Tallahassee, FL -- Florida’s public records law requires government entities to operate transparently, which is especially crucial in the midst of the public health crisis caused by COVID-19. But almost two months after the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tomorrow, the U.S. House is expected to vote on the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act. This is the fifth legislative package aimed at addressing the country’s public health...
WASHINGTON – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and ACLU of Louisiana today filed a motion for contempt in their federal class action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the New Orleans Immigration...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) today launched two new projects that offer would-be visitors an opportunity to learn about the history of the modern civil rights movement while the Center remains closed...
Tallahassee, FL -- The Florida Coalition for Criminal Justice Reform has sent a letter to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urging him to take immediate action to reduce the incarcerated population due to the threat of a COVID-19...
ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta (AAAJ) today filed a motion for preliminary injunction in their lawsuit seeking the immediate release of medically vulnerable...
LOUISIANA – Education advocates are urging state leaders in Louisiana to use the millions of dollars the state is receiving in federal emergency funding to eliminate education inequities and support children and families...
FLORIDA – Education advocates are urging state leaders in Florida to use the nearly billion dollars the state is receiving in federal emergency funding to eliminate education inequities and support children and families...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Immigration and criminal justice reform attorneys at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in their lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland...
The following statement is from Laura Rivera, director of SPLC’s Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) following the first reported death of an individual in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody from COVID-19...
ALABAMA – Education advocates are urging state leaders in Alabama to use the millions of dollars the state is receiving in federal emergency funding to advance equity and support children and families disproportionately affected...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal trial that will impact the right to vote for hundreds of thousands of Floridians concluded today after more than a week of testimony and arguments. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Public school children in Tennessee won today when Davidson County Chancellor Anne C. Martin struck down the state’s private school voucher law, known as the Education Savings Account (ESA) Pilot Program...
JACKSON, Miss. – Education advocates are urging state leaders in Mississippi to use the millions of dollars the state is receiving in federal emergency funding to advance equity and support children and families...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) filed a federal lawsuit against Alabama Governor Kay...
MIAMI – Late Thursday night, U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke issued an order requiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to begin the process of releasing hundreds of people from three South Florida detention centers...
Montgomery, Alabama -- With hundreds of deaths and thousands of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alabama, the Children and Youth Advocacy Network (CYAN) has petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court to take immediate statewide action to...
Montgomery, Alabama — Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot to death on February 23 by two white men while he was out for a jog in Satilla Shores, a community a few miles from where he resided in Glynn County, Georgia...
ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta (AAAJ) today filed a motion for preliminary injunction in their lawsuit seeking the immediate release of medically vulnerable...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Meredith Stewart, senior supervising attorney with the Immigrant Justice Project, on the Trump administration’s executive order using the...
Nashville, Tenn. – The Chancery Court for Davidson County will hear oral arguments today in two lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee’s private school voucher law, the Education Savings Account (ESA) Pilot...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — One of the nation’s leading experts on hate and extremism, Eric Ward, will be joining the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a senior fellow on April 27 to advise its hate and extremism work. Ward, who will...
BATON ROUGE, La. - The Louisiana Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs and House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs met today to approve an emergency plan regarding upcoming elections in the state. The...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, regarding President Trump’s threat to suspend...
Versión española abajo. / Ayisyen vèsyon kreyòl anba a. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, a coalition of nearly 40 immigrant rights organizations are calling on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and other state leaders to answer for the...