justice.
The SPLC lawsuit will continue to seek damages on behalf of plaintiffs.
Transgender students thrive when school restroom policies respect their gender identity.
Students from Brooklyn’s Mary McDowell Friends School used a readathon to raise donations for the SPLC, but the young students’ dedication to civil rights reaches beyond one fundraiser.
They were sentenced to die in 1973 for a rape they didn't commit, but found freedom after Morris Dees and the SPLC took on the racially charged North Carolina case.
Far more common than incidents of police brutality in schools are the everyday encounters with police that result in suspensions, expulsions and arrests that criminalize ordinary children.
Nearly 300,000 visitors have passed through the doors of the center created by the SPLC to deepen people’s understanding of the civil rights movement.
