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Foreign workers at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina were charged recruitment, travel and housing fees that pushed their wages below the minimum required under the H-2B guest worker program.
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The SPLC today launches a series of reports about the activities, principals and funders of Stormfront, the Internet’s largest white supremacist website.
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President Obama’s visit to Alabama today to discuss proposals to rein in predatory lenders underscores the need to regulate an industry the SPLC has found traps low-income people in a crushing cycle of debt.
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As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of the Selma-to-Montgomery March, we should rededicate ourselves to the cause with a renewed sense of urgency and the determination of those who marched the 54 miles to the Alabama Capitol.
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Watch SPLC Founder Morris Dees speak to thousands of people who gathered at the Alabama Capitol after reenacting the final, triumphant day of the Selma-to-Montgomery March.
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver tackled the issue of modern-day debtors’ prisons by featuring the story of an SPLC client – a grandmother who ended up behind bars after struggling to pay traffic tickets.
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The Florida Supreme Court confirmed this week what experts and parents have long known: Children are fundamentally different from adults. Recognizing this fact is critically important in Florida, a state where more than 10,000 children have been prosecuted as adults in the last five years without a judge’s input.
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The SPLC and a coalition of other civil rights groups have vowed to continue fighting for poultry and meatpacking workers following the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s refusal to create safeguards to protect them from crippling repetitive motion injuries.
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As managing attorney in the SPLC’s Mississippi office, Jody Owens has seen firsthand the devastation wrought by the “school-to-prison pipeline” that funnels vulnerable children into the harsh world of police, courts and prison cells. He explains this civil rights crisis and the path to reform.
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Here’s why we urged U.S. senators to reject legislation that would restrict the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship.
