October 09, 2014

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, Sylvia Lydia Morelos, 10/09/14...11:29 a.m.


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A tent too large: the Republican Party and anti-LGBT bigotry

By Richard Cohen, President
10/08/2014
The head of the GOP surprisingly invoked the names of anti-LGBT extremists as he defended his party’s opposition to same-sex marriage.

Secret Service failures are cause for concern after numerous extremist plots

By Richard Cohen, President
10/07/2014       
Security lapses at the White House are a serious matter for the nation’s first black president, a man who is portrayed by the radical right as a threat to America.



Far-right religious extremists show true colors at Values Voter Summit


10/02/2014
The LGBT community and Muslims were among those demonized at the weekend political conference that attracted several possible presidential candidates.



SPLC to host events highlighting reform efforts during Youth Justice Awareness Month


10/01/2014
The SPLC is hosting or supporting events in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi this month to raise public awareness of the need to reform criminal justice policies that are harming vulnerable children.


Newspaper editorial: Excuses must end; new leadership needed at Tennessee Medicaid program

09/30/2014
Almost a month after an SPLC lawsuit resulted in a federal judge ordering Tennessee to provide hearings to residents whose Medicaid applications have been unreasonably delayed, state officials continue to offer excuses and shift the blame – tactics blasted in a recent editorial by The Tennessean.


SPLC suit: Florida pre-kindergarten program discriminates against girl with diabetes


09/26/2014
The SPLC seeks relief for a 3-year-old Florida girl with diabetes whose pre-kindergarten program violated federal law by refusing to provide the services she needs.

SPLC court filing details barbaric conditions at private prison in Mississippi

09/26/2014
The SPLC submitted hundreds of pages of expert reports to a federal court as part of a motion to certify a lawsuit against the East Mississippi Correctional Facility as a class action. The reports expose shocking human rights violations at the for-profit prison, including conditions described as “torture” by a forensic psychiatrist.


SPLC to RNC Chair: Tell party members to stop associating with groups that defame the LGBT community


09/24/2014

The SPLC and a coalition of civil rights groups today published an open letter asking the GOP to take a stand against the anti-LGBT bigotry of groups sponsoring this week’s Values Voter Summit.




It’s National Voter Registration Day

By Richard Cohen, President

09/23/2014
The SPLC president urges everyone to exercise their right to vote, honoring those who fought and died for the right.



A conversation with Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow

09/16/2014
Michelle Alexander discusses her groundbreaking book with the SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance project and explains the importance of today’s young people learning about racial bias in the criminal justice system.


Teaching Tolerance magazine examines school equity

09/10/2014
School policies and practices that can stigmatize and harm disadvantaged students – whether in the classroom or the lunchroom – are examined in the new issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine.

Teaching Tolerance offers new curriculum to schools nationwide

09/08/2014
The SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance project released today a first-of-its-kind literacy curriculum, Perspectives for a Diverse America, to help teachers across the country better engage their diverse students. 


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