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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Data hub works with SPLC to train public on fairness in redistricting efforts
Editor’s note: This is the fifth and final story in the “Crossing the Line” series about efforts in the Deep South to redraw voting districts in a way that disenfranchises Black and Brown voters. Kate Donovan earned tenure at Rochester, New York’s St. John Fisher University in 2019. After completing her doctorate in 2013, Donovan…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
United States v. Raffensperger
The Southern Poverty Law Center, the ACLU National Voting Rights Project and the ACLU of Georgia filed a motion to intervene in United States v. Raffensperger to stop the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) from obtaining Georgia voters’ sensitive personal data. The SPLC and co-counsel filed the motion on behalf of Common Cause, a nonpartisan…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Georgia still litigating effects of 2021 redistricting on communities of color
Four years after Georgia lawmakers approved new political maps, the state’s redistricting fight is still playing out in court as voters and advocates argue that the maps undermine the voting power of communities of color.
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Letter urging Congress to vote ‘No’ on any funding package that includes funding for DHS
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Why ‘never again’ still isn’t enough
International Holocaust Remembrance Day calls on us to examine what we are teaching the next generation about how the Holocaust happened and why its lessons still matter now. The Holocaust is a central event in human history — a kind of primal scene we return to whenever we want to picture absolute evil, unambiguous victims…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Florida’s redistricting can weaken voting power of communities of color
Editor’s note: This is the third story in the “Crossing the Line” series about efforts in the Deep South to redraw voting districts in a way that disenfranchises Black and Brown voters. Just blocks from the sprawling Florida Capitol grounds, hidden behind a tall live oak tree draped in Spanish moss, is a squat, two-story,…
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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 Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center 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…
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