August 14, 2019
Southern Poverty Law Center Deputy Legal Director David Dinielli issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s decision to propose a rule that would allow federal contractors to discriminate based on...
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August 13, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – As part of an effort to improve classroom lessons about American slavery and the important role it played in shaping the United States, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance project has released...
August 12, 2019
The Federal Register today published a new Trump regulation known as the public charge rule that targets legal immigrants who rely on public programs, such as food stamps and government-subsidized housing. The following statement...
August 12, 2019
On August 12, 2017, the nation witnessed the horrific scene after a neo-Nazi sped his car into a group of peaceful counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one person, Heather Heyer, and injuring dozens of others...
August 08, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen today adopted a federal magistrate judge’s recommendation that Andrew Anglin, publisher of a major neo-Nazi website, must pay more than $14 million in damages to Tanya...
August 08, 2019
JACKSON, Miss. – On Wednesday, August 7, 2019, the United States District Court Southern District of Mississippi issued a ruling in Hopkins v. Hosemann. The Southern Poverty Law Center, along with the law firm Simpson Thacher...
August 07, 2019
Southern Poverty Law Center Attorney Julia Solórzano , with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, issued the following statement on today's workplace raids in Mississippi: “Today’s raids are part of the ongoing war against...
August 04, 2019
Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project Director Heidi Beirich issued the below statement on the impact of President Trump’s racially-driven rhetoric following the shooting Saturday in El Paso, Texas: “By describing...
August 03, 2019
Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project Director Heidi Beirich issued the following statement regarding the mass shooting today in El Paso, Texas: “The tragedy in El Paso today has become a scene so common that it's no...
August 03, 2019
On Friday, the SPLC joined other civil rights organization with pending litigation challenging the constitutionality of Florida Senate Bill 7066 in filing a motion for preliminary injunction . If granted, the motion would prevent...
August 01, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Three Alabama civil rights groups and Montgomery Pride United filed a public records request with three government agencies yesterday, seeking to determine why LGBTQ-friendly bars and restaurants in the city...
July 30, 2019
President Donald Trump today tweeted that “we should immediately pass Voter ID.” The following statement is from Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center : “Just days after referring to a majority-...
July 30, 2019
WASHINGTON – The International Labor Recruitment Working Group (ILRWG) – a coalition of organizations committed to ending the systemic abuses of workers who are recruited to the United States and improving labor standards for all...
July 30, 2019
WASHINGTON – A federal district court has rejected the government’s second attempt to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's unlawful turnbacks of asylum seekers who present themselves at ports of entry along...
July 26, 2019
The following statement is from Mary Bauer , deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Immigrant Justice Project: “The Supreme Court’s decision today is a dangerous step towards the construction of a national...
July 25, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala - The United States Department of Justice announced today that it plans to carry out the executions of five prisoners sentenced to death. There have not been any executions of federal prisoners since 2003 as the...
July 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three fathers who were forcibly separated from their young children by immigration officials have filed administrative claims against the United States to seek compensation for the lasting harm caused by the...
July 16, 2019
ATLANTA, Ga. - Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee reversed his position and wants a change to the state law requiring a special day honoring Confederate General and KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest. The following statement...
July 16, 2019
MIAMI, Fla. – A new state law requiring local police to act as ICE agents and prohibiting sanctuary policies, is unconstitutional and will hurt the most vulnerable Floridians, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by the...
July 15, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Federal Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch issued a ruling today recommending that Andrew Anglin , publisher of a major neo-Nazi website, should pay more than $14 million in damages to Tanya Gersh , the Whitefish...
July 14, 2019
ATLANTA – Mary Bauer, deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project, issued the below statement following President Trump’s attack on several members of Congress while immigrant communities...
July 12, 2019
ATLANTA, Ga. - The following statement on Nathan Bedford Forrest Day in Tennessee is by Heidi Beirich, Director of the Intelligence Project : "Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has proclaimed Saturday as Nathan Bedford Forrest Day in his...
July 12, 2019
ATLANTA, Ga. - The following statement on Amendment 628 in the U.S. House of Representatives is by Heidi Beirich, Director of the Intelligence Project for SPLC Action Fund : "The U.S. House of Representatives this week adopted an...
July 11, 2019
GADSDEN, Ala. – After 465 days in detention, journalist Manuel Duran was released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention today. Duran, who was most recently held at the Etowah County Detention Center, will...
July 10, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Southern Poverty Law Center today urged Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange to veto a city ordinance that subjects people who are homeless to fines and jail time for soliciting money in public spaces in direct...
