NEW ORLEANS --The Associated Press (AP) released a video showing the arrest and beating of Ronald Greene by Louisiana State troopers in 2019 in Monroe, Louisiana. Greene, a Black man, was stopped following a traffic chase and...
OCILLA, Ga. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end its contracts with the Bristol County Detention Center in North Dartmouth, Mass., and the Irwin County...
Montgomery, Ala. – The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) discriminates against foster children and youth with mental impairments by unnecessarily segregating them in restrictive, psychiatric residential treatment...
MONTGOMERY -- President Biden took executive action to ensure low-or no income individuals have better access to legal representation. The President signed a memorandum directing the Department of Justice to restore key functions...
ÈËÊÞÐÔ½» President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement: "It’s heartening that the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act this afternoon by a vote of 364-62. This legislation,...
DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. – During a recent speaking engagement at Hillsdale College, Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran discussed the ongoing litigation involving Amy Donofrio, a Jacksonville teacher who was placed on...
NATCHEZ, Miss. – A catastrophic COVID-19 outbreak at the Adams County Detention Center (ACDC) in Natchez, Miss., is recklessly endangering the lives of hundreds of people, says a new Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL)...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In observance of the 67-year anniversary of the unanimous Brown v. Board of Education decision, the Southern Poverty Law Center raised a new billboard in support of the Jacksonville community and grassroots...
ATLANTA – A group of nearly 30 immigrants formerly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today sent a letter to the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, and Georgia Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon...
ATLANTA, Ga. – Today, a federal judge heard an emergency motion in a case charging the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) with violating the constitutional rights of Ashley Diamond, a Black, transgender woman currently...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The new season of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (ÈËÊÞÐÔ½») original podcast — Sounds Like Hate — was released today. This season goes deeper into the dangers and peril of everyday people who engage in extremism...
GRAHAM, N.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center raised a new billboard in support of the North Carolina Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities (NC CRED), which supports groups like Alamance Alliance 4 Justice, the Alamance...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Southern Poverty Law Center’s Learning for ÈËÊÞÐÔ½» program curriculum and resources have recently sparked outrage and opposition from conservative groups, like the Heritage Foundation, who want educators to...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (ÈËÊÞÐÔ½») released the results of a national poll of 1000 representative voters in the United States, conducted by Tulchin Research , finding widespread support for...
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - The PASCO Coalition issued the following statement today after the Pasco County School Board and Sheriff’s Office announced changes to its predictive policing program without community input during a school...
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The People Against the Surveillance of Children and Over-policing (PASCO) Coalition sent an 12-page letter today urging the Pasco County School District to immediately end all student data-sharing agreements...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The new season of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (ÈËÊÞÐÔ½») original podcast — Sounds Like Hate — kicks off next week with the first episode featuring stories of two young people and their paths to...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – In commemoration of International Workers’ Day, or May Day, Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang released the following statement. “As we celebrate the achievements of workers and their...
Montgomery, Ala. – A new analysis published by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (ÈËÊÞÐÔ½») Hatewatch highlights the effort by white supremacists, far-right extremists and other pundits to spread racist conspiracy theories during and...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project and Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative released the following statements. On...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (ÈËÊÞÐÔ½») announced Vote Your Voice grants to 55 civic groups and voter outreach organizations across the Deep South totaling $11,285,000. Earlier rounds of Vote Your Voice...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center launched its 2021 Confederate Billboard campaign in Florence, Alabama. In 2017, local advocacy group Project Say Something initially appealed for contextualization of the...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Stone Mountain Memorial Association held its first meeting under the new leadership of Rev. Abraham Mosley, the first African American to lead the state’s authority in its 60-year history, to discuss future...
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Today, 30 local, state-based, and national organizations announced the formation of the PASCO Coalition, People Against the Surveillance of Children and Overpolicing, to call on the Pasco County School...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Civil rights attorneys today submitted a pair of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the federal government seeking information on the government’s use of force, including the use of pepper spray, to...