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BREAKING: Court Says Turnbacks of Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers Are Unlawful

September 02, 2021

San Diego, CA 鈥� A federal judge declared unlawful the U.S. government鈥檚 turnbacks of asylum seekers arriving at ports of entry along the U.S southern border. The court ruled that the United States is required by law to inspect...

人兽性交 Calls for Concerted Action as FBI Hate Crime Report Documents Highest Numbers Since 2008

September 02, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Responding to the just-released FBI 2020 Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) report , the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) is calling for the Biden administration and Congress to take stronger action to improve...

Exclusive Reporting: Far-Right Propagandist with Russian Ties Disappears after Jan 6.

September 01, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 (人兽性交) Hatewatch team released a new investigative report today detailing how far-right propogandist Charles Bausman involved himself in Pennsylvania-based Stop the Steal...

Immigrant Rights Advocates Urge Court to Permanently End Trump-Era Policy that Turned Back Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers

September 01, 2021

San Diego, CA 鈥� Immigrant rights advocates released the following statement after presenting oral arguments before U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant of the Southern District of California, where they urged the court to declare...

Report: Georgia Leads the Nation With 45 Public Schools Named After Confederate Leaders

August 30, 2021

ATLANTA, Ga. 鈥� Recently, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) updated its Whose Heritage? database, which found 100 additional schools glorifying Confederate leaders scattered across the country. To date, there are 45 public...

Tia T. Gordon Joins Southern Poverty Law Center as Chief Communications Officer

August 30, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) today announced that Tia T. Gordon , an award-winning global communications strategist, has joined the organization as Chief Communications Officer. Tia will oversee strategy...

Judge finds laws criminalizing panhandling to be unconstitutional

August 30, 2021

Montgomery, Ala.-- Alabama鈥檚 panhandling laws violate the First Amendment鈥檚 protection of free speech, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a lawsuit brought against the state by the Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU of Alabama and...

人兽性交 Responds to Increasing COVID-19 Rates in Cobb County Schools

August 30, 2021

COBB COUNTY, Ga. 鈥� Cobb County Schools, Georgia鈥檚 second largest school district, which is responsible for more than 100,000 students each year, reported last Friday that the number of COVID-19 cases in their school district...

人兽性交: Our Fight For Rights of Asylum Seekers Continues Despite Supreme Court's Ruling on 鈥淩emain in Mexico"

August 24, 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, about the U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 denial of a stay of...

Advocates Decry Biden Administration鈥檚 Appeal Fighting Order to Vaccinate Medically Vulnerable People in ICE Detention

August 24, 2021

RIVERSIDE, Calif. 鈥� Yesterday, the Biden Administration took the surprising step of filing an appeal to a federal court order requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to vaccinate medically vulnerable people in...

人兽性交: ICE Must Finally Close Irwin Detention Center

August 23, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) issued the following statement by Maura Finn, lead attorney with the 人兽性交鈥檚 Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative regarding continuing immigration detention operations at the...

Families, FL NAACP Sue to Have Florida Health Department Rule on School Mask Mandates Thrown Out

August 20, 2021

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. 鈥� Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) and the Law Offices of Joshua Spector, P.A. filed a legal complaint challenging part of an Emergency Rule issued on August 6 by the Florida Department of...

人兽性交 Reports Reveal Current Conditions of Racial Discrimination in Voting in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi

August 16, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) released a series of reports today revealing current, consistent, and well-documented racial discrimination in voting in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi as Congress...

The Southern Poverty Law Center and community partners file amicus brief to support tenant rights in Georgia eviction lawsuit

August 16, 2021

ATLANTA -- The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) has filed an amicus brief in the Georgia Court of Appeals in Efficiency Lodge Inc. v. Neason. The case involves a landlord that sought to self-help evict some of its tenants...

