Southern Poverty Law Center

movement that reaches and engages young voters to help defend and protect their civil and voting rights.

Vote Your Voice: New Funding For Student Vote Initiative Announced

Photos:NationalVoterRegistrationDay.org MONTGOMERY, Ala., ATLANTA — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta announced a further expansion to ...

$4.6 million in funding as part of a new round of Vote Your Voice grants

SPLC Awards Over $4.6 Million In Vote Your Voice Funding

By SPLC

Photos: YouTube Thirty-nine voter outreach organizations across the Deep South will receive more than $4.6 million in funding as part of a new round ...

Congress first enacted the illegal reentry statute in 1929 explicitly to keep the “Mexican race” out of the United States

Congress Must Confront Racist History Of Illegal Reentry Statute

Photos: Wallin & Klarich\YouTube\ICE LOS ANGELES, CA – This week, the Center for Immigration Policy, the Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies, ...

President Biden’s call for voting rights legislation

Georgia: Biden’s Voting Rights Address Comes At “Pivotal Time In American History”

By SPLC

ATLANTA – Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and Vice President Kamala Harris delivered speeches highlighting the importance of passing federal legislation to address ...

inadequate mental health care provided to people incarcerated in Alabama prisons

Judge: Alabama Prisons’ Mental Health System “Horrendously Inadequate”

By SPLC

Photo: EJI MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Citing years of inadequate mental health care provided to people incarcerated in Alabama prisons, U.S. District Judge Myron H. ...

(SPLC) today announced a $100 million reinvestment from its endowment to its Vote Your Voice program

SPLC Pledges $100 Million For Voter Engagement Programs In Deep South Through 2032

By SPLC

Photos: SPLC\Twitter MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced a $100 million reinvestment from its endowment to its Vote Your ...

Black youth are also disproportionately targeted for arrest and solitary confinement.

Children In Solitary Confinement: Judge Rules On Florida Lawsuit Case

By SPLC

Photo: Equal Justice Initiative\Prison Culture TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The federal judge presiding over the case of G.H. v. Tamayo, a statewide challenge to the ...

origins and growth of the far-right podcast ecosystem over the past decade.

Exposing Hate Online: Tracking Tech Companies Who Spread Far-Right Extremism Through Podcasts

By SPLC

Photos: YouTube The Southern Poverty Law Center released a groundbreaking, four-part report this week that exposes the origins and growth of the far-right podcast ecosystem ...

Non-Southern states with schools honoring Confederate leaders are Missouri (5), Minnesota (3), California (2) and Washington (1)

Public Schools Named After Confederates Not Just In South

Photo: YouTube JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — While the South still leads the nation in schools named after Confederate generals, the Southern Poverty Law Center ...

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