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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Anti-LGBTQ+ lobbyist racks up ethics fines, hate group faces new accusations
Since June 2025, Frontline Policy Council lobbyist and general counsel Chelsea Thompson has been fined more than $4,000 by the Georgia Ethics Commission for committing 16 violations of Georgia lobbying laws, government documents show. Frontline Policy Council is an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group that began as a project of Focus on the Family’s Family Policy Alliance…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
These books correct ‘Lost Cause’ fantasies during Confederate Heritage Month
It is baffling that, in 2026, any Deep South state government — let alone a half-dozen of them — could commemorate Confederate Heritage Month. In the five states at the core of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s work — Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi — administrations pay tribute to a false, white supremacist version…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Comment opposing Proposed HUD Rule on ‘Work Requirements and Term Limits’
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Secret negotiations to sell Eatonville property outlined in SPLC lawsuit
Residents in Eatonville, Florida, were left reeling when in September they learned that the heart and soul of their historic community — more than 100 acres of land that once housed a sprawling school campus modeled on what was then Booker T. Washington’s Tuskegee Institute — was set to be sold right out from under…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Comment on Proposal to Revoke the ‘30-Day Notice Rule’ Prior to Termination of Lease
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Letter urging House to prioritize human needs programs in budget resolution and reconciliation
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Alabama’s path to politics and policy should begin at the kitchen table
Amid state political discussions down in Montgomery, Alabama, it is easy to get lost in slogans, headlines and partisan battles. But the issues that most shape people’s lives rarely take up much time or make the loudest noise. These are the concerns discussed around kitchen tables across our state — rent, groceries, child care, electricity,…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
In Florida, SPLC continues fighting ‘Lost Cause’ mythology of the Confederacy
For the fourth year running, the Florida Legislature has tried to force communities to keep Confederate monuments in place, even when local governments and the people who live in these communities want them gone. The Southern Poverty Law Center’s opposition helped ensure those bills (SB 496/HB 455) failed once again in 2026. White supremacist groups…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Militias respond to Kirk assassination with calls for training, violence
In response to Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s killing last year, militias and members of the minutemen network called for more organizing and training, while engaging in online harassment and intimidation of those they believed were critical of Kirk. Some took inspiration from The Turner Diaries, a novel depicting an American race war, and…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Hard-right exploitation of detransition narratives flourishes at event, online
The anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Genspect hosted an annual lobbying event called “Detrans Awareness Day” last month in Washington, D.C. It brought together two major strands of rhetoric popular with anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups: so-called “parental rights” claims, which amplify the views of parents who do not support trans kids, and inaccurate anti-trans detransitioner narratives. Speakers at…












