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Families’ Attorneys Threaten to Sue Cobb County Schools to Protect Rights of Students with Disabilities

September 23, 2021

ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and two Atlanta area law firms are demanding the Cobb County School District immediately implement COVID-19 safety protocols in their schools to protect the rights of students with...

Florida’s Racist Anti-Immigrant Bill Overturned in Federal Court

September 22, 2021

MIAMI - A federal court ruled that key sections of Florida’s anti-sanctuary law violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, delivering a decision that strikes a major blow to the state’s anti-immigrant policy...

Voting Rights of Tens of Thousands of Mississippians at Stake Today in Federal Court

September 22, 2021

NEW ORLEANS – Today, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear en banc oral arguments in Harness v. Watson to review an earlier three-judge decision regarding a legal challenge of Mississippi’s lifetime...

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Islamophobia After 9/11: How a fearmongering fringe movement exploited the terror attacks to gain political power

September 17, 2021

Booth Gunter and Caleb Kieffer

SPLC to Jacksonville Mayor: #MoveItNow

September 16, 2021

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In June 2020, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry promised to remove the Monument to the Women of the Confederacy in Springfield Park. While the statue has been covered, it still sits in a public park,...

Federal Court Ruling a Major Victory for Farmworkers’ Rights

September 16, 2021

GREENSBORO, N.C. - North Carolina farmworkers and their sole union won a substantial victory yesterday when a federal court struck down part of a state law that would have stripped farmworkers and their union of their rights to...

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Removing Police From Schools: Inaugural Learning for Justice magazine includes story explaining how school resource officers harm Black and Brown children

September 14, 2021

Hatewatch

Mystery Donor Backing Pro-Trump Disinfo Troll With Bitcoin

September 14, 2021

Hannah Gais and Megan Squire

Days after far-right figures issued a call to support a white nationalist charged with orchestrating a voter misinformation campaign, someone donated nearly $60,000 in Bitcoin to his defense, Hatewatch found.

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SPLC to Alabama Lawmakers: Remove white supremacy from state’s Jim Crow-era constitution

September 12, 2021

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Reflections on 9/11: Anti-Muslim backlash ushered in era of grave threat to civil liberties and rights

September 10, 2021

Ann Beeson

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Families’ Attorneys Threaten to Sue Cobb County Schools to Protect Rights of Students with Disabilities

Florida’s Racist Anti-Immigrant Bill Overturned in Federal Court

Voting Rights of Tens of Thousands of Mississippians at Stake Today in Federal Court

Islamophobia After 9/11: How a fearmongering fringe movement exploited the terror attacks to gain political power

SPLC to Jacksonville Mayor: #MoveItNow

Federal Court Ruling a Major Victory for Farmworkers’ Rights

Removing Police From Schools: Inaugural Learning for Justice magazine includes story explaining how school resource officers harm Black and Brown children

Mystery Donor Backing Pro-Trump Disinfo Troll With Bitcoin

SPLC to Alabama Lawmakers: Remove white supremacy from state’s Jim Crow-era constitution

Reflections on 9/11: Anti-Muslim backlash ushered in era of grave threat to civil liberties and rights

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