May 11, 2020
Tallahassee, FL -- The Florida Coalition for Criminal Justice Reform has sent a letter to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urging him to take immediate action to reduce the incarcerated population due to the threat of a COVID-19...
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May 08, 2020
ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta (AAAJ) today filed a motion for preliminary injunction in their lawsuit seeking the immediate release of medically vulnerable...
May 08, 2020
LOUISIANA – Education advocates are urging state leaders in Louisiana to use the millions of dollars the state is receiving in federal emergency funding to eliminate education inequities and support children and families...
May 07, 2020
FLORIDA – Education advocates are urging state leaders in Florida to use the nearly billion dollars the state is receiving in federal emergency funding to eliminate education inequities and support children and families...
May 07, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Immigration and criminal justice reform attorneys at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in their lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland...
Features and Stories
When Roberto Cruz dozed off in the passenger seat of a blue Jeep Cherokee on June 23, 2003, he had no idea that he’d end up in Alabama, let alone sentenced to life without parole in a prison there.
May 06, 2020
The following statement is from Laura Rivera, director of SPLC’s Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) following the first reported death of an individual in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody from COVID-19...
May 06, 2020
ALABAMA – Education advocates are urging state leaders in Alabama to use the millions of dollars the state is receiving in federal emergency funding to advance equity and support children and families disproportionately affected...
Hatewatch
Family Research Council (FRC) has branched out of its usual anti-LGBTQ and anti-choice rhetoric to push longtime right-wing conspiracy theories about voting by mail. It’s a narrative that is gaining popularity during COVID-19 restrictions with regard to public gatherings and social distancing.
