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人兽性交鈥檚 Civil Rights Memorial Center Hosts Live Virtual MLK Event

January 15, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC), a Montgomery-based interpretive center for the modern civil rights movement, hosted a live virtual event today commemorating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The...

人兽性交鈥檚 Lecia Brooks Responds to Arrest of Insurrectionist who Brought a Confederate Flag into the Capitol

January 15, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC 鈥� Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to the arrest of the man who carried the Confederate flag into the Capitol during the insurrection on January 6. 鈥淛ust as defeated...

Charlotte Man Faces Deportation by Obscure, Racist Immigration Law

January 14, 2021

CHARLOTTE, N.C. 鈥� Deportation is imminent for 44-year-old Kelvin Silva, a long-time resident and valued community member of Charlotte. Attorneys say Silva, who is currently in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (...

鈥楢dopted with the intent to discriminate鈥�: Florida Advocates and Leading Expert Witness Conclude Testimony Challenging Florida鈥檚 Racist, Anti-immigrant Law

January 14, 2021

MIAMI 鈥� Acclaimed U.S. historian Allan J. Lichtman appeared in trial as an expert witness in the legal challenge to Florida鈥檚 anti-sanctuary law, or S.B. 168, testifying that the legislation was designed in close collaboration...

人兽性交: Trump鈥檚 Reckless Border Trip Must Be Cancelled

January 11, 2021

ALAMO, Texas 鈥� In response to the president鈥檚 planned visit to the border on Tuesday, Efr茅n Olivares, deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project, released the following statement. 鈥淔or...

Hearing begins Monday to challenge retaliation against plaintiffs in Florida solitary confinement lawsuit

January 10, 2021

Tallahassee, Fla. 鈥� A five-day evidentiary hearing begins Monday in Harvard v. Inch . on Plaintiffs鈥� motion for a protective order asking the court to stop retaliation, chilling or harassing conduct against people who are...

Immigrant Rights Advocates Ask Court to Block Trump Administration Attempt to Thwart Court Order

January 07, 2021

SAN DIEGO 鈥� Immigrant rights advocates moved for a temporary restraining order to block the Trump administration鈥檚 latest attempt to circumvent an earlier court order prohibiting the government from applying an asylum ban to...

人兽性交: President Trump鈥檚 Quest to Steal the Election Endangers Lives at the Capitol

January 06, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� At President Trump鈥檚 prodding, thousands of extremists have stormed the Capitol complex in Washington D.C. to prevent lawmakers from certifying President-elect Joe Biden鈥檚 victory in the 2020 election. Lecia...

Southern Poverty Law Center denounces lack of justice in Jacob Blake case

January 06, 2021

KENOSHA, Wis. 鈥揈arlier today, Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced that the police officers responsible for shooting Jacob Blake in the back will not face criminal charges. Two officers fired seven shots at...

Georgians sue to stop extreme delays in state unemployment process

January 06, 2021

ATLANTA 鈥� Multiple Georgia residents have filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) and its commissioner, Mark Butler, to compel the department to perform its duties under Georgia law to timely process...

人兽性交: Contested Congressional Certification of Presidential Election Today 鈥淒eeply Distressing Statement against Democracy and Elections鈥�

January 06, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The following statement about the certification today in the U.S. Congress of President-elect Joe Biden鈥檚 victory in the Electoral College is by Margaret Huang, President and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law...

Ahead of January Trial, Federal Judge Strikes Down Provision of Florida鈥檚 Anti-Sanctuary Law

December 21, 2020

MIAMI 鈥� United States District Judge Beth Bloom has issued an order blocking Florida law enforcement agencies from transporting persons in their custody outside of their jurisdiction for the purpose of handing them over to...

人兽性交, ACLU of Georgia File Amicus Brief on behalf of AME Church, Other Voting Rights Organizations in RNC Lawsuit Concerning Dropbox Hours in Runoff Elections

December 17, 2020

ATLANTA 鈥� Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) and ACLU of Georgia, representing the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and other interested parties, filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Superior Court of Fulton...

人兽性交 Marks Five-year Anniversary of Groundbreaking Suit Finding Gay 鈥淐onversion鈥� Program Unconscionable and聽Fraudulent

December 17, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 鈥� Tomorrow is the five-year anniversary of the settlement in Michael Ferguson, et al., v. JONAH , a first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) and co-counsel partners on behalf...

