NEW ORLEANS – The Shut Down NOLA ICE Coalition issued the following statement about the death of Ernesto Rocha-Cuadra, a 42-year-old Nicaraguan man who endured over a year in the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center (“Jena”),...

CHALMETTE, La. — St. Bernard Parish Public Schools routinely violate the rights of students with disabilities by placing them in a punitive alternative school setting without the appropriate accommodations and education services...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Ten years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County v. Holder , nearly every county in the South has implemented policies that make it more difficult for people of color to vote and elect leaders...

ATLANTA — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) joins the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in observance of World Refugee Day . For more than two decades, nations around the world, humanitarian aid workers and...

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Allen v. Milligan that Alabama’s congressional map denies Black voters a fair number of congressional seats. In July 2022, the Southern Poverty Law Center , League of Women...

JACKSON, Miss. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Mississippi Center for Justice, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU-MS and Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) filed a federal lawsuit challenging S.B. 2358...

WASHINGTON — Today, as first reported by The Hill , a coalition of prominent civil rights organizations sent a letter to the Biden administration calling on President Joe Biden to take all actions within his authority to protect...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate made history today by confirming Nancy Abudu to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Abudu is now the first African American woman, second woman of color, and only the third...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former Selma Mayor George P. Evans passed away on Monday, May 15. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reflects on Mr. Evans’ legacy of community and public service. “George Evans was one of those rare...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Today, local voting rights groups, Jacksonville residents and the Jacksonville City Council agreed to continue using maps ordered by a federal court that provide fair representation to Black communities...

JACKSON, Miss. —The Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of the Treasury on behalf of residents of Jackson, Mississippi, against the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ...