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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A new analysis released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) finds that as voters across the country begin to cast their ballots for the 2020 General Election, younger voters are turning out more but...
WASHINGTON — SPLC Action Fund President and CEO Margaret Huang released the below statement ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee vote to approve the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court and recommend...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday evening, the Supreme Court of the United States granted an application for stay brought by the defendants in the People First of Alabama v. John Merrill litigation, thereby preventing Alabama counties...