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SPLC, Gwinnett SToPP Respond to School Discipline Changes in Gwinnett County

August 24, 2022

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga.– Last week, the Gwinnett County Board of Education announced critical changes to its student discipline process. Historically, Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) has relied heavily on long-term suspensions...

SPLC and ACLU-AL Appeal Hudson v. Ivey to Keep Judgeship in Jefferson County

August 23, 2022

MONTGOMERY – On Monday, August 22nd, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama (ACLU-AL) appealed Hudson v. Ivey to overturn the case’s earlier dismissal. Hudson v. Ivey challenges the...

SPLC’S MARGARET HUANG: SUMMIT TO ADDRESS HATE VIOLENCE & EXTREMISM AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO UNIFY THE NATION

August 19, 2022

WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center’s President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement on today’s announcement by the White House that President Biden will host the United We Stand Summit next month. “We...

Court Allows Georgia To Criminalize Line Relief During 2022 Election But Acknowledges Anti-Voter Law Negatively Impacts Free Speech

August 19, 2022

ATLANTA, GA - Last night, Thursday August 18th, a federal judge denied a motion from voting rights organizations for a preliminary injunction against Georgia’s ban on line relief due to a perception that changing the rules may...

Court Allows JRAC to Steal Judgeship From Jefferson County

August 15, 2022

MONTGOMERY – On Friday, August 12th a judge dismissed the case Hudson v. Ivey filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama (ACLU-AL) that had the potential to restore a...

Louisiana Officials Admit They Have No Plan in Place for Youth Being Sent to Angola

August 12, 2022

LOUISIANA – Amid rising concerns from youth advocates, the Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ) and the Special School District (SSD) recently admitted that they have no plans in place to provide general and special education...

SPLC’S MARGARET HUANG ON CHARLOTTESVILLE ANNIVERSARY

August 12, 2022

WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center’s President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement on the fifth anniversary of the deadly white supremacist riots in Charlottesville, Va. “Five years ago, the jarring...

The Southern Poverty Law Center Applauds Georgetown Activists for Their Work to Deter Funding of Confederate Flag Display

August 12, 2022

GEORGETOWN, Del. — This week, the work of local activists paid off after the Georgetown Historical Society doubled down on its commitment to continue flying a Confederate battle flag on the nonprofit’s property. The following...

NILC AND SPLC WIN CLASS CERTIFICATION IN LAWSUIT ALLEGING ICE AND IRS AGENTS VIOLATED WORKERS’ CIVIL RIGHTS DURING WORKPLACE RAID

August 11, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal court in Tennessee has cleared the way for a collective federal civil rights action brought on behalf of over 100 Latino workers against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Internal...

Exclusive Hatewatch Report Provides Inside Look at Key Players From Deadly Charlottesville Rally

August 11, 2022

WASHINGTON – Exclusive new reporting released today by Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Hatewatch details the evolution of the key personalities and groups that staged the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville...

JUDGE RULES TURNBACK POLICY ILLEGAL, GOVERNMENT MUST END PRACTICE

August 10, 2022

San Diego, CA (Aug. 10, 2022) – On Friday, August 5, a district court judge ruled in Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas that the government’s turnback policy — its practice of systematically rejecting asylum seekers at ports of entry along...

SPLC Applauds Appointments to Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names

August 10, 2022

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced the members of a new Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names, which will “ identify geographic names and federal land unit names...

ACLU OF LOUISIANA AND COALITION PARTNERS CONDUCT LEGAL RIGHTS INITIATIVE AT LOUISIANA'S IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTERS

August 09, 2022

NEW ORLEANS — On the heels of the ACLU’s new research study about barriers to legal representation in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers, the ACLU of Louisiana and its coalition partners – National...

SPLC and ACLU-AL Advocate to Immediately Block Commission's Decision to Steal Judgeship From Jefferson County During Court Hearing on Preliminary Injunction

August 08, 2022

MONTGOMERY – TODAY, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama (ACLU-AL) advocated in a Preliminary Injunction (PI) hearing that the decision by the Alabama Judicial Resources...

Advocates Demand Education Plan for Youth Moving to Angola Prison

August 03, 2022

LOUISIANA – Following Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards’ announcement last month that the state will temporarily house incarcerated youth at the Angola prison complex, the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights (LCCR), Loyola...

SPLC Applauds Resignation of “Lost Cause” Sympathizer from the Virginia Board of Historic Resources

August 03, 2022

RICHMOND, Va. — Yesterday, Gov. Glen Youngkin’s appointee to the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, Ann Hunter McLean, resigned after her erroneous justifications for the preservation of Confederate monuments and memorials –...

The Southern Poverty Law Center to Represent Student in Retaliatory Discipline Hearing

August 03, 2022

COBB COUNTY, Ga. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is representing a former Campbell High School student who is facing a new hearing today before a hearing officer designated by the Cobb County Board of Education after the...

The Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU of Georgia Remind Educators, Students of their First Amendment Rights as School Year Begins under new Classroom Censorship Law

August 02, 2022

ATLANTA, Ga. – The ACLU of Georgia ( ACLU-GA ) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) are offering support to educators, students and parents in Georgia as the school year begins under a new classroom censorship law (H.B...

Georgia State Board of Education Reverses Decision to Suspend Liberty County Student

July 26, 2022

LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. – The Georgia State Board of Education has reversed a decision by the Liberty County Board of Education to suspend a seventh-grade Black student from Lewis Frasier Middle School, ruling that the suspension...

Florida Families and Advocacy Groups Sue to Block the Florida Law Known as “Don’t Say Gay”

July 26, 2022

ORLANDO, Fla. – Late yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Lambda Legal, Southern Legal Counsel (SLC), and private counsel Baker McKenzie filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida enacted House Bill 1557,...

Parents and Community Members Urge Tennessee Court to Stop Rushed School Voucher Rollout

July 25, 2022

Nashville, Tenn. – Following Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s announcement that the state immediately will begin implementing its controversial private school voucher program for the school year starting in just a few weeks, public...

The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Washington-Baltimore News Guild Local 32035, TNG-CWA Reach Collective Bargaining Agreement

July 25, 2022

MONTGOMERY, AL – TODAY , The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Washington-Baltimore News Guild Local 32035 , TNG-CWA (the Guild of WBNG) announced their first collective bargaining agreement on July 15, 2022, covering...

Jacksonville Residents and Civil Rights Groups Seek Injunction to Block Jacksonville City Council’s Racially-Gerrymandered Maps

July 22, 2022

JACKSONVILLE – TODAY the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida , Harvard Election Law Clinic and Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed for a preliminary injunction on behalf of the Jacksonville NAACP Branch , the...

House Committee Has Made Important Strides In Exposing Threats to Our Democracy

July 22, 2022

WASHINGTON – Following the bipartisan House Jan. 6 Select Committee’s eighth public hearing last night, Margaret Huang, President and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement: “Over the last...

TIARA HUDSON, VOTING RIGHTS GROUPS CHALLENGE COMMISSION'S DECISION TO STEAL JUDGESHIP FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY

July 19, 2022

BIRMINGHAM – TODAY The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama (ACLU-AL) filed litigation on behalf of Tiara Young Hudson challenging the constitutionality of the Alabama Judicial...

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