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Federal Lawsuit Against Alabama Department of Corrections Long Overdue

December 09, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. – On Wednesday, the United States Department of Justice sued the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) for the state’s repeated failure to meet its obligations to incarcerated men in Alabama under the Eighth...

Sentencing of Neo-Nazi Deserves Praise, But Offers Devastating Reminder of the Pervasive Hate Threatening Public Safety, says the SPLC

December 09, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. – Today, Johnny Roman Garza, a 21-year-old member of a Neo-Nazi group called the Atomwaffen Division, was sentenced to 16 months in prison for threatening a Jewish journalist and conspiring to threaten both...

SPLC Action Fund Responds to Cobb County Elections Announcement on Re-Opening of Early Voting Sites for Runoff Elections

December 09, 2020

ATLANTA – The following statement responding to today’s Cobb County Elections announcement about the re-opening of general election early vote sites for the January 5 runoff elections, following outreach by SPLC Action Fund and...

SPLC Action Fund Responds to House Passage of the National Defense Authorization Act by a Veto-Proof Majority

December 09, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The SPLC Action Fund’s Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to the House of Representatives 335-78 bipartisan passing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a veto-proof...

SPLC: Fifth Circuit Decision Affirms Parents’ Right to Sue Mississippi for a Uniform Public Education System

December 08, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. – In a 9-8 decision yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied Mississippi state officials’ request for rehearing in Williams v. Reeves after a 3-member panel of the court ruled in April that...

Alabama Must Spend COVID-19 Money by Year’s End or Return it to Federal Government

December 02, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. – Alabama has just over a month to spend about $850 million in coronavirus relief funds allocated to the state by Congress. If that money is not spent by Dec. 30, it will return to the U.S. Treasury. Last week,...

SPLC Announces $2M Vote Your Voice Grants for Runoff Elections in Georgia, Louisiana

November 30, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announces an additional investment of over $2 million across 10 organizations that are leading voter mobilization efforts in Georgia and Louisiana as part of its...

Settlement Reached with City of Montgomery in Lawsuit Challenging Criminalization of People Asking for Assistance

November 24, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – In a settlement announced today, the city of Montgomery has agreed that it will immediately stop arresting or ticketing people who panhandle. The settlement serves as a resolution to a lawsuit filed in February...

SPLC Action: Historic Nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas for DHS Secretary Paves Way for Agency to Support a Reimagined, Humane Immigration System

November 23, 2020

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden today announced that he will nominate Alejandro Mayorkas, who served as director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS...

Amicus Briefs Filed in Support of Challenge to Trump Administration Policy That Denies Asylum Seekers Safety & Legal Rights

November 23, 2020

Amnesty International USA, the Association of Pro Bono Counsel, Refugees International, and a group of immigration law professors have filed amicus briefs in a case challenging the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP),...

SPLC: Full Investigation Required for Death of 18-Year-Old Devon Gregory

November 23, 2020

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – On Tuesday, November 17, four police officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) shot more than 30 rounds into Devon Gregory’s vehicle during a traffic stop in Jacksonville. The medical coroner...

SPLC: Transgender Woman Sues Georgia Dept of Corrections After Repeated Sexual Assaults and Denials of Medical Care

November 23, 2020

ATLANTA, Ga. – Today, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Southern Poverty Law Center, sued the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) for the second time for its...

SPLC Sues Tuscaloosa Sheriff for Failing to Release Public Records about COVID-19 at the Jail

November 23, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a lawsuit today against Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ron Abernathy for not complying with the Alabama Open Records Act. Nearly four months after SPLC requested...

Survey: Food Insecurity, Lack of Support Remain Top Challenges for Mississippians Receiving SNAP

November 23, 2020

JACKSON, Mississippi - Since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic in March, food insecurity and child care have been major issues during this pandemic. A new state survey of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients...

New SPLC Series Explores the Human Cost of Mass Parole Denials in Alabama

November 19, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Despite thousands of people in Alabama's prisons being eligible for parole and awaiting a hearing , the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles denies even the best candidates. “ Freedom Denied ” – a new...

SPLC Responds to New FBI Report Showing Increase in Hate Crimes in 2019

November 16, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is calling on the federal government to mandate hate crime data collection at all levels of government after a new report released today by the Federal Bureau of...

'After about 5 minutes of struggle, they forced my index finger on the paper': ICE Forcing More Asylum Seekers to Sign Deportation Paperwork as Another Deportation Flight to Cameroon Looms

November 09, 2020

NEW ORLEANS – On Thursday, November 5, immigrant rights organizations filed a new multi-individual Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) complaint with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Civil Rights and Civil...

SPLC Statement on 2020 Election Results

November 07, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. — Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang released the following statement as news outlets called the state of Pennsylvania for Joe Biden, giving him 273 electoral college votes to push him...

SPLC Urges Provisional Voters in Georgia to Check Status of Ballot In-Person in Final 24 Hours Available to Them

November 05, 2020

ATLANTA – The following statement is by Poy Winichakul, staff attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center: “For voters who cast provisional ballots on Tuesday, they have one day remaining to ensure those ballots are counted in...

SPLC Urging Georgia Voters to Cure Absentee Ballots by Friday at 5PM

November 04, 2020

ATLANTA – The following statement is from Poy Winichakul, staff attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center: “As we patiently await results in races up and down the ballot in Georgia, we’re urging voters who submitted ballots...

Mississippi Voters Have Until November 13 to Cure Absentee Ballots with Signature Match Issues

November 04, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi voters who voted by absentee ballot have until Friday, Nov. 13 to fix any signature match issues. In August, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Dechert LLP...

SPLC Statement: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia Nondiscrimination Case

November 04, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia regarding whether private foster care agencies that hold public government contracts can ignore anti-discrimination...

Mississippi voters overturn two Jim Crow-era decisions at ballot box

November 04, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. – With a majority of ballots counted, Mississippi voters are projected to overwhelmingly pass Ballot Measures 2 and 3, reforming how statewide elections are won and approving a new state flag, respectively. The...

SPLC Action Fund: Minimum wage increase will lift wages for millions, help get people out of poverty

November 04, 2020

Tallahassee, Fla. -- On Tuesday millions of Florida voters went to the polls and approved a constitutional amendment that will raise the minimum wage in Florida to $15 an hour. The SPLC Action Fund supported efforts to raise the...

SPLC Statement As Election Day Polls Begin to Close Across the United States

November 03, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. — Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the below statement as polling stations begin to close in the eastern United States: “This election season has been a source of energy and...

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