Building a Path Toward Progress
Plagued by entrenched racial disparities, hope for a more equitable future rests on encouraging residents to join the movement for justice.
With one of the highest rates of poverty in the nation, Louisiana is failing to provide ladders of economic opportunity to its most vulnerable residents. An unfair criminal legal system that funnels young people of color into institutionalization can snuff out the chance at achieving success before they have even reached adulthood.
Channeling the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, communities throughout the state can push for progress through collective action. And the SPLC is working to support their efforts through litigation, advocacy and public education.
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How Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget Bill Will Hurt Louisianans
Nearly 847,000 Louisianians receive food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. If families lose SNAP, this will have a cascading impact on children, who will lose access to school meals and more.
Report
Why Louisiana Can’t Wait for Economic Justice
Funding cuts to vital support programs place people experiencing poverty — some 19% of residents in Louisiana — at risk of losing access to doctors, safe and stable housing, and even food simply because they cannot afford it without assistance.
Hate Map
Track Hate and Antigovernment Groups in Louisiana
In 2024, the SPLC tracked 11 hate and antigovernment groups in Louisiana.
Report
Read Our Report on Louisiana’s Youth Justice System
In this report, Only Young Once: The Urgent Need for Reform of Louisiana’s Youth Justice System, we explore how the perceptions of Black youth contribute to an overreliance on punitive measures – in both Louisiana’s school and juvenile justice systems – leading to stark racial disparities.