BATON ROUGE, La. — Today, Louisiana’s Legislature passed Senate Bill 2, authored by Heather Cloud (R), to lower the age of juveniles subject to adult criminal procedures and remove critical protections for youth in the justice...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Yesterday, young Black people in Alabama, Georgia and across the country received an abhorrent, racist text that the SPLC is investigating and choosing not to further amplify. “The text sent to young Black...

ATLANTA — This afternoon, the Georgia Supreme Court denied relief for Cobb County voters who requested absentee ballots on time but did not receive them on time due to the county’s failure to mail them promptly. The lower court...

ATLANTA — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia, and Southern Poverty Law Center filed an emergency lawsuit to safeguard the voting rights of Cobb County voters. Cobb County admitted that they had failed to mail out...

WALTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) recently filed both an Administrative Due Process Complaint and an Office for Civil Rights Discrimination Complaint against the Walton County School District. E.C., a...

CHICKASAW, Ala. — The city of Chickasaw, Alabama, is working with the SPLC to nol pros ( i.e. , dismiss) pending criminal charges for delinquent sewer and garbage payments. As a good faith gesture, the city also is agreeing to...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced emergency litigation on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Florida (LWVFL) and the NAACP Florida State Conference (FL NAACP) to reopen the voter...

ATLANTA — This week, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), on behalf of GALEO Latino Community Development Fund and Common Cause Georgia , filed to intervene as defendants in William T. Quinn and David Cross v. Secretary of...

MIAMI — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a chilling new report that details the costs, incarceration rates, stories and impact of Florida routinely pushing Black children out of schools and into its legal...

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yesterday action to make it easier for users of HealthCare.gov to access nonpartisan, voter registration information on Vote.gov. “Millions of Americans...

ATLANTA — Yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), ACLU of Georgia , ACLU National Voting Rights Project and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging two new rules...

ATLANTA — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Georgia State Office announced that it is teaming up with ACLU of Georgia’s “I Got 5 on It” get-out-the-vote campaign, to increase civic participation this election. The...