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The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote, but systemic sexism and disenfranchisement of Black women still block equitable access to the ballot.
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August 17, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The following statement on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center: “The...
August 17, 2020
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The following statement about tomorrow's primary elections in Florida is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the SPLC Action Fund: "Tomorrow, Florida will needlessly conduct a statewide election during a...
Hatewatch
In recent weeks, the blocks surrounding Portland’s federal courthouse have turned into a battleground where armed federal troops emerge nightly to violently suppress protests against police brutality.
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August 13, 2020
NEW ORLEANS – On Monday, August 17, during a court hearing in Lafayette, Louisiana, Move the Mindset (MTM) and community members will call on the 15th Judicial District Court to nullify a permanent injunction which prevents the...
Hatewatch
A Hatewatch investigation has revealed that the U.S.-centered accelerationist white power group The Base had a sprawling international network of recruits and overseas cells that was even more extensive than that revealed in a recent BBC investigation.
August 12, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging a rule that imposes unlawful conditions on federal emergency aid for public schools have asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to grant a preliminary...
August 12, 2020
WASHINGTON — Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the below statement on the third anniversary of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The event drew hundreds of peaceful...
August 11, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today released an update to its Whose Heritage? report which tracks symbols of the Confederacy on public land across the United States: Total number of Confederate symbols...
