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SPLC, ACLU Prevents 230 Georgia Voters from Possible Voter Roll Purge

October 08, 2024

ATLANTA — Yesterday, during Georgia’s voter registration deadline, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), ACLU of Georgia , the American Civil Liberties Union (together, ACLU) and Akerman LLP celebrated a successful intervention...

SPLC Files Emergency Intervention on Behalf of Georgia Advocacy Groups

October 04, 2024

ATLANTA — This week, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), on behalf of GALEO Latino Community Development Fund and Common Cause Georgia , filed to intervene as defendants in William T. Quinn and David Cross v. Secretary of...

SPLC Urges Policymakers to Prevent Hate-Fueled Crimes During Hate Crimes Awareness Month

October 01, 2024

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announces the start of Hate Crimes Awareness Month, the monthlong campaign highlighting the epidemic of hate-fueled crimes, their survivors and the advocacy to...

SPLC Report Reveals the High Price of Florida’s Incarceration of Black Children

September 30, 2024

MIAMI — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a chilling new report that details the costs, incarceration rates, stories and impact of Florida routinely pushing Black children out of schools and into its legal...

SPLC Demands Action to Address Surge of Hate Crimes

September 23, 2024

WASHINGTON  — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) responded to the release of the FBI 2023 Hate Crime Statistics Act report by, once again, calling for Congress to expand community-based, prevention efforts and make...

SPLC Applauds Federal Agency Action to Expand Voter Registration

September 19, 2024

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yesterday action to make it easier for users of HealthCare.gov to access nonpartisan, voter registration information on Vote.gov. “Millions of Americans...

Voting Rights Groups Defend Alabamians Against Illegal Voter Roll Purge

September 13, 2024

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Fair Elections Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of four individual Alabamians who have been unfairly targeted by the state’s...

SPLC and Civil Rights Organizations File Amicus Brief Against Georgia State Elections Board's Rule Changes

September 11, 2024

ATLANTA — Yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), ACLU of Georgia , ACLU National Voting Rights Project and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging two new rules...

SPLC and Florida Legal Group Challenge Department of Corrections Attempt to Reclaim Excessive Force Settlement

September 06, 2024

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,...

SPLC Georgia State Office Joins ACLU of Georgia to Launch “I Got 5 On It” Campaign

August 29, 2024

ATLANTA — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Georgia State Office announced that it is teaming up with ACLU of Georgia’s “I Got 5 on It” get-out-the-vote campaign, to increase civic participation this election. The...

SPLC Releases Mississippi State of the State Report Detailing Impact of Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities 

August 22, 2024

JACKSON, Miss.- Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the Mississippi State of the State Report, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer, an event that saw hundreds of college students converge on Mississippi...

SPLC Denounces Dumping of Gender and Diversity Books by New College of Florida

August 16, 2024

TALLAHASSEE, Fla — Yesterday, the New College of Florida suddenly discarded hundreds of library books devoted to LGBTQ+, diversity and religious studies topics, including collections from its former Gender and Diversity Center...

SPLC Denounces Dumping of Gender and Diversity Books by New College of Florida

August 16, 2024

Alabama Lawmakers and Coalition Introduce SB 7, an All-Inclusive Voting Rights Bill to Protect Democracy

August 15, 2024

MONTGOMERY, Ala — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and partners within the Alabama Voting Rights Coalition are proud to announce the filing of the first state voting rights omnibus bill SB 7 to protect democracy and...

SPLC Condemns the Dismantling of DEI Offices by the University of Alabama

July 23, 2024

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the University of Alabama closed its diversity, equity and inclusion offices across all campuses. These closures are in lockstep with the “divisive concepts” legislation signed by Gov. Kay Ivey in March...

Federal Appeals Court Declines to Restore Voting Rights in Mississippi

July 18, 2024

NEW ORLEANS—July 18, 2024— Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit declined to restore voting rights to tens of thousands of Mississippians in its ruling in Hopkins v. Watson . The Southern Poverty Law Center and...

SPLC Reaffirms Commitment to End the Criminalization of Homelessness After U.S. Supreme Court Decision

June 28, 2024

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...

SPLC Releases New Report Exposing Anti-Abortion Extremist Movement

June 13, 2024

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released an in-depth analysis of the most extreme faction of the anti-abortion movement in the United States. The report, Anti-Abortion Extremism: Inside the...

SPLC Reminds Southern Voters of Color that in this Pivotal Election, “We Decide / Decidimos”

June 12, 2024

MONTGOMERY — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) launched its bilingual voting campaign, The South’s Got Now / Decidimos in Alabama . Designed to mobilize and unite voters of color across the South, the campaign will...

Parental Rights Asserted in Challenge to DeSantis' Discriminatory Book Ban Policy

June 06, 2024

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, parents of Florida public school students sued the DeSantis administration’s Board of Education for violating their First Amendment rights through the implementation of H.B. 1069. The lawsuit , filed in...

SPLC Condemns Biden’s Proclamation Limiting Access to Asylum

June 04, 2024

(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...

SPLC Releases Annual Year in Hate & Extremism Report, Decodes the Far-Right's Plan to Undo Democracy

June 04, 2024

MONTGOMERY, Ala . — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released The Year in Hate & Extremism 2023 , a comprehensive analysis of the groups and organizational infrastructure upholding white supremacy in the United...

SPLC Condemns the Biden Administration’s Plan to Further Criminalize Migration at the Border

June 03, 2024

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...

Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Harmful Provision of Florida's Anti-Immigrant Law

May 22, 2024

(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...

Advocates Seek Continued Federal Oversight of Special Education in Louisiana

May 20, 2024

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...

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