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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…

SPLC Awards Over $4.6 Million In Vote Your Voice Funding
Photos: YouTube Thirty-nine voter outreach organizations across the Deep South will receive more than $4.6 million in funding as part…

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…

Georgia: Biden’s Voting Rights Address Comes At “Pivotal Time In American History”
ATLANTA – Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and Vice President Kamala Harris delivered speeches highlighting the importance of passing…

Judge: Alabama Prisons’ Mental Health System “Horrendously Inadequate”
Photo: EJI MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Citing years of inadequate mental health care provided to people incarcerated in Alabama prisons, U.S….

SPLC Pledges $100 Million For Voter Engagement Programs In Deep South Through 2032
Photos: SPLC\Twitter MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced a $100 million reinvestment from its endowment…

Children In Solitary Confinement: Judge Rules On Florida Lawsuit Case
Photo: Equal Justice Initiative\Prison Culture TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The federal judge presiding over the case of G.H. v. Tamayo, a…

Exposing Hate Online: Tracking Tech Companies Who Spread Far-Right Extremism Through Podcasts
Photos: YouTube The Southern Poverty Law Center released a groundbreaking, four-part report this week that exposes the origins and growth of…

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…