Southern Poverty Law Center

ORLANDO, Fla. — Today, the federal lawsuit, Caicedo, et al. v. DeSantis, filed by Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) challenging the suspension of Monique Worrell from her position as state attorney for Orange and Osceola counties was dismissed. The lawsuit sought justice on behalf of 400,000 voters who elected Worrell and Florida Rising, arguing that her suspension violated fundamental constitutional rights under the First and 14th Amendments—undermining the democratic process and nullifying the vote of residents.

On Nov. 6, 2024, Black people across the U.S. began receiving racist text messages invoking the trauma and incredible cruelty of this country’s history of slavery. These text messages originated from difficult-to-trace phone numbers. No perpetrators have yet been publicly identified. These messages have targeted Black college and high school students along with Black organizers and activists. Those receiving these texts reside largely in the South. Along with a range of allies, the Southern Poverty Law Center is currently investigating this incident.

The town of Sandersville sits near the center of Georgia, its rolling hills home to vast ancient deposits of the soft, white powder called kaolin. It is also the hometown of another local find, Yterenickia Bell, who in May launched the new Georgia state office of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Early television shows and movies often portrayed nonwhite characters as cringeworthy, one-dimensional stereotypes. Too often, Indigenous people were depicted as savage antagonists of the European colonists. For Native American Heritage Month, we’re highlighting a few movies and TV shows with more realistic narratives of Indigenous people. The following list features some recommendations from the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs’

As we reflect on the recent election, many of us feel the weight of what’s at stake. But while the results may have just been decided, our commitment to fighting for justice and equity is as steadfast as ever.

Hatewatch monitors and exposes the activities of the American radical right.

Youth turnout for the 2024 presidential election seems lower than in 2020, but HBCU students show there’s still hope for an active and engaged young voter base.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In preparation for the transition of power, the incoming Trump administration has announced several controversial Cabinet nominees to lead critical U.S. agencies.

I first became obsessed with the works of James Joyce as a high school freshman. I read everything I could by and about him. This is how I first became aware of the Comstock Act, the 1873 “anti-vice” law used to ban Joyce’s revolutionary novel Ulysses in the U.S. in 1921.

E.C. turned 15 last September. He wasn’t at school, where he always celebrated his birthday with friends and ate pizza and cupcakes that his mother brought. Instead, he was at home in Georgia, isolated from his schoolmates and forced to take virtual learning during a nearly six-month punishment meted out by the Walton County, Georgia, school district.