Features and Stories
SPLC events in four states highlight the need to reform the justice system to treat children like children.
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Features and Stories
Suspensions are just one of the ways schools are meting out shockingly cruel punishments for minor school infractions.
Features and Stories
Four years after the SPLC filed a civil rights complaint, the U.S. Department of Justice has found that Georgia discriminates against students with disabilities by segregating them from other students.
Features and Stories
When Michael Austin was sent to an Alabama prison in 1995, he was subjected to a brutal practice from a bygone era — the prison chain gang.
Features and Stories
Mary Bauer, who has directed the Southern Poverty Law Center's Immigrant Justice Project since its inception in 2004, has been named as the SPLC's new legal director, effective Aug. 1.
Intelligence Report
Law enforcement traffic stops based on race or ethnicity are not only unconstitutional. They're also remarkably ineffective
Intelligence Report
A key opponent of 'birthright citizenship' claims that the courts have misinterpreted the Constitution. But he's wrong
Hatewatch
Intelligence Report
Christian Right groups across America say a hate crimes bill will send righteous pastors to prison.
