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Critically Strained: Underfunding in Georgia Elections
Introduction This project examines the critical strain caused by underfunding in Georgia elections. In Georgia, elections are administered at the county level, but governed by the state. In recent years, the state has repeatedly passed complex election-related legislation without providing funding for counties to comply with the new legal requirements. As a result, Georgia counties…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Bernice King continues to carry her father’s legacy, but along her own path
In any setting, Bernice A. King commands attention. Whether she is on the dais or waiting in the wings, her presence and confidence exude a resolve forged during a lifetime in the spotlight. As the Southern Poverty Law Center set up video equipment for an interview with King at the end of a long day of…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Pigott v. Gintz
The Southern Poverty Law Center, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and RFK Human Rights successfully reached a settlement agreement on behalf of a father and his two children who were held at gun point by a sheriff’s deputy in Louisiana. On April 17, 2020, Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Gintz followed Wesley Pigott and…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
DHS, White House shared white nationalist song in ICE recruitment posts
The social media accounts of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the White House shared a meme and an excerpt from a song produced and popularized by a secretive white nationalist group, according to posts and archival material reviewed by Hatewatch. On Jan. 9, multiple accounts run by DHS communications staff shared an…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Books on — or by — Martin Luther King Jr. for adults and young readers
Martin Luther King Jr.’s influence on the U.S. has barely waned since his assassination on April 4, 1968. A Baptist minister, philosopher, author and among the most compelling orators of the 20th century, King, perhaps more than any other leader, best expressed the hopes of the Civil Rights Movement. His profound vision crystallized the goals…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
SPLC launches Poverty Is Not a Line campaign in its push for economic justice
Cuts in social services, the elimination of government programs and departments — along with the addition of new processes to qualify or requalify for the programs and services that are still intact — on top of ever-increasing inflation have made life even more difficult for people experiencing poverty in the United States over the last…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
January 2026 Intelligence Project Dispatch: Trends and incidents of the hard right
The Southern Poverty Law Center works to dismantle white supremacy in public forums and online, exposes hate and anti-democracy extremism, and counters disinformation and conspiracy theories with research and community resources. The Intelligence Project monitors and exposes white supremacy and its impact on communities. Hate prevention White nationalist and neo-Nazi movement activity Anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Alabama continues fight against court-ordered state Senate district voting map
Editor’s note: This is the second story in the “Crossing the Line” series about conservative efforts in the Deep South to redraw voting districts in a way that disenfranchises Black and Brown voters. In federal and state courts over the six decades since passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965, Alabama and its…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Florida Decides Healthcare Inc., et al. v. Byrd, et al.
On Sunday, May 4, 2025 — two days after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Florida House Bill 1205 (HB 1205) into law — a law geared toward eliminating the ability of all but the most wealthy and powerful from accessing Florida’s ballot initiative process — the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a federal lawsuit seeking…
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