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Federal Court Approves Classwide Settlement of Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging Workplace Raid

February 27, 2023

CHATTANOOGA, TN — On Feb. 27, a federal judge approved a final settlement in a class action lawsuit challenging an April 2018 workplace immigration raid at a meat processing plant in East Tennessee. The settlement provides over $...

Children’s Rights Advocates: Federal Judge Allows Lawsuit Over Illegal Use of Florida Baker Act on Palm Beach County Students to Move Forward

February 24, 2023

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon denied, in part, a request by the School District of Palm Beach County to dismiss a case challenging the use of involuntary psychiatric examination of...

Charges Dismissed Against Woman Jailed for Failure to Pay $85 Trash Bill

February 24, 2023

VALLEY, Ala. — Charges of failure to pay solid waste fees were dropped against Nortasha Jackson after she was arrested for falling $85 behind on her trash bill. In their motion to dismiss her charges, Southern Poverty Law Center...

Historic Wreath-Laying Ceremony Honoring Rep. John Lewis and Civil Rights Martyrs to Be Held at the Civil Rights Memorial Center

February 22, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Friday, March 3 at 3:00 p.m. , the Civil Rights Memorial Center , a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), will honor the late Congressman John R. Lewis and civil rights martyrs during a wreath-...

SPLC Statement on Biden Administration’s Proposed Asylum Ban

February 21, 2023

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement from Erin Argueta, senior lead attorney for the SPLC’s Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) , in response to the Biden administration’s...

Cobb County Parent Wins Compensatory Education for Child with Disabilities Denied Services

February 16, 2023

ATLANTA — The Cobb County School District will revise their policies and procedures for special education services after a five-year-old student diagnosed with Down Syndrome and a chronic feeding disorder was denied services, the...

SPLC Unveils New Visual Brand, Centering Southern Communities and Honoring Legacy of Defending Civil Rights

February 15, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) launched a new brand identity that builds on its legacy of fighting in the courts for justice and charts its course as a catalyst for people-powered, transformative...

SPLC Applauds the American Bar Association for Urging the Removal of Confederate Memorials from Courthouses

February 09, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Tafeni English-Relf , director of the Alabama State Office and the Civil Rights Memorial Center , in response to the American Bar...

An Important First Step: Eatonville Residents Applaud Council Decision to Reconsider Use of Historic Property

February 08, 2023

EATONVILLE, Fla. — On Tuesday, Feb. 7 , the Town Council of Eatonville, Florida, voted against land use changes that would clear the way for the development of the historic Robert Hungerford Preparatory High School Property (...

The Southern Poverty Law Center Names Tafeni English-Relf as First Director of SPLC’s Alabama State Office

February 07, 2023

TALLADEGA, Ala. – Today, t he Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) named Tafeni English-Relf as the first director of its Alabama State Office (ALSO). This office will focus on local concerns, specifically in rural communities. “...

Newly Obtained Documents Detail U.S. Government Officials’ Racist Views of Black Migrants

February 06, 2023

ATLANTA – U.S. government officials expressed racist attitudes toward Black migrants, treated their deportation as sport, and dismissed reports of abuse, internal documents obtained by advocacy and activist groups through a...

SPLC Statement on College Board’s Final Framework for African American Studies Course

February 03, 2023

FLORIDA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Bacardi Jackson, interim deputy legal director for the Children’s Rights Practice Group, in response to the College Board’s final framework for...

Exclusive Reporting: Hatewatch Releases Analysis of the Alex Jones Texts

February 01, 2023

WASHINGTON — A new series of investigative reporting released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Hatewatch offers a glimpse into the life of extremist entrepreneur Alex Jones and the destructive business he...

SPLC Statement on Police Killing of Tyre Nichols

January 30, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement in response to the killing of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, by police in Memphis, Tennessee: “The...

Ashley Diamond to Forgo Trial to Focus on Healing

January 19, 2023

MACON — In response to Ms. Diamond’s decision to forgo a trial, attorneys at the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: “Ashley Diamond has decided that a lengthy...

SPLC: New Department of Homeland Security Guidance Provides Critical Protections for Immigrant Workers in Labor Disputes

January 13, 2023

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released new guidance on how immigrant workers involved in labor disputes can seek deferred action and employment authorization from the agency. The announcement follows...

SPLC, ACLU of Louisiana and Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Visit More Than 3000 People Detained in ICE Custody in Effort to End Prolonged Detention

January 11, 2023

NEW ORLEANS — In 2022, as we marked 20 years of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the ACLU of Louisiana and immigrants’ rights coalition partners — National Immigration Project (NIPNLG), Robert F. Kennedy Human...

SPLC: Extremist Mobilization Continues Two Years After Jan. 6 Attack, Requires All of Us to Act

January 06, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement on the second anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol: “Two years ago, far-right...

SPLC Statement on Biden Administration Title 42 Policy Changes

January 05, 2023

WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement from Efrén C. Olivares , deputy legal director for the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project , in response to President Joe Biden’s plans to extend...

The Southern Poverty Law Center Applauds President Biden’s Signing to Bring Bust of Justice Thurgood Marshall to Statuary Hall

December 27, 2022

WASHINGTON — Today, President Biden signed S. 5229 , requiring the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to replace the bust of the late Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney in the U.S. Capitol with one honoring the...

SPLC: Jan. 6 Report Highlights Urgent Need to End Extremist Mobilization and Strengthen Democracy

December 23, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement in response to the release of the final report from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6,...

SPLC Statement on Eleventh Circuit Ruling in Discrimination Lawsuit Against the Cobb County School District

December 20, 2022

ATLANTA – On Friday, Dec. 16, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision denying a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order that would have allowed students with disabilities...

Southern Poverty Law Center Statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Order to Keep Title 42 in Place

December 19, 2022

WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center released the following statement from Rebecca Cassler, senior staff attorney for the Immigrant Justice Project , in response to a decision today by the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend...

COURT ORDERS FAIRER MAPS FOR JACKSONVILLE

December 19, 2022

Jacksonville, Fla. – Today, a federal court judge ordered fairer maps for the Jacksonville City Council and Duval County School Board. This decision ensures that the maps drawn by Jacksonville voting rights organizations and...

The Southern Poverty Law Center Condemns Dragging of Disabled Community Activist by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Dept. at City Council Meeting

December 16, 2022

JACKSONVILLE — This week, Northside Coalition of Jacksonville President Ben Frazier was dragged and detained by Jacksonville Sheriff’s department officers for going over the time limit during the public comment section of a city...

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