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Federal court considers constitutionality of Defense of Marriage Act in SPLC case 17 May 2013 | 11:35 pm
A federal court in California today heard arguments from SPLC attorneys challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Title 38 – statutes that prevent the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...
Head Start program in Louisiana urged to stop discrimination against Latino families 16 May 2013 | 09:39 pm
Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish Head Start program is denying impoverished Latino preschoolers access to the program – violations of federal laws and regulations that have led the Southern Poverty Law Ce...
Inaugural Summer issue of 'Teaching Tolerance' examines how educators can help students cope with community violence 15 May 2013 | 07:04 pm
When violence erupts in a community such as Newtown, Conn., or Oak Creek, Wis., schools can play an important role in helping children navigate our sometimes-violent world, according to the inaugural ...
Groundbreaking SPLC lawsuit accuses South Carolina, doctors and hospitals of unnecessary surgery on infant 14 May 2013 | 08:07 pm
When M.C., who was born with an intersex condition, was just 16 months old and in the care of the state of South Carolina, doctors performed sex assignment surgery to make him a girl. Now 8, M.C. iden...
Motion Picture Association of America screens Teaching Tolerance film on 50th anniversary of children’s marches 2 May 2013 | 10:04 pm
Fifty years after young people braved fire hoses and police dogs to end segregation in Birmingham, Ala., their courageous acts were commemorated in the nation’s capital last night as congressional sta...
More discrimination found in Louisiana school district at center of SPLC civil rights complaint, federal investigation 1 May 2013 | 06:44 pm
A Louisiana school district at the center of a federal civil rights investigation prematurely pushes students out of classes for English language learners and ultimately “stifles educational opportuni...
SPLC: Supreme Court’s rejection of Alabama appeal further proof states cannot create immigration laws 30 Apr 2013 | 12:24 am
The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to hear Alabama’s appeal of a court decision that blocked part of its anti-immigrant law is further proof that immigration enforcement is not a duty of the states, but...
SPLC applauds Sen. Leahy’s call to avoid using tragedy to derail immigration reform 24 Apr 2013 | 03:22 am
The SPLC issued a statement today in response to the efforts by immigration reform opponents to exploit the Boston Marathon bombings in an effort to derail reform legislation.
Senate introduces bipartisan immigration bill, SPLC urges lawmakers to protect the human and civil rights of low-skill workers 18 Apr 2013 | 02:09 am
With today's introduction of a bipartisan immigration bill in the U.S. Senate aimed at overhauling the nation’s broken immigration system, the Southern Poverty Law Center called for immigration reform...
SPLC urges Alabama congressman to block USDA proposal that will endanger poultry workers, consumers 16 Apr 2013 | 08:43 pm
The Southern Poverty Law Center joined poultry workers, advocates and others gathered outside U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt’s district office in Gadsden, Ala., today to urge him to block new poultry indus...
