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Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Over Alabama’s Laws Criminalizing Panhandling

February 13, 2020

Montgomery, Ala .— Alabama’s panhandling laws violate the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of speech, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday seeking to immediately stop the city of Montgomery and Alabama from enforcing two...

PFPS Launches New Interactive Tool to Track Voucher Legislation Nationwide

February 13, 2020

Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS) has launched an interactive tool to track bills that create or expand, as well as scale back, private school voucher programs in state legislatures across the country. The new legislative...

Baton Rouge Residents Settle Lawsuit with Private Company that Profited from Pretrial Supervision “Ransom” Scheme

February 12, 2020

BATON ROUGE, La. – Two Baton Rouge residents have reached a settlement of their federal and state claims against Rehabilitation Home Incarceration (RHI), a private company, and its owner Cleve Dunn,Sr. RHI charged Baton Rouge...

SPLC Report: As Alabama Resists Reform, Voter Suppression Is Alive and Well

February 10, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Despite Alabama’s historic role in the voting rights movement, it remains one of the most difficult states for an eligible voter to register and successfully cast a ballot, according to a report released today...

SPLC: Georgia Medicaid Work Requirements Will Keep Thousands in Poverty

February 07, 2020

ATLANTA, Ga - The Southern Poverty Law Center submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services opposing a proposed Medicaid waiver which mandates work and other requirements to secure Medicaid coverage...

Statement on U.S. Department of Justice Announcement of Investigation of Mississippi Prisons

February 05, 2020

JACKSON, Mississippi — “Mississippi’s prisons have a brutal history rooted in slavery and convict leasing, and it is time for the federal government to step in and do what the Mississippi Department of Corrections has failed to:...

SPLC Action Fund on Impeachment: “We have just witnessed a disgraceful display of partisanship”

February 05, 2020

Karen Baynes-Dunning, Interim President and CEO of the SPLC Action Fund, issued the below statement following the conclusion of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial before the U.S. Senate: “We have just witnessed a...

SPLC Policy Brief Urges Equity, Access, and Accountability in Alabama Charter Schools

February 05, 2020

MONTOGMERY, Ala. – A report by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released today outlines recommendations to strengthen Alabama’s charter school law. The report defines public charter schools and describes how they operate in...

Teaching Tolerance Magazine Examines the Use of Young Adult Non-Fiction to Expand Social Studies Curriculum

February 04, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The struggle social studies teachers face in using standard textbooks to provide K-12 students a robust knowledge of history and current events may be lessened by integrating young adult versions of popular...

SPLC and SPLC Action Fund Name Internationally Renowned Human and Civil Rights Leader Margaret Huang as President and CEO

February 03, 2020

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA — Internationally renowned human and civil rights leader Margaret Huang has been hired as the new president and chief executive officer of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and SPLC Action Fund. She...

SPLC Statement on Trump’s Expanded Muslim Ban

January 31, 2020

“President Trump’s expansion of his Muslim Ban is yet another manifestation of this administration’s hateful and discriminatory agenda enacted in the name of fear, nativism and xenophobia. This abhorrent order is bolstered by...

SPLC: ‘Public Charge’ Rule is Latest Attack on Immigrants

January 27, 2020

“Today’s ruling allows yet another discriminatory and xenophobic Trump administration policy aimed at low-income black and brown immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security’s ‘public charge’ rule only hurts families...

SPLC Marks Anniversary of Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy by Vowing to Continue Fight for Asylum Seekers’ Rights

January 27, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C . – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, marking the one-year anniversary of the Trump...

Two Arizona Groups That Intimidated Phoenix-area Churches and Pastors Ordered to Stop Harassment and Pay Damages

January 24, 2020

PHOENIX — An Arizona federal court today entered an order that prohibits Patriot Movement AZ (PMAZ) and four of its members from illegally harassing and intimidating Phoenix-area churches and pastors. The order also requires PMAZ...

Twelve-Year Prison Sentence for Carrying a Cell Phone is “Cruel and Unusual Punishment” Under Constitution's Eighth Amendment

January 23, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. -- The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a motion for rehearing in the case of Willie Nash, a man who was egregiously sentenced to a 12-year prison sentence for bringing a cell phone into a county jail. The...

Florida’s Supreme Court Decision in State v. Poole at Odds with Most States that Still Allow the Death Penalty

January 23, 2020

“Today Florida’s Supreme Court retreated on the critical requirement that only a unanimous jury can impose the death penalty, making Florida an outlier inconsistent with the federal death penalty and every other state but one...

Deck Stacked Against People Eligible for Parole in Alabama

January 23, 2020

Montgomery, Ala.— As the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles continues to deny parole at extremely high rates, the Southern Poverty Law Center has released a guidebook to help navigate the state’s parole process. The guide...

SPLC: On Auschwitz Anniversary, 'We Must Learn From History'

January 23, 2020

The following statement is from Karen Baynes-Dunning, Interim President and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center . “Today marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. More than 1 million Jews, Roma, Polish,...

SPLC Sues Alabama School District for Violating Students’ Due Process Rights

January 22, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed two lawsuits today against the Montgomery County Board of Education for arbitrarily expelling students in violation of their due process rights under the 14th...

SPLC: We Deserve A Fair And Transparent Impeachment Trial

January 17, 2020

The following statement is from Karen Baynes-Dunning, Interim President and CEO of the SPLC Action Fund: “This week, the House formally delivered impeachment articles to the Senate. While many of us believe the evidence against...

SPLC: Florida Supreme Court Decision Permits Modern-Day Poll Tax and Redefines Voter-Approved Amendment

January 16, 2020

The following statement regarding the Florida Supreme Court Amendment 4 decision from this morning is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center: “The Florida Supreme Court’s decision is...

Groups Sue Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission over Open Meetings Violations

January 15, 2020

FLORIDA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a lawsuit today on behalf of March for Our Lives Florida, the Florida Student Power Network, Dream Defenders and individual students who were denied the right to speak at a...

Migrant Families File Federal Lawsuit Over Trump Administration Family Separation Policy

January 10, 2020

PHOENIX – Two immigrant parents separated from their children by immigration officials at the U.S. border filed a federal lawsuit today over a Trump Administration policy that has separated and traumatized thousands of migrant...

PFPS Files Amicus Brief at Invitation of Michigan Supreme Court

January 08, 2020

At the invitation of the Michigan Supreme Court, Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS) has filed an amicus curiae brief urging invalidation of a Michigan law that funnels limited public education funds to private schools. PFPS is a...

Civil Justice Advocates Ask U.S. Department of Justice to Immediately Investigate Violence in Mississippi’s Prison System

January 07, 2020

JACKSON, Mississippi — In a letter sent to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), a U.S. Congressman and Mississippi civil justice advocates called on the agency to begin an immediate investigation into the Mississippi Department...

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