The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center and other groups held a news conference to address their concerns about the voting process in Alabama.
Some students at the University of Alabama have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the suspension of two student-run magazines — one primarily focused on Black students and another on women’s issues.
The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center says the number of white nationalist, hate and anti-government groups around the U.S. has dropped slightly.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal and advocacy group based in Montgomery, is laying off more than 60 employees, the union representing workers has said.
State offices are closed Monday in Alabama and Mississippi for Confederate Memorial Day. Alabama and Mississippi have two more Confederate-related state holidays besides Confederate Memorial Day. Both states jointly observe Robert E. Lee Day with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January, and Alabama marks the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in February. Mississippi marks Davis’s birthday on federal…
The Southern Poverty Law Center announced Tuesday the city of Montgomery has settled a lawsuit on behalf of people who pandhandle. The lawsuit was filed in February by the SPLC, ACLU of Alabama, and the National Homelessness Law Center on behalf of people who panhandle filed the lawsuit last February. As part of the settlement the city of Montgomery will…
The John Lewis Voting Rights Mural that was unveiled on Friday, Sept. 25. The mural was commissioned by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and painted by local artist and activist, Michelle Browder along with two of her students. The mural depicts the ongoing voting rights movement and honors the late Congressman John Lewis, and the late U.S Supreme Court…
Photo of Margaret Huang – From SPLC The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center has announced that Margaret Huang has been named as the SPLC’s new president and chief executive officer. She will take her position on April 20. In a news release, the SPLC says Huang, who is executive director of Amnesty International USA, has devoted her 25-year career to…
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed two lawsuits Wednesday against the Montgomery County Board of Education for arbitrarily expelling students in violation of their due process rights under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The complaint is the latest in a string of lawsuits the SPLC has filed against Alabama school districts for disregarding students’ due process rights…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Employees of the watchdog organization, the Southern Poverty Law Center, are filing for union representation. A supermajority of employees has requested representation by the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, Local 32035 of The News Guild-Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, the union announced this week. “We ask SPLC’s senior leaders to respect the desire of its dedicated employees to…
