May 02, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - While disturbing incidents of hate and bias in schools are regularly reported in the news media, the incidents are just a fraction of what educators are encountering in classrooms across the country, a new...
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May 02, 2019
The following statement is from Keegan Hankes, senior research analyst for the Southern Poverty Law Center: “Facebook and Instagram announced today that they have banned several far-right, antisemitic and extremist figures and...
April 27, 2019
The following statement is from Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project, following the deadly shooting at a California synagogue earlier today: “Today we saw another horrific act of...
April 26, 2019
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Today the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia certified class action status in J.E.C.M v. Hayes , a lawsuit challenging the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) policies and...
April 26, 2019
Louisiana once again has the highest incarceration rate, imprisoning 719 of every 100,000 residents, according to a report released this week by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. The following statement is by Jamila Johnson...
April 26, 2019
The below statement is by SPLC Spokesperson Lecia Brooks following President Trump’s defense of his 2017 statements about the white nationalist protest in Charlottesville, Va.: “In 2017, the nation witnessed Ku Klux Klan members...
April 24, 2019
The Louisiana House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee today voted unanimously in favor of House Bill 85 , which would make crime survivors or victims’ families eligible for compensation regardless of criminal history...
April 24, 2019
The Louisiana House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee today voted 9-7 in favor of House Bill 255 , which would roll back a reform passed in the 2017 justice reinvestment package. The following statement is by Terry...
April 16, 2019
“Yet again this Administration is targeting the most vulnerable individuals with truly egregious policies. This edict means that asylum seekers who have passed their initial “credible fear” asylum interview would automatically be...
April 08, 2019
Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center statement on Innovation Law Lab. v. Nielson: "Today’s victory is especially important amidst reports that the Trump administration is planning to move toward...
April 05, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) this week launched a digital initiative that seeks to correct the false narratives of the “Lost Cause” mythology, which idolizes people who fought against the United...
April 04, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC – Two immigrant parents and their children who were unjustly and forcibly separated by immigration officials at the border filed administrative claims against the United States seeking compensation for the harms...
April 03, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice today released an unprecedented analysis of the Alabama prison system concluding that conditions at the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) likely violate the Eighth Amendment of the U.S...
April 02, 2019
MONTGOMERY, AL – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today named Board member Karen Baynes-Dunning interim President and CEO effective immediately. Baynes-Dunning has served on the SPLC Board of Directors since October 2017...
April 02, 2019
MERIDIAN, Miss. – The Meridian City Council voted today to approve an agreement with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law to...
March 29, 2019
“Given the lengths to which federal agencies have gone to defend and cover up their treatment of immigrant children, there is absolutely no way Congress should give the Department of Homeland Security more authority, especially...
March 28, 2019
The following statement is from Heidi Beirich, Director of the Intelligence Project for SPLC Action Fund. This is not what democracy looks like. The passage of Senate Bill 77 denies the will of Georgians who seek to remove...
March 27, 2019
MOBILE, Ala. - Today, the Alabama Voting Rights Project, new voters Rodney Lofton and Rachel Whitley, and Mobile community leaders spoke to the achievements across the state in voting rights restoration and the importance of...
March 27, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Today, the Alabama Voting Rights Project and community leaders in Montgomery spoke to the achievements across the state in voting rights restoration and the importance of ensuring every eligible voter in...
March 27, 2019
WASHINGTON – A federal judge ruled against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ approval of Medicaid waiver projects in Kentucky and Arkansas that include work mandates and other cuts to coverage. This marks the...
March 22, 2019
MONTGOMERY, ALA. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), alongside nearly a dozen other organizations, including Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles, Latino Justice PRLDEF, and Muslim Advocates with the law...
March 19, 2019
“Today the Supreme Court dealt another blow to immigrant’s rights by ruling that certain immigrants are not entitled to bond hearings. This decision is a setback to everyone’s liberty and due process rights.” “Our nation’s harsh...
March 18, 2019
MONTGOMERY, AL - SPLC Board of Directors Chair Bryan Fair today announced that the Board has retained Tina Tchen of Buckley LLP to lead a comprehensive review of the SPLC’s workplace culture and its past policies and practices...
March 15, 2019
“The atrocity in New Zealand shows us, once again, that we’re dealing with an international terrorist movement linked by a dangerous white supremacist ideology that’s metastasizing in the echo chambers of internet chat rooms and...
March 13, 2019
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — More than 250 constituents from across state gathered today to rally at the Capitol in support of changes that would improve the state’s broken justice system. The rally was part of the Florida Campaign for...
