ATLANTA – TODAY The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) , Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) , ACLU of Georgia , Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyer’s Committee) and Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP (SRZ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has released a new Extremist File on Jack Posobiec , a political operative and propagandist well known for creating and amplifying viral disinformation campaigns. Often...
MONTGOMERY – TODAY the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) , the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) , and Brown Goldstein & Levy , on behalf of the National Federation of the Blind of Alabama (NFB-AL) and individual...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An asylum screening rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) denies asylum seekers their due process rights by limiting their ability to properly...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), today, released the results of a national poll which further demonstrates the extensive mainstreaming of extremist beliefs and narratives across the country. The poll of...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has filed an amicus brief in Falls v. DeSantis , a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Florida’s HB 7 (commonly called the “Stop W.O.K.E. Act”), signed...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden signed an Executive Order to reform federal policing on the anniversary of the killing of Mr. George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement. The executive order directs all federal agencies to...
ATLANTA – TODAY Voting rights groups filed a preliminary injunction motion to challenge certain barriers to voting created by Georgia’s anti-voter law, S.B. 202 . If granted, the preliminary injunction would lift restrictions on...
ATLANTA – Efrén C. Olivares , Deputy Legal Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Immigrant Justice Project, released the following statement in response to a district court in Louisiana’s ruling blocking the Center...
NEW YORK – Today, the Fort Hamilton Army Base renamed a street honoring a Confederate leader. In 2020, the National Defense Authorization Act established a Naming Commission within the Department of Defense, which provides “...
COBB COUNTY, Ga. – The Georgia Board of Education has reversed a decision by the Cobb County Board of Education to expel a Black Campbell High School student in violation of his due process rights. The student, who is referred to...
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang released the following statement responding to this weekend’s attack at a grocery store where 10 people were killed by an 18-year-old white...
WASHINGTON, D.C . – A new report released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Hatewatch provides an inside look at Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes , as told by his three adult children. In an exclusive interview...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new investigative report released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Hatewatch reveals that an anonymous donor has donated more than $2 million U.S. dollars in Bitcoin to Alex Jones over the...
Jacksonville, Fla. — Today the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida , Harvard Election Law Clinic , and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Jacksonville NAACP Branch , the Northside...
ATLANTA, Ga. – The ACLU of Georgia ( ACLU-GA ), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and the Intercultural Development Research Association ( IDRA ) are joining to support educators, students and parents in Georgia as they...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, 10 civil and immigrants’ rights organizations filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) calling for an investigation of the Houston...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Caren Short, senior supervising attorney for Voting Rights with the Southern Poverty Law Center and Michelle Kanter Cohen, policy director and senior counsel with Fair Elections Center, released the following...
Greenville, Miss.—April 25, 2022 —Mississippi civic leaders today challenged state Supreme Court district lines that have gone unchanged for more than 35 years because those lines dilute the voting strength of Black residents in...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – While several southern states have respectfully moved away from observing Confederate Memorial Day, Alabama and Mississippi will continue the tradition today. On Tuesday, April 26, Florida will also celebrate...
JACKSON, Miss . -- This week the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced the launch of its new Advocacy Institute , a training ground for emerging activists and advocates across the state who are interested in advancing...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a public records request with the Florida Department of Education this week seeking all records relat ed to their recent rejection of 54 math textbooks that they...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rose Murray, an attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) of the Immigrant Justice Project, released the following statement responding to today’s...
JACKSON, MS.- The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Mississippi State Director Waikinya Clanton released the following statement condemning Governor Tate Reeves proclamation of Confederate Heritage Month. “Despite every effort...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) , a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), unveiled the Blank Slate Monument, created by Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo , to the Alabama community earlier...