Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman held in a men’s prison in Georgia, continued her legal battle for protection from the ongoing sexual abuse she endures, by renewing her request last night for a federal court to order her...

ATLANTA – Today the Georgia State Senate passed new maps for the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners with a new, predominantly White voting-age population district. The current Gwinnett County Commission is comprised entirely...

ATLANTA – Efrén C. Olivares, Deputy Legal Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Immigrant Justice Project, released the following statement regarding Folkston Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Processing...

MONTGOMERY — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today released the third edition of its Whose Heritage? report , data, and map , which tracks public symbols of the Confederacy across the United States. Click here to view the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Efrén C. Olivares, Deputy Legal Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Immigrant Justice Project, released the following statement in response to the recent comments made by Department of Homeland...

ATLANTA – Today, following the introduction of bills to redistrict county government bodies across many of Georgia’s 159 counties, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Walden Macht & Haran LLP sent letters to each state...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Civil Rights Memorial Center ( CRMC ) is set to reopen on Thursday, unveiling new exhibits and updates designed to enhance visitors’ understanding of the civil rights movement and the ongoing struggle for...

ATLANTA – Voting rights groups and Georgia voters filed a lawsuit in federal court today charging that the 6th, 13th, and 14th Congressional Districts of Georgia violate the U.S. Constitution and unlawfully diminish the voting...