NEW ORLEANS – Last week, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor released a report critical of the Louisiana Department of Education’s (LDOE) oversight of special education services for students with disabilities. The systemic failures...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the Biden administration proposed a new administrative rule further restricting access for individuals seeking asylum in the U.S. If adopted, the rule would allow asylum officers to apply extremely...

ATLANTA — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) denounced Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s signing of Senate Bill 189 ( SB 189 ) into law. The bill’s provisions create significant challenges to voting rights and fair access to...

EATONVILLE, Fla. — Today, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named Eatonville, Florida, to its 2024 listing of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places . The annual ranking brings attention to sites that are...

ENGLISH VERSION MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced the launch of a bilingual voter engagement campaign to educate and energize young people of color in the Deep South as they own their...

(Lealo en Español en la parte de abajo) ATLANTA — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is mourning the tragic death of Jaspal Singh, a 57-year-old man from India detained at the Folkston ICE Processing Center, an...

WASHINGTON — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) joined the National Homelessness Law Center’s Housing Not Handcuffs coalition to rally in support of people experiencing homelessness as the U.S Supreme Court heard oral...

FLORENCE, Ala. — Project Say Something (PSS) , a Florence-based nonprofit organization dedicated to confronting racial injustice, is proud to announce a collaborative effort with the City of Florence to establish a new historical...

(Lealo en Español en la parte de abajo) JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Today, the Jefferson Parish School Board approved a settlement agreement to resolve a lawsuit challenging the district’s policy and practice of arbitrarily placing...

ROYAL, Fla. —  The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), on behalf of Young Performing Artists, Inc. , (YPAs) recently submitted a new petition to the National Park Service requesting a thorough review of Florida’s nomination of...

Montgomery, Ala. — Today, a coalition of civil rights, voting rights and disability rights organizations sued Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, Alabama’s 42 District Attorneys, and Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, a group of human and immigrant rights organizations submitted a federal civil rights complaint on behalf of individuals detained at the Winn Correctional Center, run by Immigration and Customs...