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Civil Rights Groups Sue New Orleans for Map of Surveillance Camera Locations

February 20, 2019

NEW ORLEANS 鈥� Representing a Louisiana public defender, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and the Southern Poverty Law Center today filed suit against the City of New Orleans over its refusal to provide a map of the...

Flor de Toloache and Southern Poverty Law Center Release Single to Empower Immigrants Regarding Their Rights

February 19, 2019

NEW YORK, Friday, February 22, 2019 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) and the Latin GRAMMY-winning band Flor De Toloache have launched a song 鈥� hitting airwaves today 鈥� that aims to help prevent human rights abuses by...

Voting Rights Plaintiffs鈥� Motion for Class Certification Granted

February 15, 2019

JACKSON, Miss. 鈥� On Wednesday, February 13, a federal district court in Mississippi granted class certification for the Plaintiffs in Hopkins v. Hosemann , a case seeking to reinstate voting rights for Mississippi citizens...

Trump Created this 鈥淓mergency,鈥� 人兽性交 files Lawsuit Against Another Trump Immigration Policy Today

February 14, 2019

Statement of Mary Bauer, Deputy Legal Director, the Southern Poverty Law Center on the Emergency Declaration from Trump: "The notion that this manufactured crisis is a national emergency is ridiculous. The only national emergency...

人兽性交 Responds to Governor Kay Ivey鈥檚 Prison Construction Plan

February 12, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The following statement, in response to Governor Kay Ivey鈥檚 prison construction plan, is by Ebony Howard, senior supervising attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center: 鈥淲e greet Governor Ivey鈥檚 announcement...

人兽性交 Action Fund Announces Advertisement to Push for End Mississippi鈥檚 Lifetime Voting Ban

February 11, 2019

JACKSON, Miss. 鈥� The 人兽性交 Action Fund today released a new television advertisement to highlight the harms caused by Mississippi鈥檚 lifetime voting ban on individuals convicted of disqualifying offenses. In the advertisement...

人兽性交 President Responds to ADOC鈥檚 Statement on Suicide Crisis

February 08, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� This statement by Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, is in response to a Friday evening press release by the Alabama Department of Corrections and Commissioner Jeff Dunn: 鈥淎s the Court...

Victims鈥� Families, 人兽性交 Join to Highlight the Mental Health Crisis in ADOC Facilities and Need for Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform

February 08, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� After the thirteenth apparent suicide of people under the care of Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) in fourteen months on Wednesday, victims鈥� families, their attorney, and representatives from the...

SB 2508 Would End Mississippi鈥檚 Lifetime Voting Ban

February 05, 2019

JACKSON, Miss. 鈥� Mississippians impacted by the state鈥檚 unjust and outdated lifetime voting ban met at the Capitol with lawmakers today to urge the state legislature to swiftly take up and pass SB 2508, a bill that would restore...

人兽性交 Action Fund Statement on ADOC FY 2020 Budget Request

January 30, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The following statement is from Ebony Howard, senior supervising attorney for 人兽性交 Action Fund: 鈥淐ommissioner Dunn鈥檚 proposed hiring of 500 new corrections officers in the second half of Fiscal Year 2020 is a...

人兽性交 Statement on the 鈥楻emain in Mexico鈥� Plan In Effect Today

January 25, 2019

The Southern Poverty Law Center has been challenging Trump's asylum policies in the courts, including getting a federal judge to temporarily block the policy of denying asylum to migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border between...

人兽性交 Action Fund: Recommendations would threaten, not improve school safety in Florida

January 22, 2019

The Florida Senate and House Education Committees today heard recommendations from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission. The following statement is by Bacardi Jackson, managing attorney for the 人兽性交...

Teaching Tolerance Magazine Examines Menstrual Equity Movement in Schools

January 18, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Menstruation is one of society鈥檚 most stigmatized topics but educators can help dispel the shame associated with this natural biological process and improve gender parity by not only providing access to free...

Round Two: Kentuckians Sue Trump Administration Again Over Re-Approved Work Requirements to Medicaid

January 15, 2019

WASHINGTON 鈥� More than a dozen Kentuckians enrolled in Medicaid re-filed their lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging its re-approval of work requirements and unreasonable premiums to Kentucky鈥檚 Medicaid program...

人兽性交 Statement on Judge鈥檚 Ruling Against Alabama Law That Forced Cities to Preserve Confederate Monuments

January 15, 2019

The following statement is by Rhonda Brownstein, Legal Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center: 鈥淪triking a blow to the defenders of the 鈥淟ost Cause,鈥� a judge has struck down an Alabama law that prevented the removal of...

人兽性交 releases online tool that tracks rising number of hate group flyers and banners

January 11, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Emboldened by President Trump鈥檚 rhetoric, white supremacist groups have increased their distribution of flyers and banners in public spaces across the country, spreading racist and antisemitic propaganda and...

人兽性交: Florida Should Comply with New Federal Juvenile Justice Legislation

December 13, 2018

Congress today passed the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018, which strengthens and reauthorizes the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. Among the provisions aimed at protecting justice-involved youth, the...

Number of Children Prosecuted as Adults in Florida Declines

December 13, 2018

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 鈥� The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice released new data this week that shows a 20 percent drop from the previous year in the number of juveniles who have been transferred to adult court. A total of 904...

人兽性交 Statement on Florida Bill That Would Establish a More Diverse Judiciary

December 12, 2018

Florida State Sen. Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, filed legislation this week that seeks to establish a more diverse judiciary in the state by reforming its judicial nomination process. The following statement is by Scott...

人兽性交 Responds to Richard Corcoran as Florida Commissioner of Education

December 06, 2018

Florida Governor-Elect Ron DeSantis confirmed today that he has asked Richard Corcoran, former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, to be the state Commissioner of Education. The following statement is by Scott McCoy...

人兽性交 Report: U.S. Education on American Slavery Sorely Lacking

February 01, 2018

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Schools are not adequately teaching the history of American slavery, educators are not sufficiently prepared to teach it, textbooks do not have enough material about it, and 鈥� as a result 鈥� students lack a...

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