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#MoveItNow: Billboard Tells Williamson County to Evict Confederate Monument

September 08, 2021

AUSTIN, Tx. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center raised a billboard in support of Wilco Patriots , which has been advocating for removal of a Confederate monument in front of the Historic Williamson County Courthouse for more...

Families, Human Rights Advocates Seek Hearing on Illegal Rule Banning Mask Mandates in Florida Public Schools

September 07, 2021

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida NAACP, Florida Student Power Network, and several medically vulnerable families across Florida are requesting a hearing before the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings to invalidate an...

Florida State Conference of NAACP, et al., v. Florida Department of Health (request for administrative hearing)

Children's Rights

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September 07, 2021

The SPLC, the Law Offices of Joshua Spector, P.A. and the Education Law Center of New Jersey filed a lawsuit that seeks a hearing before the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings to invalidate an emergency rule...

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Unnecessary, Inappropriate, Illegal: SPLC lawsuit exposes how nearly 38,000 children each year are seized in Florida, handcuffed and taken to mental facilities

September 03, 2021

SPLC: Transfers Undermine Sec. Mayorkas’ Pledge

September 03, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Maura Finn, lead attorney with SPLC’s Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative, regarding the long-overdue end to the practice of caging...

SPLC Applauds Virginia Supreme Court Ruling to Allow Removal of Monument Avenue Confederate Statue

September 03, 2021

RICHMOND, Va. – Recently, the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled that the state can remove its statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from public display on Monument Avenue. The following statement is from SPLC Chief of Staff...

BREAKING: Court Says Turnbacks of Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers Are Unlawful

September 02, 2021

San Diego, CA – A federal judge declared unlawful the U.S. government’s turnbacks of asylum seekers arriving at ports of entry along the U.S southern border. The court ruled that the United States is required by law to inspect...

SPLC Calls for Concerted Action as FBI Hate Crime Report Documents Highest Numbers Since 2008

September 02, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Responding to the just-released FBI 2020 Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) report , the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is calling for the Biden administration and Congress to take stronger action to improve...

Hatewatch

Far-Right Propagandist Turns up in Moscow After Jan. 6

September 01, 2021

Michael Edison Hayden

Russia Insider founder Charles Bausman traveled from his home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, and video appears to show him among the insurrectionists that breached the building's walls. Soon after, he left the country for Moscow.

Exclusive Reporting: Far-Right Propagandist with Russian Ties Disappears after Jan 6.

September 01, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Hatewatch team released a new investigative report today detailing how far-right propogandist Charles Bausman involved himself in Pennsylvania-based Stop the Steal...

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#MoveItNow: Billboard Tells Williamson County to Evict Confederate Monument

Families, Human Rights Advocates Seek Hearing on Illegal Rule Banning Mask Mandates in Florida Public Schools

Florida State Conference of NAACP, et al., v. Florida Department of Health (request for administrative hearing)

Date Filed

Unnecessary, Inappropriate, Illegal: SPLC lawsuit exposes how nearly 38,000 children each year are seized in Florida, handcuffed and taken to mental facilities

SPLC: Transfers Undermine Sec. Mayorkas’ Pledge

SPLC Applauds Virginia Supreme Court Ruling to Allow Removal of Monument Avenue Confederate Statue

BREAKING: Court Says Turnbacks of Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers Are Unlawful

SPLC Calls for Concerted Action as FBI Hate Crime Report Documents Highest Numbers Since 2008

Far-Right Propagandist Turns up in Moscow After Jan. 6

Exclusive Reporting: Far-Right Propagandist with Russian Ties Disappears after Jan 6.

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