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DeVos Quits Fight Over COVID-19 Aid to Private Schools After Court Blocks Illegal Education Department Rule

September 28, 2020

Plaintiffs in NAACP v. DeVos reached an important and final victory on September 25 when U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos notified state education officials that she will not appeal court rulings invalidating a U.S...

SPLC Action Fund on U.S. Supreme Court Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett

September 26, 2020

WASHINGTON — This evening President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court. The nomination comes a week...

SPLC can move forward with the claim that private probation company violated the constitutional rights of people in Gardendale, Alabama, federal appellate court rules

September 25, 2020

ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that a previously dismissed lawsuit must be reinstated, providing the Southern Poverty Law Center the opportunity to further litigate its claim that a private probation...

SPLC Action: Following Resolution, Congress Must Shut Down ICE Facilities, Including Irwin County Detention Center

September 25, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Annie Kuster (NH-02), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) and Lois Frankel (FL-21) led 172 members of Congress in introducing a House Resolution...

SPLC Statement on Proud Boys Rally in Portland, Ore.

September 25, 2020

Portland, Ore. — On Saturday, September 26, the Proud Boys , self-described ‘western chauvinists,’ will hold a rally at Delta Park in Portland, Oregon. Over the past three years, the group has hosted and promoted rallies in...

Southern Poverty Law Center denounces lack of justice in Breonna Taylor case

September 23, 2020

LOUISVILLE , KY -- Earlier today a Jefferson County grand jury declined to bring any charges against three white police officers for the deadly shooting of Breonna Taylor, a Black 26-year-old emergency medical technician. One...

SPLC Action: Chad Wolf Serves Trump’s Agenda, Not the Public’s

September 23, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Department of Homeland (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee for his official confirmation hearing. Wolf has been unlawfully serving...

New SPLC Analysis: Mass Parole Denials in Alabama Amid Pandemic

September 22, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Nearly 200 of the 1,100 people older than 65 in Alabama prisons are eligible for parole but have not been released despite the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)...

Governor DeSantis' Proposal Would Criminalize Protest and Dissent

September 21, 2020

Tallahassee, FL — Earlier today Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called for a new law, the “combating violence, disorder and looting law enforcement act” to be passed during the 2021 general session that would put people at risk of...

SPLC Statement on the Passing of Rev. Robert S. Graetz Jr.

September 21, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. – The Rev. Robert S. Graetz Jr., an unflinching advocate for civil rights and the only white clergyman to publicly support the Montgomery Bus Boycott, passed from complications related to Parkinson’s disease on...

SPLC Statement on the Passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

September 18, 2020

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an epic figure in American history and a champion of women’s rights and reproductive justice, passed from complications related to pancreatic cancer on Friday. She was...

SPLC: FDC and ICE Entanglement Undermines Community Trust and Public Safety

September 18, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) entered a Memorandum of Agreement to implement the 287(g) program, which allows for the formal coordination...

New SPLC Polls Finds Overwhelming Support for Anti-Racism Education

September 17, 2020

WASHINGTON — Today, as President Donald Trump doubles down on his attack on schools using the 1619 Project with the announcement of the “1776 Commission,” and his recent orders to federal agencies to end anti-racism training in...

New Issue of Teaching Tolerance Magazine Examines Role of Students and Teachers in Shaping Democracy, Countering Youth Voter Suppression

September 17, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Even though voter turnout among young people during the 2018 U.S. midterm election was the highest it had been in decades, only about 35 percent of eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 29 voted in the...

SPLC and SPLC Action Fund Release Priorities Agenda for Next Presidential Term

September 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the SPLC Action Fund released Vision for a Just Future , an joint action agenda of priorities and recommendations for executive and federal agency action, for...

SPLC Whose Heritage? Dataset Updates as of September 15, 2020

September 15, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today released an update to its Whose Heritage? report which tracks symbols of the Confederacy on public land across the United States: Total number of Confederate symbols...

New Chapter of SPLC’s ‘Sounds Like Hate’ Looks at a Vermont High School Grappling with Racism

September 14, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the second chapter of its newly launched original podcast — Sounds Like Hate — an audio documentary series about the dangers and peril of everyday people who...

SPLC: Federal Appeals Court Decision in Florida Voting Rights Case "Completely Contrary to the Words and Spirit of our Constitution"

September 11, 2020

ATLANTA - The following statement regarding today's U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decision in Jones v. Florida is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center: "With mere days before...

SPLC Action Fund Statement on Senate GOP COVID-19 Relief Bill Vote

September 10, 2020

WASHINGTON — SPLC Action Fund President and CEO Margaret Huang released the statement below following a Senate vote on a new GOP COVID-19 relief package, which received 52 votes and failed to move forward. The Republican bill was...

Immigrant Rights Advocates Ask Court to Permanently Block Trump Policy Turning Back Asylum Seekers

September 08, 2020

September 8, 2020, San Diego – Asylum seekers who have been turned back by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border asked a federal court to permanently stop the Trump...

Parents, Districts, and NAACP Win Major Victory as Federal Court Blocks Illegal DeVos Rule Nationwide

September 04, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Late this afternoon, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in NAACP v. DeVos , striking down a rule that imposes unlawful conditions on federal emergency aid for...

New Study Reveals Florida’s School Policing Mandate Has Increased Negative Outcomes for Students

September 03, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The heightened presence of police officers in Florida schools in the past two years has led to an unprecedented increase in school arrests, according to a new study. A collaborative project led by the ACLU of...

Federal Judge Orders External Monitoring of Mental Health Care in Alabama Prisons

September 03, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Noting decades of inadequate mental health care provided to people incarcerated in Alabama prisons, a federal judge has adopted a plan to monitor the Alabama Department of Corrections’ (ADOC) compliance in...

Conduct of armed white man at Black Lives Matter protest must be investigated

September 03, 2020

Tallahassee, FL — A man who pulled a gun on peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstrators on Saturday, Aug. 29th in Tallahassee has yet to be charged for the incident despite video of the encounter, with law enforcement saying it...

SPLC Asks Joy Reid to Issue Public Apology for Anti-Muslim Comments

September 02, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today joined other civil rights and Muslim leaders in calling for MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” anchor Joy Reid to issue an on-air apology for comparing President Trump’s attempts...

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