Features and Stories

SPLC Demanda al Gobierno Federal Por Redadas Inconstitucionales de ICE

December 11, 2017

El Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) entraron a los hogares de familias de inmigrantes sin órdenes de registro, sin el consentimiento de los residentes y sin causa probable – en violación a la Cuarta Enmienda de la Constitución estadounidense – solamente para detener y deportar familias, principalmente mujeres y niños, según una demanda radicada por la Southern Poverty Law Center y el bufete de abogados Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms (Barnwell Whaley).

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SPLC sues federal government over unconstitutional ICE raids

December 11, 2017

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency entered the homes of immigrant families without warrants, consent or probable cause – in violation of the Fourth Amendment – solely to detain and deport families, mostly women and children, according to a lawsuit filed by the SPLC.

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Weekend Read: In Selma, Alabama, whose heritage?

December 09, 2017

On each anniversary of Bloody Sunday, people from across the country and the world make a pilgrimage to Selma, Alabama, to listen to civil rights luminaries, walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and recommit themselves to the fight for equal justice.

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Congress must act to combat white supremacist threat – Trump won’t

December 08, 2017

Richard Cohen

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Anti-LGBT roundup of events and activities 12/6/17

December 06, 2017

Hatewatch Staff

The following is a list of activities and events of anti-LGBT organizations. Organizations listed as anti-LGBT hate groups are designated with an asterisk.

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Family Research Council's anti-SPLC campaign is promoting an anti-Semitic publication

December 06, 2017

Alex Amend

Earlier this year, the anti-LGBT hate group Family Research Council joined forces with other Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) designated hate groups ACT For America, American Family Association (AFA), and Liberty Counsel to launch an ongoing attack campaign against the SPLC. Now it appears they're willing to enlist the authority of a notoriously anti-Semitic publication in their effort.

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High-profile alt-righters form new umbrella group with Identitarian focus

December 04, 2017

Brett Barrouquere

A group of racist “alt-right” activists have pulled together a new organization called Operation Homeland, with the stated goal of being professional organizers and activists for the white nationalist and neo-Nazi movement.

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From eugenics to voter ID laws: Thomas Farr's connections to the Pioneer Fund

December 04, 2017

Alex Amend

Over the summer, President Donald Trump nominated Thomas Alvin Farr to be a federal judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. For good reason, his nomination has earned universal opposition from the civil rights community.

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SPLC to Homeland Security Committee: Focus on domestic terrorism from the radical right

November 30, 2017

Richard Cohen

SPLC President Richard Cohen testified today before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security about the need to focus on domestic terrorism from the radical right.