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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Alabama town stops prosecutions for late garbage bills after SPLC advocacy
In the video: Marissa Davis of Chickasaw, Alabama, talks about the frustration of having her garbage collection suspended after she fell behind on her trash and sewage bills. (Credit: Hillary Hudson) Growing up in Detroit, José Young saw firsthand how easy it was for young people to end up on the wrong side of the…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
SPLC and Florida Legal Group Challenge Department of Corrections Attempt to Reclaim Excessive Force Settlement
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Florida Justice Institute (FJI) have filed a motion asking the Florida Department of Corrections to reconsider a lien it has imposed on an incarcerated person, because it is an unconstitutional attempt to recoup the proceeds of a civil rights settlement and filed fourteen years…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Advancing the SPLC’s New Strategic Direction
Since the June announcement of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s restructuring, we as executive leaders of the organization have received many questions about our vision behind the changes. We truly believe that the work of the SPLC will be strengthened by aligning the entire organization around our new strategic direction. In 2022, the SPLC adopted…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Report: Florida’s self-proclaimed ‘tough love’ policies hurt Black youth
Five years ago in Orlando, Florida, a 6-year-old Black girl named Kaia Rolle was arrested after throwing a tantrum in class. The viral video of her being escorted out of her school and into a police car, despite her tearful pleas for a second chance, illustrates Florida’s well-developed school-to-prison pipeline – policies and practices that…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Righting historic wrongs – the DOJ must fully decriminalize marijuana
Marijuana is now legal for recreational use in 24 states and for medicinal use in 38 states. But the federal government has been slow to catch up and still classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, putting it in the same category as heroin. Now, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
SPLC Reaffirms Commitment to End the Criminalization of Homelessness After U.S. Supreme Court Decision
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, and set a precedent for criminalizing people who are experiencing homelessness. Originally filed in 2018, Johnson v. Grants Pass was taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court as other states, including Georgia and Florida, have passed legislation that restricts sleeping or…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Alabama city offers people fresh start by forgiving minor municipal fines
Five years ago, when I met Sharon Motley in Montgomery, Alabama, her young grandson was doing backflips in her living room while she did mental gymnastics on the couch. Her driver’s license had been suspended for five years for minor traffic fines. She was turning over in her head how she could pay them off.…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
SPLC Condemns Biden’s Proclamation Limiting Access to Asylum
(Lealo en Español en la parte de abajo) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, President Biden announced a proclamation and interim final rule which together will severely restrict access to the asylum process. The new proclamation and rule will deny asylum to migrants who cross between ports of entry when fairly low daily numbers of crossings are…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
SPLC Condemns the Biden Administration’s Plan to Further Criminalize Migration at the Border
WASHINGTON — Last week, the Biden Administration announced its plans to increase the prosecution of immigration-related violations at the U.S. border, presumably through increased prosecutions of unauthorized entry and re-entry under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1325 and 1326. In addition to criminalizing people seeking asylum, these statutory provisions have explicitly racist and anti-Mexican origins. Over the…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Harmful Provision of Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Law
(Lealo en Español en la parte de abajo) MIAMI — A federal court today blocked Section 10 of Florida’s draconian anti-immigrant law, Senate Bill 1718. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice, American Immigration Council and the Southern Poverty Law Center successfully sought the preliminary injunction on behalf of the…
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