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人兽性交 Applauds Jury for Delivering Justice in the Shooting Death of Daunte Wright

December 23, 2021

MONTGOMERY,鈥疉L鈥�-鈥疶oday,鈥痑鈥痡ury鈥痜ound former police officer Kim Potter guilty of first and second-degree manslaughter鈥痠n the shooting death of Daunte Wright. The following is a statement from鈥疢argaret Huang, president and CEO of...

人兽性交 Welcomes Department of Defense Countering Extremism Report: Calls for More Action to End鈥疕ate and鈥疎xtremism in鈥痶he U.S.鈥疢ilitary

December 20, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC 鈥撯€疶he鈥疭outhern Poverty Law Center鈥檚鈥�(人兽性交)鈥疘ntelligence Project Director Susan Corke responded today to鈥痶he release of the Department of Defense鈥檚 Countering Extremism Activities Working Group (CEAWG) report ,...

鈥楿nchecked Culture of Abuse鈥�: Groups Demand Federal Intervention Amid Anti-Black and Life-Endangering Harms Under ICE Field Office

December 17, 2021

NEW ORLEANS 鈥撯€� A coalition of immigrants鈥� and human rights organizations today delivered a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, demanding immediate intervention from the Biden...

DeSantis Targets Immigrant Children

December 10, 2021

MIAMI 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) issued the following statement by Anne Janet Hernandez Anderson, a Senior Supervising Attorney with the 人兽性交鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project, responding to Gov. DeSantis鈥� proposed...

Legal Challenge to Georgia鈥檚 Voter Suppression Law Given Green Light to Proceed

December 09, 2021

ATLANTA 鈥� Today, a federal court denied the three motions to dismiss litigation filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) and others challenging 2021 Georgia law S.B. 202. These motions were filed by the State of Georgia,...

人兽性交 Condemns Removal of Florida Department of Education 人兽性交+ Anti-Bullying Portal; Urges its Immediate Return

December 08, 2021

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 鈥� This week, the Florida Department of Education removed its anti-bullying portal from public view. The page contained vital information that included the state鈥檚 anti-bullying policy. The removal of such a...

人兽性交 Responds to DOJ Decision to Close Emmett Till Investigation

December 07, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Yesterday, the Department of Justice closed a reopened investigation into the murder of Emmett Till without filing new charges. The following statement is by Tafeni English, Director of the Civil Rights...

As聽the聽White House Convenes Global Democracy Summit, 人兽性交鈥疌alls for Urgent Action to Defend Democracy聽at Home聽

December 07, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) issued the following statement by LaShawn Warren, Chief Policy Officer, in advance of the virtual Global Democracy Summit in Washington on December 9 and 10. At the event...

人兽性交 Pledges $100 Million in聽Voter Engagement Programs in the Deep South through 2032

December 06, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) today announced a $100 million reinvestment from its endowment to its Vote Your Voice program over the next decade 鈥� increasing its commitment by more than three-fold from...

人兽性交 Mississippi Office Honors Children Impacted by COVID-19 in Jackson鈥檚 Capital City Lights Program聽

December 03, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) will showcase a tree of remembrance at the annual Festival of Lights in downtown Jackson. The tree will honor the nine Mississippi children who have died from the COVID-19...

人兽性交聽Denounces Reimplementation of 鈥淩emain in Mexico鈥� Policy

December 03, 2021

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, responding to the Biden administration鈥檚 planned...

人兽性交 Applauds Montgomery鈥檚 Long Overdue Fred D. Gray Avenue Tribute

December 02, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Alabama Attorney General fined the city of Montgomery $25,000 after a Confederate named street was renamed to commemorate civil rights attorney Fred D. Gray. The state attorney general鈥檚 office has stated a...

SOUNDS LIKE HATE PODCAST TURNS FOCUS TO MIGRANT DEATHS & EXTREMIST ACTIVITY AT THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER

November 30, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Today the Southern Poverty Law Center launched 鈥淭he Unwelcome,鈥� the fifth episode from season three of its latest Sounds Like Hate podcast series. The episode looks at migrant mistreatment and deaths;...

Conviction of men who shot Ahmaud Arbery a necessary step, but issues in our justice system must still be addressed

November 24, 2021

ATLANTA -- Today a jury convicted Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William 鈥淩oddie鈥� Bryan for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. The trio, all of whom are white, jumped into a truck and chased Arbery, a Black man who was jogging...

人兽性交 APPLAUDS LANDMARK RULING HOLDING WHITE SUPREMACISTS LIABLE IN THE CHARLOTTESVILLE 鈥淯NITE THE RIGHT鈥� CIVIL TRIAL

November 24, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the鈥痜ollowing鈥痵tatement applauding today鈥檚 jury ruling that the 鈥淯nite the Right鈥� organizers of the far-right rally in...

