WASHINGTON  — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) responded to the release of the FBI 2023 Hate Crime Statistics Act report by, once again, calling for Congress to expand community-based, prevention efforts and make...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Fair Elections Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of four individual Alabamians who have been unfairly targeted by the state’s...

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Florida Justice Institute (FJI) have filed a motion asking the Florida Department of Corrections to reconsider a lien it has imposed on an incarcerated person,...

JACKSON, Miss.- Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the Mississippi State of the State Report, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer, an event that saw hundreds of college students converge on Mississippi...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla — Yesterday, the New College of Florida suddenly discarded hundreds of library books devoted to LGBTQ+, diversity and religious studies topics, including collections from its former Gender and Diversity Center...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the University of Alabama closed its diversity, equity and inclusion offices across all campuses. These closures are in lockstep with the “divisive concepts” legislation signed by Gov. Kay Ivey in March...

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, and set a precedent for criminalizing people who are experiencing homelessness. Originally filed in 2018, Johnson v. Grants Pass was...

MONTGOMERY — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) launched its bilingual voting campaign, The South’s Got Now / Decidimos in Alabama . Designed to mobilize and unite voters of color across the South, the campaign will...

(Lealo en Español en la parte de abajo) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, President Biden announced a proclamation and interim final rule which together will severely restrict access to the asylum process. The new proclamation and rule...

WASHINGTON — Last week, the Biden Administration announced its plans to increase the prosecution of immigration-related violations at the U.S. border, presumably through increased prosecutions of unauthorized entry and re-entry...

NEW ORLEANS – Last week, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor released a report critical of the Louisiana Department of Education’s (LDOE) oversight of special education services for students with disabilities. The systemic failures...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the Biden administration proposed a new administrative rule further restricting access for individuals seeking asylum in the U.S. If adopted, the rule would allow asylum officers to apply extremely...