State SPLC announces $10 million in available grants to Deep South organizations The SPLC is providing $10 million in grants for outreach, voter mobilization and civic engagement John H. GlennMarch 1, 2021
Education Montgomery County BOE, SPLC settle student expulsion lawsuits SPLC sued on behalf of two students who were falsely accused of having a gun and expelled despite being found innocent. Eddie BurkhalterFebruary 10, 2021
State “Let us also honor their lives by rejecting hate:” SPLC remembers Holocaust Wednesday is the 16th annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day. John H. GlennJanuary 27, 2021
Congress SPLC calls on Mo Brooks’s donors to cease their support The president of the SPLC Action Fund said that "without funding, politicians like Mo Brooks are virtually powerless.” Micah DanneyJanuary 18, 2021
News SPLC poll monitor detained, threatened with arrest in Autauga County Brook Boone, an SPLC attorney, told APR that the incident was evidence that more training is needed for poll workers in Autauga County. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 3, 2020
News Appeals court upholds absentee voting requirements, allows curbside voting Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill in a statement applauded the appeals court decision. Eddie BurkhalterOctober 13, 2020
News SPLC’s Margaret Huang receives civil rights award at Washington Film Festival The March on Washington Film Festival this week awarded Southern Poverty Law Center President Margaret Huang an award for her work with the Montgomery-based... Brandon MoseleySeptember 22, 2020
Courts U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87 United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — a champion of women’s rights and voter protections on the nation’s highest court — died... Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 19, 2020
Courts Trial begins in lawsuit challenging state’s COVID-19 election rules A virtual trial opened on Tuesday in a lawsuit charging that Alabama’s requirements of witnesses and photo ID for absentee ballots and a “de... Micah DanneySeptember 9, 2020
National SPLC: Stopping excessive use of force by police is urgent The Southern Poverty Law Center on Tuesday called for action to address use of force policies that continue to result in the killings of... Micah DanneyAugust 25, 2020