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EATONVILLE, Fla. — On Tuesday, Feb. 7 , the Town Council of Eatonville, Florida, voted against land use changes that would clear the way for the development of the historic Robert Hungerford Preparatory High School Property (...

ATLANTA – U.S. government officials expressed racist attitudes toward Black migrants, treated their deportation as sport, and dismissed reports of abuse, internal documents obtained by advocacy and activist groups through a...

WASHINGTON — A new series of investigative reporting released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (ÈËÊÞÐÔ½») Hatewatch offers a glimpse into the life of extremist entrepreneur Alex Jones and the destructive business he...

MACON — In response to Ms. Diamond’s decision to forgo a trial, attorneys at the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: “Ashley Diamond has decided that a lengthy...

NEW ORLEANS — In 2022, as we marked 20 years of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the ACLU of Louisiana and immigrants’ rights coalition partners — National Immigration Project (NIPNLG), Robert F. Kennedy Human...

WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center (ÈËÊÞÐÔ½») released the following statement from Efrén C. Olivares , deputy legal director for the ÈËÊÞÐÔ½»â€™s Immigrant Justice Project , in response to President Joe Biden’s plans to extend...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (ÈËÊÞÐÔ½») President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement in response to the release of the final report from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6,...

WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center released the following statement from Rebecca Cassler, senior staff attorney for the Immigrant Justice Project , in response to a decision today by the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend...

JACKSONVILLE — This week, Northside Coalition of Jacksonville President Ben Frazier was dragged and detained by Jacksonville Sheriff’s department officers for going over the time limit during the public comment section of a city...

RALEIGH – Workers’ rights advocates across North Carolina are petitioning the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL) to adopt rules protecting workers from future public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. The groups...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center’s President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement responding to the FBI 2021 Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) report released today. While underreporting of hate...

WASHINGTON – Today the Southern Poverty Law Center (ÈËÊÞÐÔ½») and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP signed an Amicus Brief on behalf of tens of thousands of Mississippians urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case that could...