SPLC Statement on Court’s Denial of Class Certification in Lawsuit Challenging Forced Labor in Immigrant Detention Center

March 30, 2023

ATLANTA — This week, a federal judge in Georgia denied a request by individuals previously held at the Stewart Detention Center, a privately operated immigrant detention center in Stewart County, Georgia, to proceed as a class in...

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Missouri AG Advances Anti-Trans Policy, Citing Disputed Whistleblower Claims

March 28, 2023

R.G. Cravens

In an interview last week with Tony Perkins, leader of the anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council (FRC), Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said he based his new emergency administrative regulation limiting access to gender-affirming healthcare on disputed accounts of a supposed whistleblower at a Missouri hospital.

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SPLC urges Biden administration to abandon ‘misguided’ asylum rule

March 28, 2023

Efrén C. Olivares

Demonstrators hold signs that read President Biden: Detainer in Chief

Features and Stories

SPLC represents group suing to preserve Florida community’s Black heritage

March 28, 2023

Illustration Robert Hungerford Preparatory High School students

SPLC Submits Public Comments on Biden Administration’s Proposed Asylum Ban

March 27, 2023

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) submitted public comments today in opposition to the Biden administration’s Proposed Rule entitled “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways,” which would severely restrict access to...

The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community Sues Orange County Public School Board Over Historic Hungerford Property

March 27, 2023

EATONVILLE, Fla. — On Friday, Mar. 24, the Southern Poverty Law Center SPLC filed a complaint in state court against the Orange County Public School Board on behalf of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (...

Features and Stories

Alabama Supreme Court denies Jefferson County judgeship

March 24, 2023

Features and Stories

Weeding Out Justice: Alabama capital city considering tickets, not arrests, for marijuana possession

March 24, 2023

Esther Schrader

Alabama Supreme Court Denies Judgeship for Elected Jefferson County Candidate and Gives it to Madison County

March 24, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Alabama Supreme Court permitted the Alabama Judicial Resources Allocation Commission (JRAC) to remove a judgeship from diverse Jefferson County to majority-white Madison County. This means Tiara...

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Civil rights groups urge US Department of Education to investigate children’s rights violations at Louisiana’s Angola prison

March 20, 2023

Entrance of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola

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