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人兽性交: New OSHA Safety Standards Fail Workers

June 10, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Julia Sol贸rzano, a staff attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 (人兽性交) Immigrant Justice Project, released the following statement responding to Occupational Safety and Health Administration鈥檚 (OSHA)...

人兽性交 to The Citadel: Don鈥檛 Miss This Opportunity to Get on the Right Side of History

June 10, 2021

CHARLESTON, S.C. 鈥� The Citadel recently began the process of demolishing Capers Hall, which was named for two brothers who fought to preserve chattel slavery during the Civil War. The following statement is from 人兽性交 Chief of...

人兽性交 Applauds Unanimous Charlottesville City Council Vote to Remove Two Confederate Statues from Public Parks

June 09, 2021

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The Charlottesville City Council unanimously voted to remove two statues of Confederate generals in its parks from public display. The statue of Robert E. Lee was the focal point for the Unite the Right...

人兽性交 Responds to Vice President Harris: Seeking Asylum is a Fundamental Right

June 09, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Sarah Rich, a senior supervising attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) released the following statement responding to comments made by Vice President Kamala Harris. 鈥淪eeking protection from...

Serving National Guardsman Sought to Build White Power Army

June 08, 2021

WASHINGTON - A serving national guardsman and U.S. Marine Corps veteran helped the accelerationist organization, The Base , plan a white power army, according to a new report published in Hatewatch. The piece, which follows his...

Fund Georgia鈥檚 Future: State Efforts to Whitewash Curriculum Is a Distraction from the Real Problem Facing our Schools

June 04, 2021

GEORGIA 鈥� The Georgia Board of Education voted last night to approve a resolution banning classroom discussion about racism and white supremacy. Last month, Governor Brian Kemp sent a letter to the board urging them to take 鈥�...

Federal Judge Approves Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Children with Mental Health Needs in Louisiana

June 02, 2021

NEW ORLEANS, La. 鈥� U.S. District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson ruled last week that a lawsuit challenging Louisiana鈥檚 failure to provide intensive home and community-based mental health services, as required by law, to Medicaid-...

人兽性交: Community Activists Force Reckoning with Racist Public School Names in Jacksonville

June 02, 2021

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 鈥� Last night, the Duval County School Board voted in favor of changing the names of six public schools named after Confederate leaders. Their decision follows the will of the community, which chose to remove...

人兽性交 Responds to DHS Ending Remain in Mexico Policy

June 02, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Melissa Crow, a senior supervising attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) released the following statement responding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formally ending the Migrant...

人兽性交: It鈥檚 Time to Eliminate the Filibuster and Make the U.S. Senate a Majority-Rule Body

May 28, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The U.S. Senate, in a 35-54 vote today, filibustered the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The following statement is from Margaret Huang, president...

人兽性交: Reviving Rocket Docket a Serious Misstep

May 28, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Gracie Willis, a staff attorney, with the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project released the following statement on the proposed Dedicated Docket announced today by the Executive Office for...

人兽性交 Finds 64 New Confederate Symbols Associated with the Military

May 26, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) released new data updating the number of Confederate symbols associated with the military as part of its Whose Heritage? report , which tracks symbols of the...

Georgia-based Disability Rights Groups Join Fight Against Georgia鈥檚 Anti-Voter Law SB 202

May 26, 2021

ATLANTA 鈥� Three prominent Georgia-based disability rights groups have joined the broad-based alliance of Georgia voters, civil rights groups, and activists fighting against the implementation of the state鈥檚 unconstitutional and...

人兽性交: Truth-Telling is a Good First Step; Much Work Left to be Done

May 25, 2021

ATLANTA, Ga. 鈥� The Stone Mountain Memorial Association recently approved several resolutions which will bring long overdue changes to Stone Mountain Park, including relocating Confederate flags from the base of the mountain,...

New Season of Sounds Like Hate 2 Podcast Forces Reckoning With Confederate Symbols in the South

May 24, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� In the second season of the Sounds Like Hate podcast, debuting May 26, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) shifts its focus to the South, as activists in Alabama, Georgia and Texas bring renewed energy and...

人兽性交: Florida鈥檚 Failed Challenge to ICE Guidance Is State鈥檚 Latest Effort to Demonize Immigrants

May 21, 2021

MIAMI 鈥� A federal judge in the Middle District of Florida on Thursday denied the state of Florida鈥檚 request for a preliminary injunction to block the Biden administration's interim Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

人兽性交 to Duval County School Board: Follow the Community鈥檚 Lead

May 21, 2021

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 鈥� Recently, the Duval County Public Schools鈥� Renaming Canvassing Board counted all votes. The results confirm that the Jacksonville community is ready to leave the Confederacy behind by renaming all of schools...

Southern Poverty Law Center demands justice following release of video showing police beating Black man in Louisiana to death

May 20, 2021

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...

Survivors of ICE Detention and Advocates React to DHS Decision to Cut Detention Contracts

May 20, 2021

OCILLA, Ga. 鈥� 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...

Advocates Sue Alabama Department of Human Resources for Illegally Placing Children in Foster Care in Harmful Psychiatric Residential Facilities

May 20, 2021

Montgomery, Ala. 鈥� 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...

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人兽性交: New OSHA Safety Standards Fail Workers

人兽性交 to The Citadel: Don鈥檛 Miss This Opportunity to Get on the Right Side of History

人兽性交 Applauds Unanimous Charlottesville City Council Vote to Remove Two Confederate Statues from Public Parks

人兽性交 Responds to Vice President Harris: Seeking Asylum is a Fundamental Right

Serving National Guardsman Sought to Build White Power Army

Fund Georgia鈥檚 Future: State Efforts to Whitewash Curriculum Is a Distraction from the Real Problem Facing our Schools

Federal Judge Approves Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Children with Mental Health Needs in Louisiana

人兽性交: Community Activists Force Reckoning with Racist Public School Names in Jacksonville

人兽性交 Responds to DHS Ending Remain in Mexico Policy

人兽性交: It鈥檚 Time to Eliminate the Filibuster and Make the U.S. Senate a Majority-Rule Body

人兽性交: Reviving Rocket Docket a Serious Misstep

人兽性交 Finds 64 New Confederate Symbols Associated with the Military

Georgia-based Disability Rights Groups Join Fight Against Georgia鈥檚 Anti-Voter Law SB 202

人兽性交: Truth-Telling is a Good First Step; Much Work Left to be Done

New Season of Sounds Like Hate 2 Podcast Forces Reckoning With Confederate Symbols in the South

人兽性交: Florida鈥檚 Failed Challenge to ICE Guidance Is State鈥檚 Latest Effort to Demonize Immigrants

人兽性交 to Duval County School Board: Follow the Community鈥檚 Lead

Southern Poverty Law Center demands justice following release of video showing police beating Black man in Louisiana to death

Survivors of ICE Detention and Advocates React to DHS Decision to Cut Detention Contracts

Advocates Sue Alabama Department of Human Resources for Illegally Placing Children in Foster Care in Harmful Psychiatric Residential Facilities

鈥� Southern Poverty Law Center praised executive action to ensure legal representation for people affected by low income

人兽性交 Action Fund Applauds Bipartisan House Passage of the COVID鈥�19 Hate Crimes Act

Lawyers of Veteran Educator Amy Donofrio Respond to Education Commissioner鈥檚 Announcement of Decision to Terminate Her

Hundreds of Immigrants Detained in Mississippi Endangered in COVID-19 Outbreak Caused by U.S. Government

Anti-Confederate Billboard Urges Duval County School Board to Rename Schools Lionizing Confederates and Colonizers

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