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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Learning from disaster: The lessons of Hurricane Katrina, 20 years later
The images that come to mind for most Americans of Hurricane Katrina are many and varied. Whether it is the helicopters rescuing people off their rooftops, residents wading through the flooded city in search of shelter or then-President George W. Bush looking down on the city as he flew over, the photos and video only…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Impact of Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget Bill on Alabama
Families across Alabama are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. President Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget Bill (OBBB) guts basic needs programs for low-income people — cutting $1 trillion in Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplace spending, along with $187 billion in SNAP —…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Impact of Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget Bill on Florida
Families across Florida are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. President Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget Bill (“OBBB”) guts basic needs programs for low-income people — cutting $1 trillion in Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplace spending, along with $187 billion in SNAP —…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Impact of Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget Bill on Georgia
Families across Georgia are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. President Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget Bill (“OBBB”) guts basic needs programs for low-income people — cutting $1 trillion in Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplace spending, along with $187 billion in SNAP —…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Impact of Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget Bill on Louisiana
Families across Louisiana are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. President Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget Bill (OBBB) guts basic needs programs for low-income people — cutting $1 trillion in Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplace spending, along with $187 billion in SNAP —…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Impact of Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget Bill on Mississippi
Families across Mississippi are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. President Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget Bill (OBBB) guts basic needs programs for low-income people — cutting $1 trillion in Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplace spending, along with $187 billion in SNAP — all…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Trump’s Executive Order Worsening Homelessness Crisis, Explained
SPLC is using every tool at our disposal to fight attacks on people experiencing homelessness. SPLC is standing up for an America where everyone has safe and affordable housing. We hope you’ll join us. For more information, please visit Together We Fight or contact Theresa Lau. Image at top: (Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Defamation suit highlights anti-trans rhetoric that often targets Black women
A recent lawsuit filed by the French president and his wife accusing far-right conspiracy propagandist Candace Owens of defamation due to her repeated claims that the French first lady was born male highlights how such attacks enforce a male supremacist gender binary and restrict what it means to be a woman. The 22-count defamation lawsuit…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
SPLC forms partnership to make data publicly available in gerrymandering fights
Gerrymandering is one of the most entrenched obstacles to fair and representative democracy in the United States. To fight its spread, experts analyze proposed voting district maps and provide testimony in legal challenges. They identify places with diverse populations where councils or legislatures create at-large districts, pack voters of one ethnic group into a single…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Louisiana fight for fair voting map is a beacon of hope for Deep South residents
Voting district lines equal political power. This is why communities redistricted after the 2020 U.S. census results were released, creating new district maps to reflect demographic changes. But five years after the census, the city of Abbeville, Louisiana, is still on its first attempt at drawing new districts. As an attorney for voting rights with…
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