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Immigration Advocates Applaud End of Performance Metrics for Immigration Judges

October 21, 2021

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Innovation Law Lab (Law Lab) released the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s decision to end Trump-era case completion quotas for immigration...

Teaching Hard History Podcast Episode Helps Educators Discuss History of Race, White Supremacy in Classroom

October 21, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – As educators grapple with the latest attempt s to shift the historical narrative about race in classroom lessons , Learning for Justice released a new episode this week on its Teaching Hard History podcast to...

SPLC: We Will Not Be Deterred in the Fight for Medically Vulnerable Immigrants

October 21, 2021

Montgomery, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Ben Salk, Senior Staff Attorney, following the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to reverse a federal judge’s April 2020 order ,...

SPLC: Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Florida Women in Ongoing Fight Against Pay-to-Vote System

October 19, 2021

ATLANTA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit yesterday ruled against Rosemary McCoy and Sheila Singleton, clients in the McCoy v. DeSantis lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that challenges...

SPLC Denounces Biden Administration Plan to Restart “Remain in Mexico"

October 15, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, responding to the Biden administration’s plan to...

SPLC Responds to Federal Court Order Denying Emergency Relief to Students in Lawsuit Against Cobb County School District

October 15, 2021

ATLANTA – T oday, the U.S . District Court for the Northern District of Georgia denied a request for emergency relief t hat would require the Cobb County School District to follow guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and...

SPLC Condemns Georgia High School’s Ban on Student Protest and Stands Ready to Support Disciplined Students

October 14, 2021

ROME, Ga. – Several Black students at Coosa High School are facing suspension for planning a protest in response to fellow classmates who waved a Confederate flag and yelled racial slurs on school property last week. Although...

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER TO CREATE COMMUNITY-CENTERED COMPLEX WITH PLANNED RELOCATION OF ITS METRO ATLANTA OFFICE BY 2024

October 13, 2021

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a non-government organization (NGO) that acts as a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, announced it is releasing a Request for Proposal (RFP) today seeking partners for a...

One Year after “Death Flights,” Civil Rights Groups Press for Information on Torture and Deportation of Cameroonian Refugees

October 13, 2021

October 13, 2021, New York ‒ Civil rights organizations today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit demanding information about the U.S. government’s wrongful deportation of asylum seekers to Cameroon, where a civil...

SPLC: More Must be Done to Prevent Extremists Efforts to Radicalize Veterans

October 13, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In conjunction with today’s House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing, “ Domestic Violent Extremist Groups and the Recruitment of Veterans ,” the Southern Poverty Law Center released a searing inside look at the...

SPLC Responds to DHS Memo on Workplace Enforcement

October 12, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Meredith Stewart, senior supervising attorney with the Immigrant Justice Project, in response to the new Department of Homeland Security...

Students with Disabilities and Their Parents Sue Cobb County School District for Discrimination in Federal Court

October 01, 2021

ATLANTA – The Cobb County School District’s failure to implement and enforce recommended safety protocols to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in it s schools unlawfully den ies students with disabilities access to a safe , in-person...

SPLC Launches New Resource Tracking Tech’s Role in Perpetuating Hate

September 30, 2021

MONTGOMERY, AL – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today launched TechWatch , a new resource which tracks the role technology plays in perpetuating hate. The first feature series to launch on this new page is a...

DeSantis Doubles Down After Racist Law Exposed

September 30, 2021

MIAMI – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by AJ Hernandez Anderson, a senior supervising attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project responding to Gov. DeSantis’ latest Executive Order...

Public Schools Named After Confederates Are Not Just in the South

September 27, 2021

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — While the South still leads the nation in schools named after Confederate generals, the Southern Poverty Law Center is calling on non-Southern states to rename schools honoring Confederate leaders. Currently...

SPLC Denounce Governor Reeves Remarks as Dismissive of Mississippi's High COVID-19 Death Rate, Impact on Gulf Coast Students

September 24, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) refutes Governor Tate Reeves’ attempts at downplaying the impact of COVID-19 in Mississippi, as the state recently ranked the highest per capita in the nation of COVID-...

SPLC Applauds Removal of Two-Thirds Restriction, Condemns Decision to Keep Heritage Act in Place

September 24, 2021

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Recently, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled to largely uphold a state preservation law that will keep Confederate statues in place and thwart the will of communities that want to remove these dehumanizing...

Families’ Attorneys Threaten to Sue Cobb County Schools to Protect Rights of Students with Disabilities

September 23, 2021

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and two Atlanta area law firms are demanding the Cobb County School District immediately implement COVID-19 safety protocols in their schools to protect the rights of students with...

Florida’s Racist Anti-Immigrant Bill Overturned in Federal Court

September 22, 2021

MIAMI - A federal court ruled that key sections of Florida’s anti-sanctuary law violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, delivering a decision that strikes a major blow to the state’s anti-immigrant policy...

Voting Rights of Tens of Thousands of Mississippians at Stake Today in Federal Court

September 22, 2021

NEW ORLEANS – Today, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear en banc oral arguments in Harness v. Watson to review an earlier three-judge decision regarding a legal challenge of Mississippi’s lifetime...

SPLC to Jacksonville Mayor: #MoveItNow

September 16, 2021

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In June 2020, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry promised to remove the Monument to the Women of the Confederacy in Springfield Park. While the statue has been covered, it still sits in a public park,...

Federal Court Ruling a Major Victory for Farmworkers’ Rights

September 16, 2021

GREENSBORO, N.C. - North Carolina farmworkers and their sole union won a substantial victory yesterday when a federal court struck down part of a state law that would have stripped farmworkers and their union of their rights to...

SPLC Demands Mississippi Lawmakers Take Action Over Water Violations at Parchman Prison

September 10, 2021

Jackson, Miss.—Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center, in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council, are urging Mississippi lawmakers and officials to take swift action to address violations of environmental...

#MoveItNow: Billboard Tells Williamson County to Evict Confederate Monument

September 08, 2021

AUSTIN, Tx. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center raised a billboard in support of Wilco Patriots , which has been advocating for removal of a Confederate monument in front of the Historic Williamson County Courthouse for more...

Families, Human Rights Advocates Seek Hearing on Illegal Rule Banning Mask Mandates in Florida Public Schools

September 07, 2021

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida NAACP, Florida Student Power Network, and several medically vulnerable families across Florida are requesting a hearing before the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings to invalidate an...

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