Jacksonville, Fla. — Today the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida , Harvard Election Law Clinic , and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Jacksonville NAACP Branch , the Northside...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, 10 civil and immigrants’ rights organizations filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) calling for an investigation of the Houston...

Greenville, Miss.—April 25, 2022 —Mississippi civic leaders today challenged state Supreme Court district lines that have gone unchanged for more than 35 years because those lines dilute the voting strength of Black residents in...

JACKSON, Miss . -- This week the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced the launch of its new Advocacy Institute , a training ground for emerging activists and advocates across the state who are interested in advancing...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rose Murray, an attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) of the Immigrant Justice Project, released the following statement responding to today’s...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) , a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), unveiled the Blank Slate Monument, created by Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo , to the Alabama community earlier...

Montgomery, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang released the following statement on today’s historic confirmation of  Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson  as the 116th Associate Justice of the U...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today a federal court sided with Harriett Tubman Freedom Fighters (HTFF) in HTFF v. Laurel Lee , ruling that Florida’s S.B. 90 infringed on its right to free speech when the state forced the organization to...

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) responded to the announcement by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that they will be closing the infamous Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, Ala., and limiting the...

TALLAHASSEE, FL -- On Tuesday, the Jacksonville City Council voted to pass new Council and School Board maps that dilute Black voting power and further divide communities. The Council map packs more than half of the city’s Black...

MONTGOMERY – The New Jersey Supreme Court has declined an appeal by Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH) and its founders Arthur Goldberg and Elaine Berk, the conversion therapy providers who were barred from...