MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced the launch of the Race and Redistricting Expert Project (RREP), an initiative designed to build a robust pipeline of experts in mapping, statistics, and...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.  — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center(SPLC) released a new report on the disturbing state of Alabama’s youth legal system, which for years has overly criminalized Black youth, pushing them out of school...

WASHINGTON — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund , the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American University released qualitative findings...

ENGLISH VERSION Montgomery, Ala. — Today, in response to a joint statement issued by 25 governors in support of Texas’ refusal to comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling on the state’s use of razor-wire barriers at the border, the...

The plaintiffs in Finn v. Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration , a case challenging the constitutionality of the district map for the Cobb County Board of Education, filed an emergency motion yesterday asking the 11th...

MURRAY, Ky. — On Monday, January 15, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. Murray State University will host a screening of “ Ghosts of a Lost Cause ,” which explores the connection between history, memory, and belonging, sparking conversations and...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — In a win for Black and Latinx voters, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia blocked the Cobb County School Board from using its racially gerrymandered map in an upcoming election because...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a sweeping new report that details how pseudoscience has become a tool of the far right to manipulate public opinion and advance legislation and legal...

MONTGOMERY — This week, Standing In Power (S.I.P.), in partnership with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Alabama State Office , raised two billboards demanding justice for the death of Steve Perkins , who was senselessly killed...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) sent a demand letter today on behalf of All Rainbow and Allied Youth (ARAY) and PFLAG Port Charlotte urging the School Board of Charlotte County and Superintendent...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced that Karen Baynes-Dunning was elected by the SPLC Board of Directors as chair of the board. Baynes-Dunning, who first joined the board in October 2017,...

PHOENIX — Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona ruled that the federal government does not have immunity under federal tort law for claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence in...