August 12, 2020
WASHINGTON — Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the below statement on the third anniversary of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The event drew hundreds of peaceful...
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August 11, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today released an update to its Whose Heritage? report which tracks symbols of the Confederacy on public land across the United States: Total number of Confederate symbols...
August 11, 2020
Chapter One Focuses on a Woman Who Was a Member of a Hate Group and Worked Behind the Scenes to Support the “Unite the Right” Rally MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) launched its first original podcast —...
August 07, 2020
ATLANTA – Attorneys with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Perkins Coie LLP, Project South and the Law Office of Andrew R. Free today filed a motion to dismiss CoreCivic’s counterclaim against the plaintiffs in the forced...
August 07, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – One year ago today armed agents set upon workers at poultry plants in Mississippi, arresting more than 600 immigrants and terrorizing them, their families, and their communities. This raid occurred just days...
August 06, 2020
SAN DIEGO— A federal judge has granted class certification in Al Otro Lado v. Wolf, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policy of turning back asylum seekers at ports of entry. The ruling provides that the challenge...
August 06, 2020
DALLAS, Ga. – This week, a Georgia school district suspended two students for sharing a photo of their school environment in a viral social media post critical of the school’s reopening plans amid the pandemic. The photos showed...
August 06, 2020
El Dorado, Ark. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of migrant workers who have faced rampant wage theft by a major farm labor contractor, Lowry Farms, Inc. The guest workers...
August 06, 2020
ATLANTA- Earlier this week Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 838, which will grant police officers special status beyond what ordinary citizens enjoy. The new law, which goes into effect on January 1, 2021, will make...
August 06, 2020
DALLAS, Ga. – This week, a Georgia school district suspended two students for sharing a photo of their school environment in a viral social media post critical of the school’s reopening plans. The photos showed dozens of students...
August 03, 2020
PORTLAND, OR – Immigrant rights advocates challenging the weaponization of the U.S. immigration courts applaud Friday’s late-afternoon ruling by the U.S. District Court of Oregon that their lawsuit, Las Americas v Trump , will...
August 03, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — One year ago today, a gunman opened fire in an El Paso, Texas, shopping center after reportedly driving more than nine hours to target Mexican nationals. This deadly attack took the lives of 23 people and...
July 31, 2020
WASHINGTON — SPLC Action Fund Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks released the statement below after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.7617, a House appropriations bill with a vote of 217-197. The “minibus” bill contains...
July 31, 2020
ATLANTA — The Southern Poverty Law Center Interim Research Director Keegan Hankes released the following statement after Twitter took the long overdue step to permanently suspend David Duke, one of the most recognizable figures...
July 31, 2020
WASHINGTON — As Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell holds up COVID-19 relief for struggling families to protect corporations, today the SPLC Action Fund released new findings from a poll showing 3 in 5 voters in three...
July 30, 2020
WASHINGTON — Late Wednesday, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York again blocked the Trump administration’s “public charge” rule that undermined access to healthcare, nutrition and housing...
July 28, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – SPLC Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang issued the below statement following reports that President Trump has issued an order to the Department of Homeland Security to start...
July 28, 2020
WASHINGTON — The murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man out for a jog in Georgia, thrust controversial Stand Your Ground laws back into the headlines. To better inform the debate around these dangerous laws, Giffords Law Center and...
July 28, 2020
WASHINGTON — SPLC Action Fund President and CEO Margaret Huang released the statement below after the Republican majority in the U.S. Senate introduced their second COVID-19 relief package this afternoon. Their $1 trillion...
July 28, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announces the first round of Vote Your Voice grants to 12 voter outreach organizations across the Deep South as part of the $30 million voter mobilization...
July 27, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The SPLC Action Fund Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to State Rep. Will Dismukes’ (R-Prattville, Ala.) public celebration of Nathan Bedford Forrest — a Confederate...
July 24, 2020
Montgomery, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the statement below ahead of celebration of life ceremonies for Congressman John Lewis that will include a final...
July 24, 2020
WASHINGTON — Yesterday, in a letter statement submitted to Representative Max Rose (NY-11), Chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism, and Representative Mark Walker (NC-6), Ranking Member...
July 24, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The SPLC Action Fund Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives voting 224-189 on a package of appropriations bills that include provisions to...
July 23, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Alabama - The U.S. Department of Justice today released a report detailing unconstitutional conditions regarding use of excessive force on men incarcerated in the Alabama Department of Corrections. The following...
