ORLANDO, Fla. —  The Ninth Judicial Circuit Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on behalf of plaintiffs, the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community (P.E.C.) and Hungerford...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. —  Today, the Biden administration announced that it has commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 people on federal death row. This announcement follows a letter sent by the SPLC and several other coalition partners on...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Florida Health Justice Project filed a lawsuit on behalf of Disability Rights Florida against the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The suit...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and American University’s Polarization Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) released its third guide on online youth radicalization, Not Just a Joke:...

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Today, the Orleans Civil District Court delivered a significant win to the unhoused community in New Orleans, granting a preliminary injunction preventing the Louisiana State Police and the Louisiana Department...

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...