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SPLC Statement: U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Employers Cannot Fire Workers Because of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation

June 15, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, in a 6-3 ruling written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the United States Supreme Court ruled that “[a]n employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law.” The ruling was in...

SPLC Statement on Rayshard Brooks Killing

June 13, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Southern Poverty Law Center President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang issued the following statement in response to the Atlanta police killing of Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, Friday...

SPLC, Allies Distribute Florida Voter Registration Guidelines Summarizing Recent Ruling

June 12, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – To address ongoing confusion regarding the recent federal court decision ruling affirming the ability for Floridians with past felony convictions who cannot afford outstanding legal financial obligations to...

SPLC Action Fund Statement on Trump Administration Rolling Back Health Protections for LGBTQ+ People

June 12, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its final rule that rolls back critical anti-discrimination protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). HHS plans to abandon the...

SPLC Statement on Trump Administration’s Effort to End Asylum

June 12, 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, regarding the Trump administration’s proposed...

SPLC Action Fund’s Lecia Brooks Responds to GOP-led Panel Decision to Remove Confederate Names on Military Assets

June 11, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The SPLC Action Fund’s Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee adopting an amendment which will allow the Pentagon to remove the names of...

SPLC Action Fund Responds to U.S. House Committee Testimony of Alabama and Louisiana Secretaries of State

June 11, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The following statement is by Caren Short, senior staff attorney for the SPLC Action Fund, and comes in response to testimony by Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill and Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle...

SPLC’s Lecia Brooks Responds to Trump’s Attempt to Glorify Confederate Past

June 11, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to President Trump’s tweets about how his administration will not change the names of 10 U.S. Army bases that are...

SPLC Action Statement on House Oversight Hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability

June 10, 2020

Washington, DC. — SPLC Action President and CEO Margaret Huang released the below statement ahead of today’s U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement: “Our nation’s policing system...

SPLC Statement: Jacksonville City Council Votes to Preserve Protections for LGBTQ+ Residents

June 09, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Interim Deputy Legal Director for LGBTQ Rights & Special Litigation Scott McCoy released the following statement after the Jacksonville City Council voted to preserve...

SPLC Urges All Branches of Military Take Action and Remove Confederate Symbols from its Installations Around the World

June 09, 2020

Read SPLC's report "Whose Heritage: Public Symbols of the Confederacy." MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) sent letters to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the...

SPLC: Georgia Primary Is 'Self-Inflicted Mess'

June 09, 2020

ATLANTA - The following statement on reports of problems in Georgia's in-person primary elections is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center: “Georgia’s in-person primary elections are turning...

Coalition calls on Alabama leaders to protect health and safety of citizens while reopening state

June 09, 2020

Montgomery, Alabama -- COVID-19 cases are continuing to rise in Alabama. But despite that fact, state leaders are going forward with a plan to reopen the state. To accomplish a successful recovery Alabamians must have confidence...

SPLC Reaches $300,000 Settlement in Poultry Plant Discrimination Case

June 09, 2020

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced today that it reached a $300,000 settlement with Wayne Farms, one of the nation’s biggest poultry producers, on behalf of three people with disabilities who alleged...

Police reform bill a significant step in right direction as public demands action

June 08, 2020

Montgomery, Alabama -- Today, members of Congress unveiled a new police reform bill — The Justice in Policing Act of 2020 — that would ban chokeholds like the one that killed George Floyd, end the use of no-knock warrants in drug...

SPLC Statement on the Marines Banning the Confederate Flag in its Installations

June 06, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Lecia Brooks released the following statement after the U.S. Marine Corps announced it is banning the Confederate battle flag — including on bumper stickers, mugs and T-shirts...

SPLC Action Fund: Trump Campaign Email Incites Division and Violence

June 05, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — SPLC Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the following statement after the Trump campaign sent an email to his “fiercest and most loyal defenders” calling on them to join...

SPLC Action Fund Statement on the Removal of Adm. Semmes Monument

June 05, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The SPLC Action Fund's Lecia Brooks released the statement below after the removal of the Adm. Raphael Semmes statue, which was vandalized during protests in Mobile this week. The Semmes statue has stood in...

SPLC Joins National Day of Mourning

June 04, 2020

MONTGOMERY — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) joins social justice organizations and millions of people from across the country in a National Day of Mourning to grieve the lives of Black people killed by police and...

SPLC and Tie The Knot Partner to Show LGBTQ Support Through Pride Month Campaign

June 03, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — As the recent string of murders of unarmed Black people lays bare a system of oppression that touches the lives of so many members of the LGBTQ community, a new initiative is being launched this Pride Month to...

SPLC Action Responds to Attack on Peaceful Protest for Trump Photo

June 02, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Southern Poverty Law Center Action President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the statement below regarding tear gas and flash grenades being used against peaceful protesters Monday before...

Veterans Affairs to Take Steps to Remove Hate Symbols from National Cemeteries

June 02, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On May 14, 2020, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) joined the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and other civil liberties groups to call for the removal of headstones bearing swastikas on the graves of...

SPLC Statement on the Removal of the Confederate Sailors & Soldiers Monument from Linn Park

June 02, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – On Monday night, the Confederate Sailors & Soldiers Monument was removed from Linn Park in Birmingham, Ala. The following statement is from Lecia Brooks, spokesperson for the Southern Poverty Law Center. “...

SPLC: Federal Immigration Agents in Our Streets Help Nobody

June 01, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C – The following statement is from Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project , following DHS’s activation of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs...

SPLC Responds to Recent Killings of Black People

May 29, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Margaret Huang, president and chief executive officer of the Southern Poverty Law Center, issued the below statement following the recent string of killings of Black people across the country: “The SPLC joins...

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