Courts in 14 Alabama counties awarded $2.2 million to law enforcement agencies through civil asset forfeiture actions filed in 2015 – and in a quarter of the 1,100 cases, law enforcement sought to keep property seized from people who were never even charged with a crime, according to a report released today by the SPLC and the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice.
The Voting Restoration Amendment, which would restore voting rights to people with felony convictions upon completion of their sentences including probation, will be on Florida’s ballot in November.
Donald Trump was sworn in as president of the United States one year ago today.
When Donald Trump stood on a stage in Cleveland to accept the Republican nomination for the presidency in July 2016, he declared he would be the voice of the American people, the sole champion for the vulnerable and forgotten.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB’s) plans, under new leadership, to “reconsider” a rule that protects consumers from harmful payday and car title loans are a blatant effort to aid the powerful, predatory lenders who routinely trap these borrowers in a cycle of debt.
The Southern Poverty Law Center and its allies filed a motion today to defend a ban on conversion therapy for minors enacted by Tampa, Florida, and challenged by an anti-LGBT hate group attempting to allow the discredited practice that attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity
In a meeting today with lawmakers about restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African nations, President Trump was reported as asking, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”
At the foot of the bridge over the Rio Grande, Laura turned to Agent Garza. “When I am found dead,” she said, “it will be on your conscience.”
What will you do this year to be an engaged member of a democratic and tolerant community?
Here are five items to add to your New Year's resolution list.
When SPLC founder Morris Dees knocked on the door of the Bethesda Home for Girls in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, he discovered a scene that was nothing like what was advertised.
