Florida’s Racist Anti-Immigrant Bill Overturned in Federal Court

September 22, 2021

MIAMI - A federal court ruled that key sections of Florida’s anti-sanctuary law violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, delivering a decision that strikes a major blow to the state’s anti-immigrant policy...

Voting Rights of Tens of Thousands of Mississippians at Stake Today in Federal Court

September 22, 2021

NEW ORLEANS – Today, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear en banc oral arguments in Harness v. Watson to review an earlier three-judge decision regarding a legal challenge of Mississippi’s lifetime...

Features and Stories

Islamophobia After 9/11: How a fearmongering fringe movement exploited the terror attacks to gain political power

September 17, 2021

Booth Gunter and Caleb Kieffer

SPLC to Jacksonville Mayor: #MoveItNow

September 16, 2021

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In June 2020, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry promised to remove the Monument to the Women of the Confederacy in Springfield Park. While the statue has been covered, it still sits in a public park,...

Federal Court Ruling a Major Victory for Farmworkers’ Rights

September 16, 2021

GREENSBORO, N.C. - North Carolina farmworkers and their sole union won a substantial victory yesterday when a federal court struck down part of a state law that would have stripped farmworkers and their union of their rights to...

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Removing Police From Schools: Inaugural Learning for Justice magazine includes story explaining how school resource officers harm Black and Brown children

September 14, 2021

Hatewatch

Mystery Donor Backing Pro-Trump Disinfo Troll With Bitcoin

September 14, 2021

Hannah Gais and Megan Squire

Days after far-right figures issued a call to support a white nationalist charged with orchestrating a voter misinformation campaign, someone donated nearly $60,000 in Bitcoin to his defense, Hatewatch found.

Features and Stories

Reflections on 9/11: Anti-Muslim backlash ushered in era of grave threat to civil liberties and rights

September 10, 2021

Ann Beeson

SPLC Demands Mississippi Lawmakers Take Action Over Water Violations at Parchman Prison

September 10, 2021

Jackson, Miss.—Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center, in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council, are urging Mississippi lawmakers and officials to take swift action to address violations of environmental...

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SPLC to Alabama Lawmakers: Remove white supremacy from state’s Jim Crow-era constitution

September 10, 2021

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