April 24, 2023
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed an administrative complaint today with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, urging the department to investigate a decision by the...
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April 21, 2023
JACKSON, Miss. — The Southern Poverty Law Center’s ( SPLC ) Mississippi State Office is pleased to announce the 2023 Advocacy Institute. Applications for the Advocacy Institute will be accepted through Monday, May 1. The annual...
April 20, 2023
ATLANTA — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement from Efrén C. Olivares , deputy legal director of the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project , in response to the stipulated dismissal of Southern...
April 20, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Saturday, April 22 at 5:00 p.m. CT, the Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) , a project of Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), will celebrate and honor the social justice and civil rights work of Joanne...
April 14, 2023
MIAMI — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Americans for Immigrant Justice released the following statements in response to the Eleventh Circuit decision in the City of South Miami, et al. v. DeSantis, et al. , a case...
April 13, 2023
ATLANTA — This week, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Project South and pro bono counsel, Perkins Coie LLP , petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a federal district court decision...
April 12, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Susan Corke, director of the Intelligence Project , in response to the 2022 release of its Whose Heritage? data and map , which tracks...
April 11, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released an interactive timeline tracking the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front . The group formed in 2017, following the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in...
April 07, 2023
ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSIONS ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement about the death of Salvador Vargas, a 61-year-old Mexican man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
April 07, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Tuesday, April 11 at 1:30 p.m. CST , the Central Alabama Fair Housing Center (CAFHC) will host a virtual event celebrating Fair Housing Month. In recognition of the 55 th anniversary of the Federal Fair...
March 31, 2023
EATONVILLE, Fla. — The Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) and The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community ( P.E.C. ) issued the following statement in response to the sale of most of the remaining acres of the historic...
March 31, 2023
MIAMI – Yesterday, immigrant rights organizations launched a mobile billboard campaign that highlights the abuses occurring at the Baker County Detention Center (Baker). The billboard, showcasing quotes from immigrants detained...
March 30, 2023
ATLANTA — This week, a federal judge in Georgia denied a request by individuals previously held at the Stewart Detention Center, a privately operated immigrant detention center in Stewart County, Georgia, to proceed as a class in...
March 27, 2023
ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) submitted public comments today in opposition to the Biden administration’s Proposed Rule entitled “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways,” which would severely restrict access to...
March 27, 2023
EATONVILLE, Fla. — On Friday, Mar. 24, the Southern Poverty Law Center SPLC filed a complaint in state court against the Orange County Public School Board on behalf of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (...
March 24, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Alabama Supreme Court permitted the Alabama Judicial Resources Allocation Commission (JRAC) to remove a judgeship from diverse Jefferson County to majority-white Madison County. This means Tiara...
March 20, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several civil rights groups sent a letter today urging the U.S. Department of Education to investigate the state’s decision to move children to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola – the nation’s largest...
March 17, 2023
ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSIONS RIVERSIDE, Calif. — On Wednesday, a federal court largely denied the Biden administration’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit, Immigrant Defenders Law Center et al. v. Mayorkas , brought on behalf of people...
March 14, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against state statutes that criminalize soliciting donations and begging, ruling that the statutes violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution...
March 13, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Friday, March 17, at 5:30 p.m. , the Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) , a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), will host Kwame Alexander , author of “ An American Story. ” Joining the author...
March 08, 2023
OCALA, Fla. – The Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) in Florida settled a federal lawsuit for its illegal detention and referral of Neville Brooks, a lawful permanent resident, to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE...
March 07, 2023
ATLANTA — Today, an employee at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), who was arrested while volunteering as a legal observer on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), was released on bail. SPLC President and CEO Margaret...
March 07, 2023
English and Spanish versions WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement from Efrén C. Olivares , deputy legal director for the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project , in response to President...
March 06, 2023
ATLANTA – The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued statements in response to the arrest of a legal observer on Sunday, March 5 in Atlanta: NLG “Law enforcement detained at least 35...
March 06, 2023
ATLANTA – Today, Public Funds Public Schools – a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Education Law Center (ELC) – released a new report documenting the massive increase in public spending on private education...
