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- Dismantling White Supremacy
AAPI communities and the Civil Rights Movement
This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we consider how the fate of the Asian American community in the United States has always been intertwined with the nation’s Black movement for liberation. Activist Scot Nakagawa has pointed to three key ways in which the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s radically changed Asian America. …
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Days of Democracy elevates Alabama election activity to championship levels
Earlier this year, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Alabama state office held listening sessions about democracy across the state. Residents vocalized their concern for the integrity of democracy on a state and federal level as a top issue. Audience members cited examples ranging from ongoing purges of voter rolls to anemic turnout rates when citizens…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Five things to know about the ongoing Jackson, Mississippi, water crisis
As the United States celebrates Drinking Water Week this week to recognize the vital role that water plays in our lives, residents of Jackson, Mississippi, are still dealing with the aftermath of a deteriorating water system that completely broke down after decades of strain. Years of disinvestment and neglect exposed critical infrastructure failures. A winter…
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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
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
These books deliver the flavors and vibrancy of Arab American Heritage Month
Arab American authors steep their novels and books for young readers in the scents, tastes, textures and colors of exotic foods, lush dream landscapes and a soulful longing for native lands. But their novels are also filled with characters who fall victim to political and family strife and prejudice, are confused over identity and face…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Amid attacks on history, there’s hope countering the Confederacy’s ‘Lost Cause’
This April, five states recognize Confederate History Month. Ironically, the practice of dedicating a “Confederate History Month” erases the true history of the Confederacy — that Confederates fought explicitly to protect white supremacy and the practice of enslavement — rather than remembering it. Confederate History Month began in seven former Confederate states in 1994. In…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
New HUD rule could push millions of families with low incomes out of their homes
President Donald Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a proposed rule earlier this month that would cut housing benefits and worsen housing stability for families working hard to make ends meet. It would allow housing programs to impose burdensome and unnecessary paperwork in the form of work reporting requirements and new time…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Women’s History Month: Investing in Black girls is investing in our democracy
If Black girls succeed, so do their families, their neighborhoods and their communities. If Black girls succeed, so does every community in the entire country.
