Sewell praises House passage of Democrats’ voting rights bill
Congresswoman Sewell praised the House passage of Democrats' voting bill, HR1.
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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
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.
“Let us also honor their lives by rejecting hate:” SPLC remembers Holocaust
Wednesday is the 16th annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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.”
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.
Appeals court upholds absentee voting requirements, allows curbside voting
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill in a statement applauded the appeals court decision.
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 foundation. The festival honored Huang at its awards gala Monday night. In addition to Huang, the festival honored the late congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis, who died this summer. … Continued
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 Friday at the age of 87 from complications from metastatic pancreas cancer. The justice died at her home in Washington D.C., surrounded by family. Only the second woman ever to be … Continued
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 facto ban” on curbside voting are unconstitutional. The suit, People First v. Merrill, was filed on May 1 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, … Continued