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May 24, 2020
Click here for information on whether you can vote in Florida if you have a past felony conviction. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In a significant decision for voting rights, a federal court on Sunday affirmed voting rights for hundreds of...
May 22, 2020
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. – This week, the Georgia Board of Education (GBOE) ruled that a Gwinnett County student barred from school since mid-November was wrongly expelled after finding no evidence the student violated the district’s...
May 21, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½â€™s Immigrant Justice Project, regarding the indefinite extension of the Centers...
May 20, 2020
BATON ROUGE, La. – Yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center (ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½), Fair Elections Center, and Arnold & Porter filed a federal lawsuit against Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, and other...
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We are only beginning to feel the impacts of the coronavirus, but we know that the communities we serve — including low-income people, immigrants and people of color — are already among the most affected.
May 19, 2020
Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½) launched a new survey to examine the range of issues facing students and families during school closures in response to Covid-19 in the U.S. Primarily focused on the Southeast region...
The Southern Poverty Law Center and its allies filed a federal lawsuit against Louisiana officials over the state’s failure to ensure safe voting processes during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. The lawsuit challenges Louisiana’s burdensome requirements surrounding absentee ballots that put the...
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May 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. House passed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, the fifth legislative package aimed at addressing the country’s public health and economic needs during...
