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SPLC: It’s Time to Eliminate the Filibuster and Make the U.S. Senate a Majority-Rule Body

May 28, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The U.S. Senate, in a 35-54 vote today, filibustered the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The following statement is from Margaret Huang, president...

SPLC: Reviving Rocket Docket a Serious Misstep

May 28, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gracie Willis, a staff attorney, with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project released the following statement on the proposed Dedicated Docket announced today by the Executive Office for...

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Shadowy Right-Wing Strategy Group Embraces Islamophobic Figures, Policies, Presents Challenge to Democracy

May 27, 2021

Caleb Kieffer

Islamophobia has a presence within the Council for National Policy, a secretive and influential right-wing coalition, according to leaked documents reviewed by Hatewatch.

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SPLC identifies 64 new Confederate symbols associated with the U.S. military

May 26, 2021

SPLC Finds 64 New Confederate Symbols Associated with the Military

May 26, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released new data updating the number of Confederate symbols associated with the military as part of its Whose Heritage? report , which tracks symbols of the...

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Why Does the U.S. Military Still Glorify the Confederacy? A Conversation With Professor Matthew Delmont

May 26, 2021

Kimberly Probolus

In May 1865, the newly freed African American population of Charlestown, South Carolina, celebrated Decoration Day – the precursor to Memorial Day – by honoring Union soldiers who died while being held as prisoners of war in the city.

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The Arc Georgia: Nonprofit that helps people with disabilities cast ballots joins SPLC suit against voter suppression law

May 26, 2021

Esther Schrader

Georgia-based Disability Rights Groups Join Fight Against Georgia’s Anti-Voter Law SB 202

May 26, 2021

ATLANTA — Three prominent Georgia-based disability rights groups have joined the broad-based alliance of Georgia voters, civil rights groups, and activists fighting against the implementation of the state’s unconstitutional and...

SPLC: Truth-Telling is a Good First Step; Much Work Left to be Done

May 25, 2021

ATLANTA, Ga. – The Stone Mountain Memorial Association recently approved several resolutions which will bring long overdue changes to Stone Mountain Park, including relocating Confederate flags from the base of the mountain,...

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One year after George Floyd’s death: Courage and conviction drive movement

May 25, 2021

Margaret Huang

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SPLC: It’s Time to Eliminate the Filibuster and Make the U.S. Senate a Majority-Rule Body

SPLC: Reviving Rocket Docket a Serious Misstep

Shadowy Right-Wing Strategy Group Embraces Islamophobic Figures, Policies, Presents Challenge to Democracy

SPLC identifies 64 new Confederate symbols associated with the U.S. military

SPLC Finds 64 New Confederate Symbols Associated with the Military

Why Does the U.S. Military Still Glorify the Confederacy? A Conversation With Professor Matthew Delmont

The Arc Georgia: Nonprofit that helps people with disabilities cast ballots joins SPLC suit against voter suppression law

Georgia-based Disability Rights Groups Join Fight Against Georgia’s Anti-Voter Law SB 202

SPLC: Truth-Telling is a Good First Step; Much Work Left to be Done

One year after George Floyd’s death: Courage and conviction drive movement

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