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人兽性交 Action Fund Statement on Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

June 19, 2020

WASHINGTON 鈥� 人兽性交 Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the statement below following the introduction today of a bill in the U.S. Senate to recognize Juneteenth as a federal holiday: 鈥淭he...

人兽性交 Statement on Removal of Confederate Portraits from U.S. Capitol on Juneteenth

June 19, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Lecia Brooks issued the following statement after portraits of Confederate leaders Robert Hunter, James Orr, Howell Cobb, and Charles Crisp were removed from the U.S. Capitol...

人兽性交 Action Fund: Facebook Removes Trump鈥檚 Re-Election Campaign Ads for Using Nazi Symbols

June 18, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� 人兽性交 Action Fund鈥檚 Lecia Brooks released the following statement after Facebook removed Trump campaign ads that used a red upside-down triangle. Trump later claimed that the symbol is used by Antifa, but it is...

人兽性交 Action Fund Statement on Supreme Court鈥檚 Decision on DACA

June 18, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration鈥檚 decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was arbitrary and capricious. The following statement can be...

Immigration Attorneys in Deep South Win Protections to Legal Access, CDC Compliance As Pandemic Rages On

June 17, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. 鈥� A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement a number of measures to protect detained people鈥檚 access to counsel...

人兽性交 Action Fund Statement on Republican Bill on Police Reform

June 17, 2020

WASHINGTON 鈥� 人兽性交 Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the statement below on the introduction of the Justice Act, the Senate GOP police reform legislation by Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.): 鈥�...

人兽性交 Action Fund Statement regarding the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Police Use of Force and Community Relations

June 16, 2020

W ASHINGTON 鈥� Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund President and Chief Executive Office Margaret Huang released the following statement regarding today鈥檚 Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Police Use of Force and Community...

人兽性交 Announces up to $30 Million Investment in Voter Registration and Mobilization in Deep South States

June 16, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) today announced it is investing up to $30 million from its endowment in voter outreach organizations in the Deep South to increase voter registration and participation...

人兽性交: Federal Court Rules in Favor of Alabama Voters during COVID-19 Pandemic

June 15, 2020

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. 鈥� Today, in a decision that will protect the health and right to vote of medically vulnerable Alabamians, a federal court waived onerous absentee ballot requirements in at least Jefferson, Mobile, and Lee...

人兽性交 Statement: U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Employers Cannot Fire Workers Because of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation

June 15, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Today, in a 6-3 ruling written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the United States Supreme Court ruled that 鈥淸a]n employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law.鈥� The ruling was in...

人兽性交 Statement on Rayshard Brooks Killing

June 13, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Southern Poverty Law Center President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang issued the following statement in response to the Atlanta police killing of Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, Friday...

人兽性交, Allies Distribute Florida Voter Registration Guidelines Summarizing Recent Ruling

June 12, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 鈥� To address ongoing confusion regarding the recent federal court decision ruling affirming the ability for Floridians with past felony convictions who cannot afford outstanding legal financial obligations to...

人兽性交 Action Fund Statement on Trump Administration Rolling Back Health Protections for 人兽性交+ People

June 12, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 鈥� Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its final rule that rolls back critical anti-discrimination protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). HHS plans to abandon the...

人兽性交 Statement on Trump Administration鈥檚 Effort to End Asylum

June 12, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the 人兽性交鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project, regarding the Trump administration鈥檚 proposed...

人兽性交 Action Fund鈥檚 Lecia Brooks Responds to GOP-led Panel Decision to Remove Confederate Names on Military Assets

June 11, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The 人兽性交 Action Fund鈥檚 Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee adopting an amendment which will allow the Pentagon to remove the names of...

人兽性交 Action Fund Responds to U.S. House Committee Testimony of Alabama and Louisiana Secretaries of State

June 11, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The following statement is by Caren Short, senior staff attorney for the 人兽性交 Action Fund, and comes in response to testimony by Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill and Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle...

人兽性交鈥檚 Lecia Brooks Responds to Trump鈥檚 Attempt to Glorify Confederate Past

June 11, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to President Trump鈥檚 tweets about how his administration will not change the names of 10 U.S. Army bases that are...

人兽性交 Action Statement on House Oversight Hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability

June 10, 2020

Washington, DC. 鈥� 人兽性交 Action President and CEO Margaret Huang released the below statement ahead of today鈥檚 U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement: 鈥淥ur nation鈥檚 policing system...

人兽性交 Statement: Jacksonville City Council Votes to Preserve Protections for 人兽性交+ Residents

June 09, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) Interim Deputy Legal Director for 人兽性交 Rights & Special Litigation Scott McCoy released the following statement after the Jacksonville City Council voted to preserve...

人兽性交 Urges All Branches of Military Take Action and Remove Confederate Symbols from its Installations Around the World

June 09, 2020

Read 人兽性交's report "Whose Heritage: Public Symbols of the Confederacy." MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) sent letters to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the...

人兽性交: Georgia Primary Is 'Self-Inflicted Mess'

June 09, 2020

ATLANTA - The following statement on reports of problems in Georgia's in-person primary elections is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center: 鈥淕eorgia鈥檚 in-person primary elections are turning...

Coalition calls on Alabama leaders to protect health and safety of citizens while reopening state

June 09, 2020

Montgomery, Alabama -- COVID-19 cases are continuing to rise in Alabama. But despite that fact, state leaders are going forward with a plan to reopen the state. To accomplish a successful recovery Alabamians must have confidence...

人兽性交 Reaches $300,000 Settlement in Poultry Plant Discrimination Case

June 09, 2020

ATLANTA 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) announced today that it reached a $300,000 settlement with Wayne Farms, one of the nation鈥檚 biggest poultry producers, on behalf of three people with disabilities who alleged...

Police reform bill a significant step in right direction as public demands action

June 08, 2020

Montgomery, Alabama -- Today, members of Congress unveiled a new police reform bill 鈥� The Justice in Policing Act of 2020 鈥� that would ban chokeholds like the one that killed George Floyd, end the use of no-knock warrants in drug...

人兽性交 Statement on the Marines Banning the Confederate Flag in its Installations

June 06, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Lecia Brooks released the following statement after the U.S. Marine Corps announced it is banning the Confederate battle flag 鈥� including on bumper stickers, mugs and T-shirts...

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