This is an emergency. There will be a public comment period for 30 days where people can express their feelings about this horrifying, transphobic policy. Please make a comment and PLEASE participate in local and state elections.

📹Live Now: The @whitehouse hosts the United We Stand Summit to address hate-fueled violence and extremism.

There’s an urgent need to confront the hate-filled, divisive forces that seek to divide our nation.

We encourage all to tune in below.youtu.be/FZhhyxM1frY

Excited to announce the launch of the New Southern Leaders PAC and the New Southern Majority IE PAC to catalyze fresh leadership in local government across the South | SPLC Action Fund #ourvotesmatter splcactionfund.org/press-center/s…

🚨 For those in need of water, here are some water distribution sites provided by the City of Jackson and partner organizations. 🚨

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This was so much fun to do - I can’t wait to hear it! Thanks Claudia Flores and tomginsburg for the great conversation! #HumanRights

219,000 to 269,000 Black people in NJ are banned from jury service b/c of a conviction—a staggering 23% to 29% of NJ’s Black population.

By connecting jury service to its criminal legal system—which has America’s worst racial disparities—NJ imports racism into its jury process.

The SPLC welcomes President Biden’s announcement today that the The White House will host a national summit to address hate violence.

The aim will be to counter the hate-motivated attacks that have surfaced in Buffalo and other cities in recent months.

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A Republican group in Alabama is apologizing after accidentally using a picture of the GOP elephant that contained Ku Klux Klan imagery. ivpressonline.com/news/tech/gop-…

After 6+ years, our beloved Andrea McChristian is leaving to join Southern Poverty Law Center, a storied organization.
 
Andrea is a star. Her excellence, fierce leadership, vision & heart helped transform NJ & made us better.
 
Please join us 9/2 to cheer her on into the next season of her calling.

We rang the alarm bell — it's not just the threats and harassment. It's the new cumbersome laws that Georgia Republicans (and Brad Raffensperger) pushed, while also making it harder for local election boards to receive funding. We're facing an election administration crisis.

I am so deeply disappointed to hear this news from my friend and former colleague, Oksana Pokalchuk. Amnesty International will never succeed if they do not prioritize listening to voices from the local community, esp our colleagues in local Amnesty sections. What a #tragedy for Ukraine & amnesty

So proud of and grateful to Lisa Borden and LaShawn Warren for representing Southern Poverty Law Center at the UN #CERD review. We need to hold our elected officials accountable to #humanrights standards at home.

Every woman should delete Facebook right now.
#DeleteFacebook

Congratulations, Amy Spitalnick! What a wonderful step for you and for Bend the Arc! Southern Poverty Law Center is excited to continue working with you in your new role.

Congratulations Hillary Holley! Excited to work with you again in your new role!

We are proud to announce that longtime organizer, activist, and GA native Hillary Holley is joining us as our next Executive Director.

We’re so excited for Hillary’s leadership in the movement for a stronger care economy and a better future for women of color.

This is an incredible and devastating story. One doesn’t have to know or understand #immigration laws to feel gut wrenched by the lack of humanity or morals of the Trump Administration. A must read theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Albert Woodfox was truly an inspiration. Despite his terrible experiences in US incarceration, he become stronger, wiser, more compassionate, and loving - I admire him deeply. His passing is a loss to the world; we owed him so much and gave him so little. amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.thegua…

This new commercial from Mothers Against Greg Abbott is one of the best political ads I’ve ever seen.