人兽性交 statement on the passing of Jeannie Graetz

December 16, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Jeannie Graetz, who with her late husband, the Rev. Robert S. Graetz Jr., supported the Montgomery Bus Boycott and endured bombs and threats as a white couple aiding the historic boycott, died this morning. Her...

人兽性交 Action Fund on the Electoral College Vote Today

December 14, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The following statement about the meeting of the Electoral College is by Margaret Huang, President and CEO of the 人兽性交 Action Fund: 鈥淭oday, electors in the Electoral College will assemble in all 50 state...

人兽性交 Action Fund Applauds Passage of National Defense Authorization Act, Which Will Remove Confederate Names from Military Bases

December 11, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Today, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by an overwhelming, veto-proof majority of 84 to 13. President Trump has threatened to veto the bill because it will rename ten military...

Alarming Analysis Shows 14 Hate Groups Received Millions in Loans from Trump Administration Through Paycheck Protection Program

December 10, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. 鈥� Reporting by NBC News on Wednesday found that 14 organizations designated as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) or the Anti-Defamation League have received funding from the Paycheck...

Federal Lawsuit Against Alabama Department of Corrections Long Overdue

December 09, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. 鈥� On Wednesday, the United States Department of Justice sued the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) for the state鈥檚 repeated failure to meet its obligations to incarcerated men in Alabama under the Eighth...

Sentencing of Neo-Nazi Deserves Praise, But Offers Devastating Reminder of the Pervasive Hate Threatening Public Safety, says the 人兽性交

December 09, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. 鈥� Today, Johnny Roman Garza, a 21-year-old member of a Neo-Nazi group called the Atomwaffen Division, was sentenced to 16 months in prison for threatening a Jewish journalist and conspiring to threaten both...

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人兽性交鈥檚 Civil Rights Memorial Center Hosts Live Virtual MLK Event

人兽性交鈥檚 Lecia Brooks Responds to Arrest of Insurrectionist who Brought a Confederate Flag into the Capitol

Charlotte Man Faces Deportation by Obscure, Racist Immigration Law

鈥楢dopted with the intent to discriminate鈥�: Florida Advocates and Leading Expert Witness Conclude Testimony Challenging Florida鈥檚 Racist, Anti-immigrant Law

人兽性交: Trump鈥檚 Reckless Border Trip Must Be Cancelled

Hearing begins Monday to challenge retaliation against plaintiffs in Florida solitary confinement lawsuit

Immigrant Rights Advocates Ask Court to Block Trump Administration Attempt to Thwart Court Order

人兽性交: President Trump鈥檚 Quest to Steal the Election Endangers Lives at the Capitol

Southern Poverty Law Center denounces lack of justice in Jacob Blake case

Georgians sue to stop extreme delays in state unemployment process

人兽性交: Contested Congressional Certification of Presidential Election Today 鈥淒eeply Distressing Statement against Democracy and Elections鈥�

Ahead of January Trial, Federal Judge Strikes Down Provision of Florida鈥檚 Anti-Sanctuary Law

人兽性交, ACLU of Georgia File Amicus Brief on behalf of AME Church, Other Voting Rights Organizations in RNC Lawsuit Concerning Dropbox Hours in Runoff Elections

人兽性交 Marks Five-year Anniversary of Groundbreaking Suit Finding Gay 鈥淐onversion鈥� Program Unconscionable and聽Fraudulent

人兽性交 statement on the passing of Jeannie Graetz

人兽性交 Action Fund on the Electoral College Vote Today

人兽性交 Action Fund Applauds Passage of National Defense Authorization Act, Which Will Remove Confederate Names from Military Bases

Alarming Analysis Shows 14 Hate Groups Received Millions in Loans from Trump Administration Through Paycheck Protection Program

Federal Lawsuit Against Alabama Department of Corrections Long Overdue

Sentencing of Neo-Nazi Deserves Praise, But Offers Devastating Reminder of the Pervasive Hate Threatening Public Safety, says the 人兽性交

人兽性交 Action Fund Responds to Cobb County Elections Announcement on Re-Opening of Early Voting Sites for Runoff Elections

人兽性交 Action Fund Responds to House Passage of the National Defense Authorization Act by a Veto-Proof Majority

人兽性交: Fifth Circuit Decision Affirms Parents鈥� Right to Sue Mississippi for a Uniform Public Education System

Alabama Must Spend COVID-19 Money by Year鈥檚 End or Return it to Federal Government

人兽性交 Announces $2M聽Vote Your Voice聽Grants for Runoff Elections in Georgia, Louisiana

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