Toolkits, Guides, and How-tos
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Impact of Federal Cuts to Social Safety Net in Florida
Families across Florida are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. But the looming federal budget cuts will have an outsize effect on our state, because federal funding is essential to supporting the basic needs of many Floridians. Unfortunately, Florida is home to some of…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
2025 Federal Policy Priorities
For over five decades, the Southern Poverty Law Center has worked to build a more just and equitable America, ensuring that all people — especially Black and Brown communities — can thrive. Through litigation, community mobilization and advocacy in Washington and across the Deep South, we advance policies that protect civil rights, provide opportunity and…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Trump Executive Order Ended the Prohibition on Private Federal Prisons
What does this executive order do? On Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump rescinded former President Biden’s executive order titled Reforming Our Incarceration System To Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities. Biden’s order had prohibited the Attorney General from renewing contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities. President Biden’s order was issued in…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Trump’s Executive Order Mandating Use of the Death Penalty
What does the executive order do? On Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety, which falsely claims that the death penalty is necessary to deter violent, lethal crimes. It specifically calls for the Attorney General (AG) to seek the death penalty for every federal…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Trump’s Executive Order on Antisemitism — Explained
Image at top: Protesters gather in Newark, New Jersey, after the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, who helped lead pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University. (Credit: VIEW Press via Getty Images)
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Trump Reinstates Discriminatory and Unconstitutional Policing — Explained
What happened? On his first day in office, President Trump rescinded former President Biden’s executive order on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety. Provisions in the Biden order were intended to inject accountability into law enforcement, such as creating a National Law Enforcement Accountability Database to…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Executive Actions that Undermine Our Freedoms
President Trump’s executive orders aren’t just policy — they’re attacks on our rights, our communities, and our democracy. Here’s how they’re causing harm — and what we must do to fight back. Here are explanations of how: Dropdown to Executive Actions Select a topicAdditional Measures to Combat AntisemitismImproving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States and…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
The Trump Cabinet’s War on Our Rights
These aren’t just policies — they’re deliberate attacks on our communities. Trump’s Cabinet uses its power to roll back civil rights, deepen racial injustice, and rig the system against us. We name names and show the damage — because we refuse to let history repeat itself. Click “View” to see how actions by these members…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Whose Heritage? Community Action Guide
Across the South, Americans of all races, ethnicities and creeds are asking why governmental bodies in a democracy based on the promise of equality should display symbols so closely associated with the bondage and oppression of African Americans.
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Communities are harmed when local law enforcement engages in immigration enforcement
Image at top: An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. (Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
