SPLC to Gwinnett County’s New School Superintendent: Prioritize School Discipline Reform

July 30, 2021

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. – Today, the Gwinnett County Board of Education voted to name Calvin J. Watts as the new superintendent of Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS), Georgia’s largest and most diverse school district. He will...

Features and Stories

SPLC at 50: A history of fighting for justice and racial equity, a new course for the future

July 30, 2021

Support Builds for Plaintiffs in Case to Restore Voting Rights to Mississippians

July 30, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP filed an amicus brief yesterday supporting the plaintiffs in Harness v. Watson who are seeking – like plaintiffs in ongoing SPLC-filed...

Hatewatch

In Plain Sight: Uncovering Border Patrol's Relationship with Far-Right Militias at the Southern Border

Antigovernment militia groups in Arizona appear to be working in tandem with some Border Patrol agents in Pima County, based on a Hatewatch review of social media.

July 29, 2021

Groundbreaking Analysis of Hate Crime Laws Finds Limitations and Opportunities in the Face of Rising Hate Violence

July 28, 2021

With a rise in hate violence across the country, a new report from the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) and 16 leading civil rights organizations provides a groundbreaking analysis of state and federal hate crime laws. The...

Immigration Advocates Call to End Contracts and Shut Down Two Louisiana ICE Facilities Over Racial Discrimination & Abuse

July 28, 2021

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Black migrant survivors of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention and immigration advocates at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) are urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fire...

Features and Stories

‘Nobody wants to die’: Asylum-seeking migrants need protection – now

July 24, 2021

Liz Vinson

Hatewatch

Extremistas en la frontera: cómo la extrema derecha explota la crisis migratoria, apunta a las organizaciones humanitarias y esparce los temores nativistas

A medida que la crisis migratoria continúa creciendo en la frontera del sur, los grupos humanitarios enfrentan un acoso continuo de la extrema derecha que impulsa temas antiinmigrantes y antigubernamentales que difaman a los migrantes.

July 21, 2021

Krome ICE Officers Physically Abuse and Refuse Services for Individual with Mental Illness, Allege Immigration Advocates

July 20, 2021

MIAMI – Immigration advocates have filed a complaint charging Krome detention guards dragged and choked a Honduran man amid a psychological emergency, after they had continuously refused him treatment. This is the latest in a...

SPLC Applauds Mouton Statue Removal in Lafayette

July 20, 2021

LAFAYETTE, La. — On Saturday, July 17, a Jim Crow-era statue erected to celebrate Gen. Alfred Mouton was removed from downtown Lafayette. Mouton helped train a local “Vigilante Committee” under the guise of fighting crime but...

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SPLC to Gwinnett County’s New School Superintendent: Prioritize School Discipline Reform

SPLC at 50: A history of fighting for justice and racial equity, a new course for the future

Support Builds for Plaintiffs in Case to Restore Voting Rights to Mississippians

In Plain Sight: Uncovering Border Patrol's Relationship with Far-Right Militias at the Southern Border

Groundbreaking Analysis of Hate Crime Laws Finds Limitations and Opportunities in the Face of Rising Hate Violence

Immigration Advocates Call to End Contracts and Shut Down Two Louisiana ICE Facilities Over Racial Discrimination & Abuse

‘Nobody wants to die’: Asylum-seeking migrants need protection – now

Extremistas en la frontera: cómo la extrema derecha explota la crisis migratoria, apunta a las organizaciones humanitarias y esparce los temores nativistas

Krome ICE Officers Physically Abuse and Refuse Services for Individual with Mental Illness, Allege Immigration Advocates

SPLC Applauds Mouton Statue Removal in Lafayette

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