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SPLC Statement on the Passing of Harry Belafonte, Jr.

April 25, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement in response to the death of Harry Belafonte, Jr., award-winning singer, actor, and civil rights activist. “Harry Belafonte was a passionate...

Voting Rights Groups File Emergency Motion to Lift Ban on Line Relief in 2024 Elections

April 24, 2023

ATLANTA – Today, voting rights organizations filed an emergency preliminary injunction motion to lift part of the restriction in Georgia’s anti-voter law, S.B. 202 , that blocks Georgians from providing food and water to voters...

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Fox Parts Ways With Extremist Host Tucker Carlson

April 24, 2023

Jason Wilson

Fox News announced in a press release Monday that they had parted ways with primetime host Tucker Carlson, effective immediately.

SPLC Learning for Justice Director Responds to Ouster of Alabama Director of Early Childhood Education

April 24, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala . — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Jalaya Liles Dunn , director of the SPLC’s Learning for Justice, in response to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s decision to fire the...

Southern Poverty Law Center Seeks Federal Investigation of School Closures in Jefferson Parish School District

April 24, 2023

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed an administrative complaint today with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, urging the department to investigate a decision by the...

Features and Stories

‘Pivot Point’: SPLC celebrates life of minister killed during civil rights protest

April 21, 2023

Esther Schrader

Photo collage of family of the Rev. Bruce Klunder

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Antisemitic Mass Shooting Suspect Faces Death Penalty in Trial

April 21, 2023

Michael Edison Hayden

Jury selection starts Monday in the trial of white supremacist Gab user Robert Bowers, who allegedly gunned down and killed 11 Jewish worshippers in 2018 at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Features and Stories

30 years after landmark Supreme Court hate crime case, prevention must be our focus

April 21, 2023

Michael Lieberman

People hold up cardboard signs calling for end to racism, violence

SPLC Announces Annual Advocacy Institute Is Now Accepting Applications 

April 21, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. — The Southern Poverty Law Center’s ( SPLC ) Mississippi State Office is pleased to announce the 2023 Advocacy Institute. Applications for the Advocacy Institute will be accepted through Monday, May 1. The annual...

SPLC Statement on the Stipulated Dismissal of SPLC v. DHS 

April 20, 2023

ATLANTA — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement from Efrén C. Olivares , deputy legal director of the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project , in response to the stipulated dismissal of Southern...

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SPLC Statement on the Passing of Harry Belafonte, Jr.

Voting Rights Groups File Emergency Motion to Lift Ban on Line Relief in 2024 Elections

Fox Parts Ways With Extremist Host Tucker Carlson

SPLC Learning for Justice Director Responds to Ouster of Alabama Director of Early Childhood Education

Southern Poverty Law Center Seeks Federal Investigation of School Closures in Jefferson Parish School District

‘Pivot Point’: SPLC celebrates life of minister killed during civil rights protest

Antisemitic Mass Shooting Suspect Faces Death Penalty in Trial

30 years after landmark Supreme Court hate crime case, prevention must be our focus

SPLC Announces Annual Advocacy Institute Is Now Accepting Applications

SPLC Statement on the Stipulated Dismissal of SPLC v. DHS

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