ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSIONS ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement about the death of Salvador Vargas, a 61-year-old Mexican man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Stewart …
During his tenure as a law enforcement officer, including serving as second vice president of the Maryland Sheriffs’ Association, Jenkins has refused to enforce federal gun laws and said he would deputize his citizens to circumvent those laws. …
The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles meets just 20 miles from the prison where Leola Harris, a 71-year-old woman in end-stage renal failure, has been incarcerated for 19 years. But for Harris, those 20 miles might as well be the moon, as far away as …
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Tuesday, April 11 at 1:30 p.m. CST, the Central Alabama Fair Housing Center (CAFHC) will host a virtual event celebrating Fair Housing Month. In recognition of the 55th anniversary of the Federal Fair Housing Act (FFHA), the webinar …
Last week, the U.S. co-hosted the second Summit for Democracy, together with Costa Rica, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea and Zimbabwe. In the forum’s Declaration of the Summit for Democracy, the U.S. and more than 70 participating countries pledged …
NYYRC, a group with numerous ties to the radical right, hosted the event in Manhattan’s Collect Pond Park, outside the courthouse where Trump later pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene …
The jury’s verdict carries potentially profound implications for the hard-right, anti-democracy movement that rose around the political career of former President Donald Trump. Not only does it set more clearly visible boundaries around what is legal when …
Residents of Eatonville, Florida, had their voices heard when the private developer that was seeking to build on the site of a historic school for Black children elected to terminate the sales contract on the property. The notice terminating the sales …
Donovan Davis, an A&M student, wrote to former NPI executive director Evan McLaren on Nov. 1, 2017, asking him to “send a short email to [his] chain of command” to “provide documentation of [his] whereabouts and the reason for [his] absence.” Davis …
Despite volatility in cryptocurrency’s exchange rates, far-right extremists and hate groups continue to turn to digital currencies to raise funds. In the first quarter of this year, several high-profile extremists accepted donations and made business …
EATONVILLE, Fla. —The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community (P.E.C.) issued the following statement in response to the sale of most of the remaining acres of the historic Hungerford property, which was …
MIAMI – Yesterday, immigrant rights organizations launched a mobile billboard campaign that highlights the abuses occurring at the Baker County Detention Center (Baker). The billboard, showcasing quotes from immigrants detained at Baker, stopped in Orlando …
JACKSON, Ms. — Today, the Mississippi State Legislature passed H.B.1020 and S.B. 2343 to expand the jurisdiction and authority of the Capitol Police, authorize the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to appoint four special judges to the Hinds County …
The stately Victorian cupola of the original Chambers County Courthouse casts a cold morning shadow over the statue of favorite son Joe Louis, the famed “Brown Bomber” boxer who hailed from rural LaFayette, Alabama. A few feet away, lumber trucks rumble …
The reports indicate that Rundo, 33, was arrested at a gymnasium in the Romanian capital, Bucharest on March 31, after U.S. officials requested his extradition to the United States to face trial on federal rioting charges. At least one outlet reported that …
Editor’s note: This op-ed first appeared on Newsweek.com. From the Conservative Political Action Conference to statehouse floors across the country, the far right and Republican party have manufactured a disinformation and hate speech campaign against …
On March 31, the world observes International Transgender Day of Visibility. The observance, started by trans advocate Rachel Crandall Crocker, was intended to both recognize the important contributions of transgender people to their communities across the …
ATLANTA — This week, a federal judge in Georgia denied a request by individuals previously held at the Stewart Detention Center, a privately operated immigrant detention center in Stewart County, Georgia, to proceed as a class in their lawsuit against …
The Southern Poverty Law Center submitted public comments this week in opposition to a proposed Biden administration rule – titled “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways” – that would severely restrict access to asylum for thousands of otherwise eligible …
The AG’s regulation, which was announced March 20, “side-stepped” the state legislature, which had refused to pass model legislation known as the SAFE Act. Drafted by FRC, the SAFE Act seeks to ban gender-affirming care for minors. Bailey’s order came on …
