BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – To fight for a healthier democracy and fully realize the promise of the Civil Rights Movement, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced the formation of a new Voting Rights Practice Group. In the group’...

The Louisiana House today voted against House Bill 65, which would have made people with past convictions eligible for jury duty. The following statement is by Jamila Johnson, senior supervising attorney for the SPLC Action Fund...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The following statement on the passage of HB 380 in the Alabama House of Representatives is by Ebony Howard, senior supervising attorney for SPLC Action Fund: "Alabama has a prison overcrowding crisis on its...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama’s Department of Corrections (ADOC) will be required to immediately take detailed steps to monitor people in segregation in prison and implement other preventive measures to reduce the risk of suicides,...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The following statement is from Ebony Howard, senior supervising attorney for SPLC Action Fund: “The Alabama Legislature deserves praise for fixing a longstanding legal loophole in how Alabama county jails have...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...