June 02, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Melissa Crow, a senior supervising attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement responding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formally ending the Migrant...
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May 28, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The U.S. Senate, in a 35-54 vote today, filibustered the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The following statement is from Margaret Huang, president...
May 28, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gracie Willis, a staff attorney, with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project released the following statement on the proposed Dedicated Docket announced today by the Executive Office for...
May 26, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released new data updating the number of Confederate symbols associated with the military as part of its Whose Heritage? report , which tracks symbols of the...
May 26, 2021
ATLANTA — Three prominent Georgia-based disability rights groups have joined the broad-based alliance of Georgia voters, civil rights groups, and activists fighting against the implementation of the state’s unconstitutional and...
May 25, 2021
ATLANTA, Ga. – The Stone Mountain Memorial Association recently approved several resolutions which will bring long overdue changes to Stone Mountain Park, including relocating Confederate flags from the base of the mountain,...
May 24, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – In the second season of the Sounds Like Hate podcast, debuting May 26, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) shifts its focus to the South, as activists in Alabama, Georgia and Texas bring renewed energy and...
May 21, 2021
MIAMI – A federal judge in the Middle District of Florida on Thursday denied the state of Florida’s request for a preliminary injunction to block the Biden administration's interim Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
May 21, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Recently, the Duval County Public Schools’ Renaming Canvassing Board counted all votes. The results confirm that the Jacksonville community is ready to leave the Confederacy behind by renaming all of schools...
May 20, 2021
NEW ORLEANS --The Associated Press (AP) released a video showing the arrest and beating of Ronald Greene by Louisiana State troopers in 2019 in Monroe, Louisiana. Greene, a Black man, was stopped following a traffic chase and...
May 20, 2021
OCILLA, Ga. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end its contracts with the Bristol County Detention Center in North Dartmouth, Mass., and the Irwin County...
May 20, 2021
Montgomery, Ala. – The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) discriminates against foster children and youth with mental impairments by unnecessarily segregating them in restrictive, psychiatric residential treatment...
May 19, 2021
MONTGOMERY -- President Biden took executive action to ensure low-or no income individuals have better access to legal representation. The President signed a memorandum directing the Department of Justice to restore key functions...
May 19, 2021
SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement: "It’s heartening that the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act this afternoon by a vote of 364-62. This legislation,...
May 17, 2021
DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. – During a recent speaking engagement at Hillsdale College, Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran discussed the ongoing litigation involving Amy Donofrio, a Jacksonville teacher who was placed on...
May 17, 2021
NATCHEZ, Miss. – A catastrophic COVID-19 outbreak at the Adams County Detention Center (ACDC) in Natchez, Miss., is recklessly endangering the lives of hundreds of people, says a new Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL)...
May 17, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In observance of the 67-year anniversary of the unanimous Brown v. Board of Education decision, the Southern Poverty Law Center raised a new billboard in support of the Jacksonville community and grassroots...
May 13, 2021
ATLANTA – A group of nearly 30 immigrants formerly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today sent a letter to the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, and Georgia Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon...
May 12, 2021
ATLANTA, Ga. – Today, a federal judge heard an emergency motion in a case charging the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) with violating the constitutional rights of Ashley Diamond, a Black, transgender woman currently...
May 12, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The new season of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) original podcast — Sounds Like Hate — was released today. This season goes deeper into the dangers and peril of everyday people who engage in extremism...
May 11, 2021
GRAHAM, N.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center raised a new billboard in support of the North Carolina Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities (NC CRED), which supports groups like Alamance Alliance 4 Justice, the Alamance...
May 07, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Southern Poverty Law Center’s Learning for Justice program curriculum and resources have recently sparked outrage and opposition from conservative groups, like the Heritage Foundation, who want educators to...
May 05, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the results of a national poll of 1000 representative voters in the United States, conducted by Tulchin Research , finding widespread support for...
May 04, 2021
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - The PASCO Coalition issued the following statement today after the Pasco County School Board and Sheriff’s Office announced changes to its predictive policing program without community input during a school...
May 04, 2021
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The People Against the Surveillance of Children and Over-policing (PASCO) Coalition sent an 12-page letter today urging the Pasco County School District to immediately end all student data-sharing agreements...