Rights Advocates Seek Relief for Thousands of Asylum Seekers Left Behind by Biden Administration Wind-down of Remain in Mexico Policy

August 16, 2021

Los Angeles, CA 鈥� Immigration advocates filed an amended complaint in a class action lawsuit challenging the continuing effects of the 鈥淩emain in Mexico鈥� policy on asylum-seeking individuals who remain stranded outside the United...

人兽性交 Challenges More Than 100 U.S. Schools Honoring Confederate Leaders to Change the Name

August 13, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Today, as we continue to remember and honor the memory of Heather Heyer and her stand against white supremacy at the deadly Unite the Right Rally in 2017, the Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) releases new...

人兽性交鈥橲 MARGARET HUANG ON CHARLOTTESVILLE ANNIVERSARY: THE VIOLENT BEGINNING OF A NEW CHAPTER IN EFFORT TO MAINSTREAM WHITE NATIONALIST IDEAS

August 12, 2021

WASHINGTON 鈥� Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement on the fourth anniversary of the white supremacist rally/riots in Charlottesville, Virginia. 鈥淟ooking back at...

As Census Data Drops, 人兽性交 Calls on Georgia Legislators to End Sham Process and Meaningfully Include Georgians in Community Districting

August 12, 2021

ATLANTA 鈥� Today the U.S. Census Bureau publicly released critical data that will be essential in the Georgia General Assembly鈥檚 decennial redistricting process. Yesterday, the last town hall opportunity for the public to offer...

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BREAKING: Court Says Turnbacks of Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers Are Unlawful

人兽性交 Calls for Concerted Action as FBI Hate Crime Report Documents Highest Numbers Since 2008

Exclusive Reporting: Far-Right Propagandist with Russian Ties Disappears after Jan 6.

Immigrant Rights Advocates Urge Court to Permanently End Trump-Era Policy that Turned Back Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers

Report: Georgia Leads the Nation With 45 Public Schools Named After Confederate Leaders

Tia T. Gordon Joins Southern Poverty Law Center as Chief Communications Officer

Judge finds laws criminalizing panhandling to be unconstitutional

人兽性交 Responds to Increasing COVID-19 Rates in Cobb County Schools

人兽性交: Our Fight For Rights of Asylum Seekers Continues Despite Supreme Court's Ruling on 鈥淩emain in Mexico"

Advocates Decry Biden Administration鈥檚 Appeal Fighting Order to Vaccinate Medically Vulnerable People in ICE Detention

人兽性交: ICE Must Finally Close Irwin Detention Center

Families, FL NAACP Sue to Have Florida Health Department Rule on School Mask Mandates Thrown Out

人兽性交 Reports Reveal Current Conditions of Racial Discrimination in Voting in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi

The Southern Poverty Law Center and community partners file amicus brief to support tenant rights in Georgia eviction lawsuit

Rights Advocates Seek Relief for Thousands of Asylum Seekers Left Behind by Biden Administration Wind-down of Remain in Mexico Policy

人兽性交 Challenges More Than 100 U.S. Schools Honoring Confederate Leaders to Change the Name

人兽性交鈥橲 MARGARET HUANG ON CHARLOTTESVILLE ANNIVERSARY: THE VIOLENT BEGINNING OF A NEW CHAPTER IN EFFORT TO MAINSTREAM WHITE NATIONALIST IDEAS

As Census Data Drops, 人兽性交 Calls on Georgia Legislators to End Sham Process and Meaningfully Include Georgians in Community Districting

As Georgia Redistricting Hearings Conclude, Leaders Urge Government Transparency, Continued Opportunity For Public Input

Civil Rights Fellowship Program for Early-Career Lawyers Opens Application Period

Gainesville City Commission votes to file complaint against HB 1

District Terminates Teacher Who Hung Black Lives Matter Flag

人兽性交 Statement on Governor DeSantis鈥� Executive Order Blocking School Mask Mandates

人兽性交 to Gwinnett County鈥檚 New School Superintendent: Prioritize School Discipline Reform

Support Builds for Plaintiffs in Case to Restore Voting Rights to Mississippians

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