Southern Poverty Law Center Denounces Lack of Justice in Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict

November 19, 2021

MONTGOMERY, AL 鈥� Today, a jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse for the murders of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and the attempted murder of Gaige Grosskreutz. Rittenhouse was one of many armed civilians who came out to the...

人兽性交 Celebrates 50 Years As a Catalyst for Racial Justice in the South

November 18, 2021

Montgomery, Ala 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) is celebrating 50 years of advocacy with a virtual, livestreamed event, 鈥溔耸扌越� 50th Anniversary Celebration,鈥� to be held Thursday, Nov. 18 at 7:00 p.m. CT/8:00 p.m. ET. 鈥淭he...

人兽性交 Emphasizes Mobile鈥檚 Legal Obligations Under Voting Rights Act in Letter to Mayor, City Council

November 17, 2021

MOBILE, Ala. - Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) urged in a letter the Mayor and City Council of Mobile, Alabama, to consider their 鈥渁ffirmative obligation鈥� under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) in...

SOUNDS LIKE HATE 3: When Anti-人兽性交 Parents and Families Foster Hate, 人兽性交 Youth Suffer

November 16, 2021

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 鈥� Today the Southern Poverty Law Center launched part two of 鈥淔ostering Hate,鈥� the fourth episode of the new season of the Sounds Like Hate podcast, which reports on the overt discrimination and hate allowed to...

Alabamians, Civil Rights Groups Launch Legal Challenges Over Alabama Racial Gerrymandering

November 15, 2021

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. 鈥� Individual voters joined with civil rights and faith groups today to file a pair of lawsuits in federal court challenging Alabama鈥檚 newly drawn political maps for state legislative and congressional districts...

人兽性交 Files Notice of Appeal for U.S. District Court Decision Denying Emergency COVID-19 Protections to Cobb County Students

November 10, 2021

COBB COUNTY, Ga. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交), the Law Office of Allison B. Vrolijk and Goodmark Law Firm filed a notice of appeal of the Court鈥檚 decision last month denying Cobb County students with disabilities...

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人兽性交 Applauds Jury for Delivering Justice in the Shooting Death of Daunte Wright

人兽性交 Welcomes Department of Defense Countering Extremism Report: Calls for More Action to End鈥疕ate and鈥疎xtremism in鈥痶he U.S.鈥疢ilitary

鈥楿nchecked Culture of Abuse鈥�: Groups Demand Federal Intervention Amid Anti-Black and Life-Endangering Harms Under ICE Field Office

DeSantis Targets Immigrant Children

Legal Challenge to Georgia鈥檚 Voter Suppression Law Given Green Light to Proceed

人兽性交 Condemns Removal of Florida Department of Education 人兽性交+ Anti-Bullying Portal; Urges its Immediate Return

人兽性交 Responds to DOJ Decision to Close Emmett Till Investigation

As聽the聽White House Convenes Global Democracy Summit, 人兽性交鈥疌alls for Urgent Action to Defend Democracy聽at Home聽

人兽性交 Pledges $100 Million in聽Voter Engagement Programs in the Deep South through 2032

人兽性交 Mississippi Office Honors Children Impacted by COVID-19 in Jackson鈥檚 Capital City Lights Program聽

人兽性交聽Denounces Reimplementation of 鈥淩emain in Mexico鈥� Policy

人兽性交 Applauds Montgomery鈥檚 Long Overdue Fred D. Gray Avenue Tribute

SOUNDS LIKE HATE PODCAST TURNS FOCUS TO MIGRANT DEATHS & EXTREMIST ACTIVITY AT THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER

Conviction of men who shot Ahmaud Arbery a necessary step, but issues in our justice system must still be addressed

人兽性交 APPLAUDS LANDMARK RULING HOLDING WHITE SUPREMACISTS LIABLE IN THE CHARLOTTESVILLE 鈥淯NITE THE RIGHT鈥� CIVIL TRIAL

Southern Poverty Law Center Denounces Lack of Justice in Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict

人兽性交 Celebrates 50 Years As a Catalyst for Racial Justice in the South

人兽性交 Emphasizes Mobile鈥檚 Legal Obligations Under Voting Rights Act in Letter to Mayor, City Council

SOUNDS LIKE HATE 3: When Anti-人兽性交 Parents and Families Foster Hate, 人兽性交 Youth Suffer

Alabamians, Civil Rights Groups Launch Legal Challenges Over Alabama Racial Gerrymandering

人兽性交 Files Notice of Appeal for U.S. District Court Decision Denying Emergency COVID-19 Protections to Cobb County Students

Jacksonville City Council Officially Takes Their Place on the Wrong Side of History

Sounds Like Hate 3: 鈥淔ostering Hate鈥� Threatens Forever Families for 人兽性交 Children and Parents

人兽性交 to Full Jacksonville City Council: It鈥檚 Not Too Late to Remove Symbol of Hate from Springfield Park

Asylum Seekers Seek Emergency Relief As Battle Over 鈥淩emain in Mexico鈥� Policy Continues

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