NEW ORLEANS – A directive by the Louisiana Department of Insurance orders bail bond companies and their insurers underwriting bail bonds in Orleans Parish to return an estimated $6 million in illegal profits to as many as 50,000...

NEW ORLEANS – Representing a Louisiana public defender, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and the Southern Poverty Law Center today filed suit against the City of New Orleans over its refusal to provide a map of the...

JACKSON, Miss. – On Wednesday, February 13, a federal district court in Mississippi granted class certification for the Plaintiffs in Hopkins v. Hosemann , a case seeking to reinstate voting rights for Mississippi citizens...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The following statement, in response to Governor Kay Ivey’s prison construction plan, is by Ebony Howard, senior supervising attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center: “We greet Governor Ivey’s announcement...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – This statement by Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, is in response to a Friday evening press release by the Alabama Department of Corrections and Commissioner Jeff Dunn: “As the Court...

JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippians impacted by the state’s unjust and outdated lifetime voting ban met at the Capitol with lawmakers today to urge the state legislature to swiftly take up and pass SB 2508, a bill that would restore...

The Southern Poverty Law Center has been challenging Trump's asylum policies in the courts, including getting a federal judge to temporarily block the policy of denying asylum to migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border between...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Menstruation is one of society’s most stigmatized topics but educators can help dispel the shame associated with this natural biological process and improve gender parity by not only providing access to free...

The following statement is by Rhonda Brownstein, Legal Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center: “Striking a blow to the defenders of the “Lost Cause,” a judge has struck down an Alabama law that prevented the removal of...

Congress today passed the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018, which strengthens and reauthorizes the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. Among the provisions aimed at protecting justice-involved youth, the...

Florida State Sen. Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, filed legislation this week that seeks to establish a more diverse judiciary in the state by reforming its judicial nomination process. The following statement is by Scott...