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SPLC Sues Tuscaloosa Sheriff for Failing to Release Public Records about COVID-19 at the Jail

November 23, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a lawsuit today against Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ron Abernathy for not complying with the Alabama Open Records Act. Nearly four months after SPLC requested...

Survey: Food Insecurity, Lack of Support Remain Top Challenges for Mississippians Receiving SNAP

November 23, 2020

JACKSON, Mississippi - Since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic in March, food insecurity and child care have been major issues during this pandemic. A new state survey of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients...

New SPLC Series Explores the Human Cost of Mass Parole Denials in Alabama

November 19, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Despite thousands of people in Alabama's prisons being eligible for parole and awaiting a hearing , the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles denies even the best candidates. “ Freedom Denied ” – a new...

SPLC Responds to New FBI Report Showing Increase in Hate Crimes in 2019

November 16, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is calling on the federal government to mandate hate crime data collection at all levels of government after a new report released today by the Federal Bureau of...

'After about 5 minutes of struggle, they forced my index finger on the paper': ICE Forcing More Asylum Seekers to Sign Deportation Paperwork as Another Deportation Flight to Cameroon Looms

November 09, 2020

NEW ORLEANS – On Thursday, November 5, immigrant rights organizations filed a new multi-individual Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) complaint with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Civil Rights and Civil...

SPLC Statement on 2020 Election Results

November 07, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. — Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang released the following statement as news outlets called the state of Pennsylvania for Joe Biden, giving him 273 electoral college votes to push him...

SPLC Urges Provisional Voters in Georgia to Check Status of Ballot In-Person in Final 24 Hours Available to Them

November 05, 2020

ATLANTA – The following statement is by Poy Winichakul, staff attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center: “For voters who cast provisional ballots on Tuesday, they have one day remaining to ensure those ballots are counted in...

SPLC Urging Georgia Voters to Cure Absentee Ballots by Friday at 5PM

November 04, 2020

ATLANTA – The following statement is from Poy Winichakul, staff attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center: “As we patiently await results in races up and down the ballot in Georgia, we’re urging voters who submitted ballots...

Mississippi Voters Have Until November 13 to Cure Absentee Ballots with Signature Match Issues

November 04, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi voters who voted by absentee ballot have until Friday, Nov. 13 to fix any signature match issues. In August, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Dechert LLP...

SPLC Statement: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia Nondiscrimination Case

November 04, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia regarding whether private foster care agencies that hold public government contracts can ignore anti-discrimination...

Mississippi voters overturn two Jim Crow-era decisions at ballot box

November 04, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. – With a majority of ballots counted, Mississippi voters are projected to overwhelmingly pass Ballot Measures 2 and 3, reforming how statewide elections are won and approving a new state flag, respectively. The...

SPLC Action Fund: Minimum wage increase will lift wages for millions, help get people out of poverty

November 04, 2020

Tallahassee, Fla. -- On Tuesday millions of Florida voters went to the polls and approved a constitutional amendment that will raise the minimum wage in Florida to $15 an hour. The SPLC Action Fund supported efforts to raise the...

SPLC Statement As Election Day Polls Begin to Close Across the United States

November 03, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. — Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the below statement as polling stations begin to close in the eastern United States: “This election season has been a source of energy and...

Election Day Statement from SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang

November 03, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. — Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang released the below statement as millions of Americans cast their votes for the next president of the United States: “This year, a devastating...

SPLC: Every Eligible American Should Vote and Every Vote Cast Must Be Counted

November 02, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The following statement is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director of Voting Rights for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), ahead of Election Day: “In this unprecedented election season - amid a pandemic,...

SPLC Report Finds 23 Million Outstanding Mail-In Ballots

November 02, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The latest analysis released this afternoon by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) finds that, a day before Election Day, there are still 23 million people who have an outstanding mail ballot that they have...

Alabamians for Fair Justice: Change in Alabama’s Parole Board Leadership Presents Opportunity for Increased Fairness, Justice, and Public Safety

November 02, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - According to news reports , Charles Graddick will no longer serve as the director for the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Parole. The following statement is from Alabamians for Fair Justice: “Since Mr. Graddick...

URGENT: SPLC Report Finds 24 Million Outstanding Mail-In Ballots; Officials Urge Americans Should Return Absentee Ballots Directly to Drop Boxes or Election Officials, or Vote In-Person

November 02, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A new analysis released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) finds that while nearly 80 million people have already voted in the 2020 election, both by mail and early in-person voting, another 24...

New SPLC Analysis: With 28 Million Outstanding Mail-in Ballots, Voters Should Return Absentee Ballots Directly to Drop Boxes or Election Officials

October 30, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A new analysis released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) finds that while over 70 million people have already voted in the 2020 election, both by mail and early in-person voting, another 28...

New SPLC Analysis: 30 Million Americans Have Not Mailed Their Ballots Yet

October 28, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A new analysis released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) finds that with just six days to go before the 2020 General Election, at least 30 million Americans have not yet mailed in their ballots...

Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Policy That Has Trapped Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers in Mexico

October 28, 2020

Los Angeles - Today, immigration advocates filed a new lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy. The policy has forced over 60,000 asylum seekers into precarious, life-threatening situations in...

New SPLC Analysis: With 8 Days Left Until Election Day, 34 Million Americans Have Not Mailed Their Ballots

October 26, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A new analysis released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) finds that with just eight days to go before the 2020 General Election, at least 34 million Americans have not yet mailed in their ballots...

SPLC Names Efrén Olivares as Deputy Legal Director for the Immigrant Justice Project

October 26, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today named Efrén C. Olivares as the new Deputy Legal Director for the organization’s Immigrant Justice Project (IJP). Olivares, the first immigrant to assume the position...

Civil Rights Groups Continue to Call for Georgia Election Supervisors to Make Immediate Preparations if Voters who Requested Absentee Ballots Choose to Vote in Person

October 26, 2020

ATLANTA – This month, three civil rights groups sent correspondence to all 159 county election supervisors in the state of Georgia calling for clear plans to accommodate the significant numbers of voters who have requested an...

SPLC Launches $25,000 Ad Campaign Supporting Mississippi’s Ballot Measure 2

October 26, 2020

JACKSON, Mississippi – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has launched a $25,000 digital advertising campaign, urging Mississippians to vote yes on Ballot Measure 2 on Election Day. Ballot Measure 2 would ensure that...

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