May 20, 2021
OCILLA, Ga. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end its contracts with the Bristol County Detention Center in North Dartmouth, Mass., and the Irwin County...
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May 20, 2021
Montgomery, Ala. – The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) discriminates against foster children and youth with mental impairments by unnecessarily segregating them in restrictive, psychiatric residential treatment...
May 19, 2021
MONTGOMERY -- President Biden took executive action to ensure low-or no income individuals have better access to legal representation. The President signed a memorandum directing the Department of Justice to restore key functions...
May 19, 2021
SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement: "It’s heartening that the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act this afternoon by a vote of 364-62. This legislation,...
May 17, 2021
DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. – During a recent speaking engagement at Hillsdale College, Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran discussed the ongoing litigation involving Amy Donofrio, a Jacksonville teacher who was placed on...
May 17, 2021
NATCHEZ, Miss. – A catastrophic COVID-19 outbreak at the Adams County Detention Center (ACDC) in Natchez, Miss., is recklessly endangering the lives of hundreds of people, says a new Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL)...
May 17, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In observance of the 67-year anniversary of the unanimous Brown v. Board of Education decision, the Southern Poverty Law Center raised a new billboard in support of the Jacksonville community and grassroots...
May 13, 2021
ATLANTA – A group of nearly 30 immigrants formerly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today sent a letter to the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, and Georgia Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon...
May 12, 2021
ATLANTA, Ga. – Today, a federal judge heard an emergency motion in a case charging the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) with violating the constitutional rights of Ashley Diamond, a Black, transgender woman currently...
May 12, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The new season of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) original podcast — Sounds Like Hate — was released today. This season goes deeper into the dangers and peril of everyday people who engage in extremism...
May 11, 2021
GRAHAM, N.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center raised a new billboard in support of the North Carolina Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities (NC CRED), which supports groups like Alamance Alliance 4 Justice, the Alamance...
May 07, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Southern Poverty Law Center’s Learning for Justice program curriculum and resources have recently sparked outrage and opposition from conservative groups, like the Heritage Foundation, who want educators to...
May 05, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the results of a national poll of 1000 representative voters in the United States, conducted by Tulchin Research , finding widespread support for...
May 04, 2021
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - The PASCO Coalition issued the following statement today after the Pasco County School Board and Sheriff’s Office announced changes to its predictive policing program without community input during a school...
May 04, 2021
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The People Against the Surveillance of Children and Over-policing (PASCO) Coalition sent an 12-page letter today urging the Pasco County School District to immediately end all student data-sharing agreements...
May 04, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The new season of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) original podcast — Sounds Like Hate — kicks off next week with the first episode featuring stories of two young people and their paths to...
May 01, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – In commemoration of International Workers’ Day, or May Day, Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang released the following statement. “As we celebrate the achievements of workers and their...
April 29, 2021
Montgomery, Ala. – A new analysis published by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Hatewatch highlights the effort by white supremacists, far-right extremists and other pundits to spread racist conspiracy theories during and...
April 29, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project and Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative released the following statements. On...
April 29, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced Vote Your Voice grants to 55 civic groups and voter outreach organizations across the Deep South totaling $11,285,000. Earlier rounds of Vote Your Voice...
April 27, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center launched its 2021 Confederate Billboard campaign in Florence, Alabama. In 2017, local advocacy group Project Say Something initially appealed for contextualization of the...
April 27, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Stone Mountain Memorial Association held its first meeting under the new leadership of Rev. Abraham Mosley, the first African American to lead the state’s authority in its 60-year history, to discuss future...
April 26, 2021
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Today, 30 local, state-based, and national organizations announced the formation of the PASCO Coalition, People Against the Surveillance of Children and Overpolicing, to call on the Pasco County School...
April 26, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Civil rights attorneys today submitted a pair of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the federal government seeking information on the government’s use of force, including the use of pepper spray, to...
April 26, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The following statement is from SPLC Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks: “Since Reconstruction, Confederate symbols have been used by white supremacists as tools of racial terror. The United Daughters of the...
