WASHINGTON — This evening President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court. The nomination comes a week...
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Annie Kuster (NH-02), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) and Lois Frankel (FL-21) led 172 members of Congress in introducing a House Resolution...
LOUISVILLE , KY -- Earlier today a Jefferson County grand jury declined to bring any charges against three white police officers for the deadly shooting of Breonna Taylor, a Black 26-year-old emergency medical technician. One...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an epic figure in American history and a champion of women’s rights and reproductive justice, passed from complications related to pancreatic cancer on Friday. She was...
WASHINGTON — Today, as President Donald Trump doubles down on his attack on schools using the 1619 Project with the announcement of the “1776 Commission,” and his recent orders to federal agencies to end anti-racism training in...
WASHINGTON — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the SPLC Action Fund released Vision for a Just Future , an joint action agenda of priorities and recommendations for executive and federal agency action, for...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the second chapter of its newly launched original podcast — Sounds Like Hate — an audio documentary series about the dangers and peril of everyday people who...
WASHINGTON — SPLC Action Fund President and CEO Margaret Huang released the statement below following a Senate vote on a new GOP COVID-19 relief package, which received 52 votes and failed to move forward. The Republican bill was...
Montgomery, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today joined other civil rights and Muslim leaders in calling for MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” anchor Joy Reid to issue an on-air apology for comparing President Trump’s attempts...