“Today Florida’s Supreme Court retreated on the critical requirement that only a unanimous jury can impose the death penalty, making Florida an outlier inconsistent with the federal death penalty and every other state but one...

The following statement is from Karen Baynes-Dunning, Interim President and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center . “Today marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. More than 1 million Jews, Roma, Polish,...

The following statement is from Karen Baynes-Dunning, Interim President and CEO of the SPLC Action Fund: “This week, the House formally delivered impeachment articles to the Senate. While many of us believe the evidence against...

FLORIDA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a lawsuit today on behalf of March for Our Lives Florida, the Florida Student Power Network, Dream Defenders and individual students who were denied the right to speak at a...

At the invitation of the Michigan Supreme Court, Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS) has filed an amicus curiae brief urging invalidation of a Michigan law that funnels limited public education funds to private schools. PFPS is a...

Montgomery, Ala. — Last night, the Montgomery City Council agreed to repeal an ordinance that criminalized panhandling. The original ordinance was passed in July and required anyone cited or arrested for panhandling to serve a...

MONTGOMERY, AL — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center staff voted to join the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild. The following is a statement by SPLC Interim CEO and President Karen Baynes-Dunning: “We look forward to...

MIAMI -- The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has failed to ensure the safety and welfare of immigrants incarcerated in South Florida detention facilities, according to a new report released by the Southern...

NEW ORLEANS – In a win for the city’s public defenders and civil rights groups representing them, a state appeals court has ordered the City of New Orleans to comply with a public records request for the locations of the city’s...

SAN DIEGO – A federal judge today blocked the Trump administration’s asylum ban from being applied to thousands of asylum seekers who were unlawfully prevented from accessing the U.S. asylum process before the ban was implemented...

Yesterday, November 13th, the Committee on House Administration’s Election Subcommittee released a scathing, 144-page report entitled, “Voting Rights and Election Administration in the United States of America." The following...

Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS) has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in federal appellate court in Carson v. Makin, a case challenging the State of Maine’s decision not to use public education funding to pay...