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The Southern Poverty Law Center combats hate, intolerance, and discrimination through education and litigation. Founded in 1971.

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    Feb 3

    We’re excited to announce that internationally renowned and leader has been hired as ’s new president and chief executive officer.

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  2. 9 hours ago

    Instead of de-escalating school incidents in , students are "Baker Acted". doesn't collect data on in school Baker Acts, therefore we don't know which districts are relying on the Act and the frequency of use across all schools.

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  3. 9 hours ago

    Laws that prevent transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming medical care harms LGBTQ+ people.

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    11 hours ago

    After 5 years, we are proud to announce in our case challenging medical care at Angola. The Court indicated it will rule for Plaintiffs. Amazing work by our team and partners Jeff Dubner

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  5. 11 hours ago

    Legislation that bans gender-affirming medical care harms transgender youth. The anti-trans bills making their way through statehouses across the country are dangerous.

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  6. 13 hours ago

    SPLC Action Fund is urging legislators to ensure that vital assistance makes it to the people who need it most.

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  7. 14 hours ago

    A thorough hearing with an impartial hearing officer and ample opportunity for students to tell their side of the story with evidence is necessary for fair school discipline. It’s past time for Alabama to acknowledge and protect the rights of students facing discipline.

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  8. 14 hours ago

    Unfair discipline like this is why SPLC Action Fund is urging lawmakers to create a uniform statewide procedure to protect students’ due process rights.

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  9. 14 hours ago

    This day last year, 2 teens were falsely accused of having a gun at school, interrogated in an adult jail overnight without counsel, sent to a youth facility for 9 days, and expelled from school. All because they exchanged what appeared to be a handgun- it was a phone

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  10. 17 hours ago

    This month marks the 150th anniversary of the ratification, granting African American men the right to . Still, voter suppression - like felony disenfranchisement and purging eligible voters from rolls - disproportionately affects people of color today.

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  11. Feb 25

    Racial bias, of all sorts, is the most common driver of incidents, making up 33% of the number reported by educators and 63 percent of those reported in the news media. Black students are the ones targeted in an overwhelming percentage of these incidents.

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  12. Feb 25

    Under the encouragement of this administration, CBP’s actions and tactics have become increasingly aggressive and cruel, leaving a trail of victims. This is a dark day for justice.” - SPLC's Melissa Crow

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  13. Feb 25

    will only encourage further bad acts by those within Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency responsible for extensive and well-documented abuses.

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  14. Feb 25

    “This decision will further embolden already lawless Border Patrol agents operating near and along the border. Shutting the courthouse doors and failing to hold these agents accountable for clearly unconstitutional actions – like the murder of an unarmed child...

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  15. Feb 25

    The Supreme Court issued a decision today affirming the dismissal of a lawsuit by the family of a murdered child seeking damages from the agent who shot him across the U.S border. Below is our response.

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  16. Feb 25

    “We are beginning to address race and racism explicitly in the classroom. We are letting go of the false notion that it is too heavy, too much for children to talk about it head on.” — SPLC's Lecia Brooks

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  17. Feb 25

    The Trump administration is using confidential therapy sessions to detain & deport immigrant youth, in violation of their right to seek . Children are required to attend weekly therapy sessions - What they discuss should not be used against them.

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  18. Feb 24

    was sentenced to 12 years in prison for bringing a cell phone into a county jail after he was arrested for a misdemeanor in . We’re calling for the Mississippi Supreme Court to review this harsh sentence.

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  19. Feb 24

    Today, Trump’s rule goes into effect, forcing communities of color to pick between what they need — health care, food, a safe home — and a stable future with their families in the U.S.

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  20. Feb 24

    . highlights our client Dennis Hopkins, who is banned from voting in for an old felony conviction—years after he served his time. We're fighting Mississippi’s lifetime ban that oppresses Mississippians by the thousands.

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    Feb 24

    , Ms. Johnson.

    JUST IN: Katherine Johnson, one of the women profiled in the hit film "Hidden Figures," died today at 101. She was a black mathematician who calculated the flight path for America's first space mission and the first landing on the moon.
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