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SPLC Charter Schools Lawsuit Heads to Mississippi Supreme Court

June 18, 2019

JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) will argue before the Mississippi Supreme Court to stop a funding scheme that diverts millions of local property tax dollars away from public schools and to privately...

New Report Examines Weaponization of Immigration Court System

June 12, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – The immigration court system has failed to fulfill the constitutional and statutory promise of fair and impartial case-by-case review, according to a new report released today by Innovation Law Lab and the...

Report: Black students, students with disabilities among most likely to be struck in schools practicing corporal punishment

June 11, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Children attending the small percentage of the nation’s public schools that allow corporal punishment face a much greater likelihood of being struck than previously understood, with black students and students...

SPLC: Judge Orders Dissolution of Conversion Therapy Provider Barred from Promoting Fraudulent Practice in 2015 Operating Under New Name

June 10, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A New Jersey state judge today ordered the dissolution of an organization known as the Jewish Institute for Global Awareness (JIFGA), which facilitates gay-to-straight “conversion therapy,” because its founders...

SPLC and ACLU Sue Trump Administration Over Discriminatory Cash Bail System

June 06, 2019

ATLANTA – Southern Poverty Law Center, the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Georgia filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s cash bail system that discriminates against people held in Georgia...

SPLC statement on YouTube’s decision to remove hateful content

June 05, 2019

YouTube announced plans today to clean up extremism and hate speech on its popular service by removing thousands of videos and channels that advocate neo-Nazism, white supremacy and other bigoted ideologies. The decision by...

LPA: Louisiana Takes Modest First Step In Reforming Ineffective Habitual Offender Statute

June 05, 2019

The Louisiana Senate today voted 30-6 in favor of House Bill 518 , which reforms the state’s unjust, expensive and out-of-step habitual offender statute by eliminating certain first-time, nonviolent offenses from later being...

Pastors and Churches Sue Arizona Groups for Threatening and Harassing Houses of Worship That Assist Immigrants

June 04, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a lawsuit in federal court today against two Arizona-based groups and their members who have been intimidating, threatening and harassing churches, pastors and...

SPLC Action Fund: Demand transparency, accountability in Louisiana schools

June 03, 2019

The Louisiana Senate today voted 38-0 in favor of House Bill 160, which would require school districts in the state to collect data on school climate and school discipline. The following statement is by Victor Jones, senior...

SPLC Action Fund: Police Data Would Make Louisiana Safer

June 03, 2019

The Louisiana Senate over the weekend passed House Bill 506, creating a task force to improve collection and reporting of data on basic law enforcement activities. The following statement is by Terry Landry Jr., policy counsel...

SPLC Statement on AL Legislature Passage of Civil Asset Forfeiture Reforms in SB 191

May 31, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The following statement about the passage of SB 191 in the Alabama Legislature today is by Emily Early, staff attorney for SPLC Action Fund: "A mandatory reporting system for civil asset forfeiture can help...

SPLC Statement on AL Legislature Passage of Parole Board Reforms in HB 380

May 30, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The following statement about the passage of HB 380 in the Alabama Legislature today is by Ebony Howard, senior supervising attorney for SPLC Action Fund: "Today’s passage of HB 380 unnecessarily politicizes...

SPLC Action: Fund public education for Louisiana’s children, not unaccountable private vouchers

May 23, 2019

The Louisiana House today voted 85-1 to approve HB 446, which would give public school students a “reading voucher” for private uses. The following statement is by Victor Jones, senior supervising attorney for the SPLC Action...

SPLC Action Fund: SB 108 Puts Bail Bond Industry Before Low-Income Louisianans

May 23, 2019

The Louisiana House today approved Senate Bill 108, which absolves bail bond companies from having to refund as much as $6 million overcharged to approximately 50,000 New Orleans families after the Commissioner of Insurance found...

SPLC Files Complaints on Behalf of Two Athens Seniors Denied Participation in their High School Graduation

May 22, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has filed complaints against the Athens City Board of Education (Board) in Alabama, seeking reinstatement of two Athens seniors’(G.K. and M.B.) at Athens High School who...

Teaching Tolerance Examines Social Justice Educators’ Use of Social Media to Expand Reach, Offer Professional Development

May 22, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Social justice educators are shifting the narrative on professional development through social media where thought leaders who, historically, might have been marginalized, are finding a platform and a source of...

SPLC Statement on Trump Administration Immigration ‘Plan’

May 16, 2019

“Instead of addressing the deeply flawed immigration policies that have resulted in a very real humanitarian crisis at the Southern border and in detention centers across our country, President Trump is only doubling down in his...

SPLC Launches Voting Rights Practice Group, Testified at Congressional Field Hearing on Voting Rights

May 14, 2019

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – To fight for a healthier democracy and fully realize the promise of the Civil Rights Movement, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced the formation of a new Voting Rights Practice Group. In the group’...

Judge: Sophie B. Wright Students Have Right to Participate in Graduation

May 13, 2019

A preliminary injunction requested by the Southern Poverty Law Center to allow students to participate in today's Sophie B. Wright Charter School's high school graduation was granted this morning by Orleans Parish Civil District...

LPA: Formerly incarcerated people should serve on juries

May 13, 2019

The Louisiana House today voted against House Bill 65, which would have made people with past convictions eligible for jury duty. The following statement is by Jamila Johnson, senior supervising attorney for the SPLC Action Fund...

Human Rights Attorneys in Court to Defend Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Trump Administration Turnback Policy

May 10, 2019

SAN DIEGO, Ca.—The Southern Poverty Law Center, Center for Constitutional Rights, and American Immigration Council argued in federal district court today against the government’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Trump...

SPLC Action Statement on Alabama House of Representatives Passing HB380 Affecting Board of Pardons and Paroles

May 09, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The following statement on the passage of HB 380 in the Alabama House of Representatives is by Ebony Howard, senior supervising attorney for SPLC Action Fund: "Alabama has a prison overcrowding crisis on its...

Lawsuit Challenges Massive Use of Solitary in Florida Prisons

May 08, 2019

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Admire Harvard has spent nearly 10 years locked up in solitary confinement in the Florida prison system. Harvard, a 28-year-old black transgender woman, has been subjected to solitary confinement in a men’s...

ADOC Required to Immediately Address Suicides in Prison

May 06, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama’s Department of Corrections (ADOC) will be required to immediately take detailed steps to monitor people in segregation in prison and implement other preventive measures to reduce the risk of suicides,...

Louisianans for Prison Alternatives Rally for Criminal Justice Reform

May 06, 2019

BATON ROUGE – On the heels of a public opinion poll showing broad bipartisan support for Louisiana’s 2017 Justice Reinvestment Package, hundreds of criminal justice advocates descended on the Capitol today for Louisianans for...

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