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...
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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...
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...
June 05, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� 人兽性交 Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the following statement after the Trump campaign sent an email to his 鈥渇iercest and most loyal defenders鈥� calling on them to join...
June 05, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The 人兽性交 Action Fund's Lecia Brooks released the statement below after the removal of the Adm. Raphael Semmes statue, which was vandalized during protests in Mobile this week. The Semmes statue has stood in...
June 04, 2020
MONTGOMERY 鈥� Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) joins social justice organizations and millions of people from across the country in a National Day of Mourning to grieve the lives of Black people killed by police and...
June 03, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� As the recent string of murders of unarmed Black people lays bare a system of oppression that touches the lives of so many members of the 人兽性交 community, a new initiative is being launched this Pride Month to...
June 02, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Southern Poverty Law Center Action President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the statement below regarding tear gas and flash grenades being used against peaceful protesters Monday before...
June 02, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� On May 14, 2020, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) joined the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and other civil liberties groups to call for the removal of headstones bearing swastikas on the graves of...
June 02, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� On Monday night, the Confederate Sailors & Soldiers Monument was removed from Linn Park in Birmingham, Ala. The following statement is from Lecia Brooks, spokesperson for the Southern Poverty Law Center. 鈥�...
June 01, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C 鈥� The following statement is from Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with 人兽性交鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project , following DHS鈥檚 activation of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs...
May 29, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Margaret Huang, president and chief executive officer of the Southern Poverty Law Center, issued the below statement following the recent string of killings of Black people across the country: 鈥淭he 人兽性交 joins...
May 29, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交), Innovation Law Lab (Law Lab), Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project and Santa Fe Dreamers Project released the following statement in...
May 26, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The following statement on Twitter's fact check of the president's tweets on vote-by-mail is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center: 鈥淲e鈥檙e thankful to see Twitter is...
May 26, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ga. 鈥� Santiago Baten-Oxlaj, a 34-year-old Guatemalan man, became the second known person to die from COVID-19 under the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Baten-Oxlaj was detained at Stewart Detention...
May 24, 2020
Click here for information on whether you can vote in Florida if you have a past felony conviction. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 鈥� In a significant decision for voting rights, a federal court on Sunday affirmed voting rights for hundreds of...
May 22, 2020
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. 鈥� This week, the Georgia Board of Education (GBOE) ruled that a Gwinnett County student barred from school since mid-November was wrongly expelled after finding no evidence the student violated the district鈥檚...
May 21, 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 indefinite extension of the Centers...
May 20, 2020
BATON ROUGE, La. 鈥� Yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交), Fair Elections Center, and Arnold & Porter filed a federal lawsuit against Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, and other...
May 19, 2020
Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) launched a new survey to examine the range of issues facing students and families during school closures in response to Covid-19 in the U.S. Primarily focused on the Southeast region...
May 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Today, the U.S. House passed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, the fifth legislative package aimed at addressing the country鈥檚 public health and economic needs during...
May 15, 2020
Tallahassee, FL -- Florida鈥檚 public records law requires government entities to operate transparently, which is especially crucial in the midst of the public health crisis caused by COVID-19. But almost two months after the...
May 14, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Tomorrow, the U.S. House is expected to vote on the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act. This is the fifth legislative package aimed at addressing the country鈥檚 public health...
May 12, 2020
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) and ACLU of Louisiana today filed a motion for contempt in their federal class action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the New Orleans Immigration...
May 12, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) today launched two new projects that offer would-be visitors an opportunity to learn about the history of the modern civil rights movement while the Center remains closed...
