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SPLC Applauds Resignation of “Lost Cause” Sympathizer from the Virginia Board of Historic Resources

August 03, 2022

RICHMOND, Va. — Yesterday, Gov. Glen Youngkin’s appointee to the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, Ann Hunter McLean, resigned after her erroneous justifications for the preservation of Confederate monuments and memorials –...

The Southern Poverty Law Center to Represent Student in Retaliatory Discipline Hearing

August 03, 2022

COBB COUNTY, Ga. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is representing a former Campbell High School student who is facing a new hearing today before a hearing officer designated by the Cobb County Board of Education after the...

The Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU of Georgia Remind Educators, Students of their First Amendment Rights as School Year Begins under new Classroom Censorship Law

August 02, 2022

ATLANTA, Ga. – The ACLU of Georgia ( ACLU-GA ) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) are offering support to educators, students and parents in Georgia as the school year begins under a new classroom censorship law (H.B...

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‘Akin to Torture’: For-profit immigrant prison singles out Black men after peaceful protest

July 29, 2022

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Battling Against Bigotry: Florida families and advocacy groups sue to block state law known as ‘Don’t Say Gay’

July 27, 2022

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‘Historic contract’: SPLC and Washington-Baltimore News Guild Local 32035, TNG-CWA reach collective bargaining agreement

July 26, 2022

Georgia State Board of Education Reverses Decision to Suspend Liberty County Student

July 26, 2022

LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. – The Georgia State Board of Education has reversed a decision by the Liberty County Board of Education to suspend a seventh-grade Black student from Lewis Frasier Middle School, ruling that the suspension...

Florida Families and Advocacy Groups Sue to Block the Florida Law Known as “Don’t Say Gay”

July 26, 2022

ORLANDO, Fla. – Late yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Lambda Legal, Southern Legal Counsel (SLC), and private counsel Baker McKenzie filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida enacted House Bill 1557,...

Cousins et al. v. The School Board of Orange County et al.

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July 25, 2022

The state of Florida in 2022 enacted House Bill 1557, commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, which bans discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3 and restricts such discussions for students through grade 12 based on undefined standards of appropriateness. The...

Parents and Community Members Urge Tennessee Court to Stop Rushed School Voucher Rollout

July 25, 2022

Nashville, Tenn. – Following Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s announcement that the state immediately will begin implementing its controversial private school voucher program for the school year starting in just a few weeks, public...

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