FLORIDA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Bacardi Jackson, interim deputy legal director for the Children’s Rights Practice Group, in response to the College Board’s final framework for the African American …
TALLADEGA, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is proud to officially introduce Tafeni English-Relf as the first director of its Alabama State Office on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. CT. Following in the footsteps of SPLC’s first state …
When Rosalind Bobb’s son Jamon “Monty” Rogers was murdered in 2006, she had to find out details from the local newspaper – not from law enforcement. “All they said, and I read it in the paper, was that it was drug-related,” Bobb said. “But they didn’t find …
Content warning: This article contains graphic language, including misogynist slurs and references to intimate partner violence. It also contains descriptions of sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised. Roger Stone, a flamboyant political activist and …
Members of other far-right groups who were then better known by the public are listed, including members of Atomwaffen Division (AWD), The Right Stuff (TRS) podcast network and the National Justice Party, along with individual extremists, some of whom …
WASHINGTON — A new series of investigative reporting released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Hatewatch offers a glimpse into the life of extremist entrepreneur Alex Jones and the destructive business he operates of selling bigotry and …
Hatewatch has broken the messages down into multiple parts, reporting out what they tell us about the divide between Jones’ performance on Infowars and his private life, the network of pro-Trump influencers and extremists within which he operates, and the …
Content warning: This article contains graphic language, including antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ conspiracy theories. It also contains descriptions of sex and suggestions of domestic violence. Reader discretion is advised. Jones’ life, as revealed in the …
What to do when your irreplaceable right-hand partner, sounding board, wise and honest counsel with deep institutional knowledge tells you she plans to retire after nearly 20 years with the Southern Poverty Law Center? And at a time of change and expansion …
Additionally, seven other members of RAM were on an accompanying “selectee” list, which mandates that individuals be subjected to enhanced security screening on domestic flights and U.S.-bound international flights. It is not clear whether RAM members are …
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement in response to the killing of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, by police in Memphis, Tennessee: “The horrific, deadly beating …
Power, whom President Joe Biden nominated for USAID head in 2021, will speak alongside the anti-LGBTQ Family Research Council President Tony Perkins. Another anti-LGBTQ extremist group, the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is a partner of the event. Both …
The horrific, deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by police is another searing example of the deep legacy of anti-Black racism in law enforcement. While the Memphis Police Department quickly fired the officers involved and the Shelby County district attorney …
Voting rights advocates in the Gulf Coast city of Mobile, Alabama, won a historic victory last August when the city council adopted a redistricting map that could give voters the opportunity to elect a majority-Black council for the first time. But a …
As people across the nation settled in for Thanksgiving week last year, former President Donald Trump hosted Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and Nazi apologist Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, for dinner at his private residence at Mar-a-Lago. It …
Joseph Hackett of Sarasota, Florida; Roberto Minuta of Prosper, Texas; David Moerschel of Punta Gorda, Florida; and Edward Vallejo of Phoenix, Arizona were all found guilty of seditious conspiracy. The four were also found guilty of obstructing an official …
When thousands of festivalgoers descend on Eatonville, Florida, this month to celebrate the legacy of literary giant Zora Neale Hurston they will, by their presence, honor the community dubbed “The Town That Freedom Built” for its proud history as one of …
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 trial and the trauma of …
Vincent James Foxx, of Idaho, asks questions at a March 9, 2022, Joe Kent town hall in Onalaska, Washington, as someone accompanying him, who refused to reveal his name, records the event for a YouTube channel. James told Centralia, Washington, newspaper …
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released new guidance on how immigrant workers involved in labor disputes can seek deferred action and employment authorization from the agency. The announcement follows U.S. Department of Labor ( …
