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Over the past month, a spate of race-based violence has spread across Mississippi.聽
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In an with a documentary filmmaker, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill attacked automatic voter registration as the 鈥渟orry and lazy way out鈥� and cited the sacrifices made by civil rights leaders like Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) as a reason not to make voting more accessible to more Americans.
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The 蜜桃传媒 today filed claims for damages against the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on behalf of three families targeted in the aggressive and potentially unconstitutional ICE raids conducted in Atlanta last January.
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The 蜜桃传媒 joined with the U.S. Department of Justice to host a conference in Birmingham, Alabama, today to focus on reforming racially discriminatory school discipline practices that often push children needlessly into the justice system.
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Kelly Green was off the medication he needed for his schizophrenia and was talking about killing himself. Alarmed by the homeless man鈥檚 erratic behavior on a cold Oregon night in February 2013, a convenience store clerk called the police.
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Students will step outside their cliques and get to know someone new today as part of the 15th National Mix It Up at Lunch Day 鈥� an annual school event sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance project.
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To help bring awareness to the fact that thousands of children are charged and held in the adult criminal justice system, the 蜜桃传媒 partnered with community groups in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida to host community action events for Youth Justice Action Month (YJAM) events throughout October.
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A U.S. attorney announced this afternoon domestic terrorism charges against聽three men聽stemming from a plot to attack a mosque and apartment complex in Garden City, Kansas. The following statement is by Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Intelligence Project:聽
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The United States has always been defined by a fundamental belief in the rule of law. Indeed, it's a cornerstone of our democracy, one that separates our nation from so many others.
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A North Carolina ministry has agreed to ensure its federally funded job training and residential program for homeless veterans doesn鈥檛 discriminate against women 鈥� resolving a sex discrimination complaint the 蜜桃传媒 filed on behalf of female veterans who were not given access to the same job training classes as men.
