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蜜桃传媒 Whose Heritage Dataset Updates as of June 29, 2020

June 29, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (蜜桃传媒) today released an update to its Whose Heritage report which tracks symbols of the Confederacy on public land across the United States: Total number of Confederate symbols...

蜜桃传媒 Action Fund: Miss. Gov. Reeves Must Sign Bill to Remove Confederate Battle Emblem from the State Flag

June 28, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. 鈥� The 蜜桃传媒 Action Fund鈥檚 Mississippi Policy Director Brandon Jones released the following statement in response to the passage of HB 1796 by the Mississippi legislature to remove the Confederate battle emblem from...

蜜桃传媒 Action Fund Responds to Mississippi Legislature Decision to Change the State Flag

June 27, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. 鈥� The 蜜桃传媒 Action Fund鈥檚 Brandon Jones released the following statement in response to the passage of House Concurrent Resolution 79 by the Mississippi legislature which clears the way for removal of the...

蜜桃传媒 Action Fund鈥檚 Lecia Brooks Responds to the U.S. Army鈥檚 Delay in Banning and Removing Confederate Names on Military Assets

June 26, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The 蜜桃传媒 Action Fund鈥檚 Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to Army leaders announcing that they will hold off on banning Confederate symbols and renaming installations currently named for...

蜜桃传媒 Action Fund Statement on the U.S. House Passing the Justice in Policing Act of 2020

June 25, 2020

WASHINGTON 鈥� The 蜜桃传媒 Action Fund President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the statement below following the U.S. House of Representatives passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 tonight: 鈥淲hile we are encouraged...

蜜桃传媒: In Huge Win for Alabamians, Eleventh Circuit Allows All State Probate Judges to Establish Curbside Voting for July 14 Runoff

June 25, 2020

ATLANTA 鈥� Today, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a huge win for Alabama voters who are at risk of contracting COVID-19. The Circuit Court denied the defendants鈥� emergency motion to stay a lower court decision in...

蜜桃传媒 Statement on U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 Decision in DHS v. Thuraissigiam

June 25, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (蜜桃传媒) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project, in response to today鈥檚 Supreme Court decision in...

Advocates Take ICE Back to Court Requesting Enforcement of Previous Ruling to Protect People in Custody from COVID-19

June 25, 2020

RIVERSIDE, Calif. 鈥� Last night, civil rights advocates filed a motion to enforce a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Central Division of California, seeking to enforce U.S. District Judge Jesus Bernal鈥檚...

蜜桃传媒 Releases Updates to Whose Heritage Dataset

June 24, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (蜜桃传媒) today released an update to its Whose Heritage report which tracks public symbols of the Confederacy across the United States. The report shows that nearly 1,800...

蜜桃传媒 Action Submits Statement After 鈥淧olice Use of Force and Community Relations鈥� Hearing on June 16

June 24, 2020

WASHINGTON 鈥� Yesterday, the 蜜桃传媒 Action Fund submitted a statement to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee calling on senators to consider the minimum requirements needed to reform the policing system following the recent murders...

After Failing to Act, DeSantis Shamefully and Dishonestly Scapegoats Migrant Farmworkers for Rising COVID-19 Cases

June 23, 2020

Miami, Fla. 鈥� The Migrant Service Providers, a coalition of over 40 organizations across South Florida, released the following statement in response to Governor DeSantis鈥檚 inaccurate and racist scapegoating of migrant farmworkers...

蜜桃传媒: Kentucky Election Poll Closures 'a Recipe for Disaster'

June 23, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The following statement about Kentucky's primary elections today is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center: "Today, the state of Kentucky follows states like Wisconsin and...

蜜桃传媒 Statement on Trump Administration Executive Order Expanding Immigration Restrictions

June 23, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following statement by Meredith Stewart, senior supervising attorney with the 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project, regarding the Trump administration's executive order...

蜜桃传媒 Statement on Noose Found in Bubba Wallace鈥檚 Garage at Talladega Superspeedway

June 22, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Lecia Brooks issued the following statement after a noose was found in Bubba Wallace鈥檚 garage stall at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. 鈥淚t is extremely troubling, yet...

蜜桃传媒 Action Fund Statement on Trump鈥檚 Rally in Tulsa Tonight

June 20, 2020

TULSA, Okla. 鈥� 蜜桃传媒 Action Fund President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the below statement following President Trump鈥檚 rally tonight in Tulsa, Okla., the day after Juneteenth and near the site of the 1921 massacre that left up...

蜜桃传媒 denounces violent killing of incarcerated man by guards in Florida prison

June 20, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - An incarcerated man at Lake County Correctional Institution near Orlando died on Friday, June 19 a day after sustaining life-threatening injuries from corrections officers. The officers involved have been put...

蜜桃传媒 Action Fund Statement on President Trump鈥檚 Rally in Tulsa, Okla.

June 19, 2020

TULSA, Okla. 鈥� Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the following statement ahead of President Trump鈥檚 rally on Saturday in Tulsa, Okla. 鈥� the day after Juneteenth...

蜜桃传媒 Action Fund Statement on Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

June 19, 2020

WASHINGTON 鈥� 蜜桃传媒 Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the statement below following the introduction today of a bill in the U.S. Senate to recognize Juneteenth as a federal holiday: 鈥淭he...

蜜桃传媒 Statement on Removal of Confederate Portraits from U.S. Capitol on Juneteenth

June 19, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Lecia Brooks issued the following statement after portraits of Confederate leaders Robert Hunter, James Orr, Howell Cobb, and Charles Crisp were removed from the U.S. Capitol...

蜜桃传媒 Action Fund: Facebook Removes Trump鈥檚 Re-Election Campaign Ads for Using Nazi Symbols

June 18, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� 蜜桃传媒 Action Fund鈥檚 Lecia Brooks released the following statement after Facebook removed Trump campaign ads that used a red upside-down triangle. Trump later claimed that the symbol is used by Antifa, but it is...

蜜桃传媒 Action Fund Statement on Supreme Court鈥檚 Decision on DACA

June 18, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration鈥檚 decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was arbitrary and capricious. The following statement can be...

Immigration Attorneys in Deep South Win Protections to Legal Access, CDC Compliance As Pandemic Rages On

June 17, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. 鈥� A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement a number of measures to protect detained people鈥檚 access to counsel...

蜜桃传媒 Action Fund Statement on Republican Bill on Police Reform

June 17, 2020

WASHINGTON 鈥� 蜜桃传媒 Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the statement below on the introduction of the Justice Act, the Senate GOP police reform legislation by Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.): 鈥�...

蜜桃传媒 Action Fund Statement regarding the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Police Use of Force and Community Relations

June 16, 2020

W ASHINGTON 鈥� Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund President and Chief Executive Office Margaret Huang released the following statement regarding today鈥檚 Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Police Use of Force and Community...

蜜桃传媒 Announces up to $30 Million Investment in Voter Registration and Mobilization in Deep South States

June 16, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The Southern Poverty Law Center (蜜桃传媒) today announced it is investing up to $30 million from its endowment in voter outreach organizations in the Deep South to increase voter registration and participation...

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