Toolkits, Guides, and How-tos
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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 On his first day in office, President Trump rescinded former President Biden’s executive order on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety.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?
Since 2022, the year of the third edition of this report, progress in the number of Confederate memorials removed or renamed has slowed, but it has not stopped. The work continues. This fourth installment of SPLC’s Whose Heritage? report offers an evolving assessment of thethreats and harms that find continued life through Confederate symbols, “Lost…
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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)
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
A return to failed and racist ‘tough on crime’ policies
Image at top: President Donald Trump walks out after speaking at the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit on Dec. 8, 2020, in Washington. (Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Trump Executive Action on the Census, Explained
Image at top: In a photo from June 27, 2019, demonstrators gather at the Supreme Court as the justices finish the term with key decisions on gerrymandering and a census case involving an attempt by the Trump administration to ask everyone about their citizenship status in the 2020 census. (Credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Trump Executive Action on Voting, Explained
Image at top: At the C.T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center in Atlanta, voters line up early on Election Day 2024 to cast their votes. (Credit: David Naugle)
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
The Federal Budget and Its Impact on the Social Safety Net, Explained
