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SPLC: SCOTUS Ruling in Alabama COVID-19 Voting Case 'Has Curtailed the Voting Rights of Vulnerable Citizens'

October 22, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday evening, the Supreme Court of the United States granted an application for stay brought by the defendants in the People First of Alabama v. John Merrill litigation, thereby preventing Alabama counties...

SPLC Statement on Hamilton County Commission's Vote to Keep A.P. Stewart Bust in Place

October 21, 2020

CHATTANOOGA – Earlier today, the Hamilton County Commission voted to allow a Jim Crow-era bust to remain in front of its courthouse. The following statement is from Southern Poverty Law Center Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks: “While...

SPLC Sues Alabama School District for Wrongful School Suspensions

October 21, 2020

TROY, Ala. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed two complaints against the Pike County Board of Education for arbitrarily suspending students, in violation of their due process rights under the U.S. Constitution...

New SPLC Analysis: With Less Than 2 Weeks Before Election Day, 38 Million Americans Have Not Mailed Their Ballots

October 21, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A new analysis released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) finds that with less than two weeks to go before the 2020 General Election, at least 38 million Americans have not mailed in their ballots...

EXCLUSIVE: SPLC Investigation Reveals White House Deputy Comms Director Julia Hahn Had Connections to White Nationalist Movement

October 21, 2020

WASHINGTON — An investigation published today by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Hatewatch reveals that President Trump’s Deputy Communications Director Julia Hahn had connections to the white nationalist movement around...

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Trump Official Brought Hate Connections to the White House

October 21, 2020

Michael Edison Hayden

President Trump’s Deputy Communications Director Julia Hahn had connections to the white nationalist movement around the time she joined the White House as an aide, based upon hundreds of private correspondences that were leaked to Hatewatch by a former colleague and friend.

Civil Rights Groups Highlight New Cure Process for Mississippi Absentee Voters’ Ballots, Additional Curbside Voting Availability

October 20, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. – Today in Mississippi, plaintiffs and civil rights groups that challenged Mississippi’s burdensome absentee ballot requirements celebrated new protections put in place for absentee voters as the state conducts an...

New SPLC Analysis: Younger Voters Continue to Lag in Returning Mail Ballots and Voting Early In-person

October 20, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A new analysis released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) finds that as voters across the country begin to cast their ballots for the 2020 General Election, younger voters continue to lag in...

Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Hear Remain in Mexico Challenge

October 19, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a Ninth Circuit decision that held illegal a Trump administration policy that sends asylum seekers to wait in Mexico in dangerous conditions as their claims for...

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Sounds Like Hate: Meet the women behind the podcast investigating the proliferation of hate and extremism in modern America

October 17, 2020

Caroline Corbett

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SPLC: SCOTUS Ruling in Alabama COVID-19 Voting Case 'Has Curtailed the Voting Rights of Vulnerable Citizens'

SPLC Statement on Hamilton County Commission's Vote to Keep A.P. Stewart Bust in Place

SPLC Sues Alabama School District for Wrongful School Suspensions

New SPLC Analysis: With Less Than 2 Weeks Before Election Day, 38 Million Americans Have Not Mailed Their Ballots

EXCLUSIVE: SPLC Investigation Reveals White House Deputy Comms Director Julia Hahn Had Connections to White Nationalist Movement

Trump Official Brought Hate Connections to the White House

Civil Rights Groups Highlight New Cure Process for Mississippi Absentee Voters’ Ballots, Additional Curbside Voting Availability

New SPLC Analysis: Younger Voters Continue to Lag in Returning Mail Ballots and Voting Early In-person

Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Hear Remain in Mexico Challenge

Sounds Like Hate: Meet the women behind the podcast investigating the proliferation of hate and extremism in modern America

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