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SPLC Celebrates $17.3 Million Appropriation for Hungry Kids in Alabama’s Education Budget
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) applauds Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signing bills SB112 and SB113 last week, approving $10 million in continued funding to its Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (Summer EBT) funding for nutritional assistance while schools are on break. An estimated 545,000 additional children in Alabama will have access to…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Baez v. Dixon
The Southern Poverty Law Center and Florida Justice Institute filed federal and state lawsuits on behalf of an incarcerated man who suffered abuse at the hands of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC). Following a settlement awarded to the man for his injuries, FDC enforced a six-figure lien against him. The suits argue that FDC’s…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Strongly urge HUD to withdraw the 2025 Interim Final Rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
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Louisiana Advocates Urge Congress to Reject Drastic Cuts to Federal Assistance Programs
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Mississippi Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Reject Drastic Cuts to Federal Assistance Programs
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Florida Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Reject Drastic Cuts to Federal Assistance Programs
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Georgia Advocates Urge Congress to Reject Drastic Cuts to Federal Assistance Programs
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Alabama Advocates Urge Congress to Reject Drastic Cuts to Federal Assistance Programs
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School system in Louisiana still failing to educate students with disabilities
Terra Boyd, a former New Orleans-area teacher, has spent the past two years of her retirement fighting for her grandson against his public charter school. The school, she says, has failed to educate him under the terms of his Individualized Education Program (IEP) — a violation of federal laws for children with disabilities. Boyd even…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Trump Executive Action on the Census, Explained
Image at top: In a photo from June 27, 2019, demonstrators gather at the Supreme Court as the justices finish the term with key decisions on gerrymandering and a census case involving an attempt by the Trump administration to ask everyone about their citizenship status in the 2020 census. (Credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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