Louisiana seeks to add unlawful and burdensome proof-of-citizenship requirements to federal voter registration form.

Craig Watkins wanted to vote in the 2024 election. But he had no identification. A former aircraft mechanic, he was unable to ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center works to dismantle white supremacy in public forums and online, exposes hate and ...

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Anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) scored a victory in late March when the Supreme Court of the United ...

A rich history of litigating important civil rights cases. Our cases have smashed remnants of Jim Crow segregation; fought against voter suppression; destroyed some of the nation’s most notorious ...

On July 24, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order that attacks people experiencing homelessness by forcing states to choose between using proven methods to address homelessness or receiving ...

JACKSON, Miss. — TheSouthern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) condemns the passage of the Safeguard Honest Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act by the Mississippi state Senate and House ...

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a complaint against the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) for violating the ...

In 2022, SPLC documented 1,225 hate and antigovernment extremist groups across the United States. Extremist ideas that mobilize these groups now operate more openly in the political mainstream. But ...

A central theme of anti-LGBTQ+ organizing and ideology is the opposition to LGBTQ+ rights or support of homophobia, heterosexism and/or cisnormativity, often expressed through demonizing rhetoric and ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center began in 1971 in a small office in Montgomery, Alabama. Today, we work across the Deep South, focusing on a region where victories for social justice can lead to ...