MONTGOMERY, Ala.  — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center(SPLC) released a new report on the disturbing state of Alabama’s youth legal system, which for years has overly criminalized Black youth, pushing them out of school...

WASHINGTON — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund , the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American University released qualitative findings...

ENGLISH VERSION Montgomery, Ala. — Today, in response to a joint statement issued by 25 governors in support of Texas’ refusal to comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling on the state’s use of razor-wire barriers at the border, the...

The plaintiffs in Finn v. Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration , a case challenging the constitutionality of the district map for the Cobb County Board of Education, filed an emergency motion yesterday asking the 11th...

WASHINGTON AND MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Yesterday, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), along with the pro bono law firm Crowell Moring LLP, jointly filed an amicus brief in...

TALLAHASSEE — Today, three Florida educators filed a lawsuit challenging Florida Statute § 1000.071(3) (2023) (“Subsection 3”), an anti-LGBTQ+ statute that targets Florida’s transgender and nonbinary teachers for being themselves...

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) closed today on a 2.5-acre parcel at 871 Wheeler St. in Atlanta’s Westside English Avenue neighborhood that will be the future home of the SPLC’s Atlanta office. The Montgomery,...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a c omplaint challenging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s suspension of State Attorney Monique Worrell, claiming the suspension rejects the will of the voters who...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. —Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Learning for Justice (LFJ) program released a new curriculum framework to help educators, parents and caregivers teach high school-age students about Black Americans’...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Judge Vincent Falcone III issued a decision in favor of the plaintiffs in the case of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community v. The School Board of Orange County, Florida. The litigation by the...

WASHINGTON — Today, youth and civil rights advocates renewed their request for the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to investigate Louisiana’s repeated failure to provide general and special education for...

ATLANTA — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (Foundation) announce 68 organizations selected to receive grants through the Vote Your Voice initiative. These grants,...