May 03, 2024
WASHINGTON — This week, the SPLC Action Fund joined more than 50 voting and civil rights organizations to call on Congress to allocate $1.625 billion in federal funding for election administration as part of the FY25...
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Federal
Hate and Extremism
May 01, 2024
WASHINGTON — Today, the SPLC Action Fund announced its opposition to HR 6090, known as the Antisemitism Awareness Act, in a letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of its passage. The SPLC Action Fund urges...
Alabama
April 30, 2024
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Today, the SPLC Action Fund applauded the Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee for including essential funding for the 2025 Summer EBT program in the state’s education budget. Last year,...
Alabama
April 25, 2024
MONTGOMERY — Today, the SPLC Action Fund applauded the passage of Alabama’s HB 188, a new law affirming the due process rights of all Alabama students facing long-term suspension and expulsion from school. “The U.S. Supreme Court...
Georgia
April 15, 2024
ATLANTA – The SPLC Action Fund today endorsed local candidates for school board and county commission in Cobb, Fulton, Gwinnett and Newton counties. These candidates include: Lyndsey Coates , running for Fulton County School...
Policy
April 03, 2024
WASHINGTON — Today, SPLC Action Fund , the 501(c)4 affiliate organization to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) , released its policy platform ahead of one of the most consequential elections of our time. This action guide...
Louisiana
March 26, 2024
CADDO PARISH, La. — The SPLC Action Fund released the following statement responding to Henry Whitehorn’s election over the weekend as Caddo Parish Sheriff. SPLC Action Fund endorsed Whitehorn in the general and special election...
Alabama
March 19, 2024
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, Alabama’s legislature passed an anti-voter bill, SB 1 , which would charge individuals with a felony for assisting their neighbors in requesting or applying for an absentee ballot. “Weeks after...
Florida
March 18, 2024
TALLAHASSEE — Today, the SPLC Action Fund condemned the passage of three Florida bills that target and make life harder for immigrant families and communities, including SB 1036 , HB 1451 , and HB 1589 , new laws that dehumanize...
Alabama
March 07, 2024
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the SPLC Action Fund condemned the Alabama House’s passage of Alabama SB 129 , a bill prohibiting local education boards, institutions of higher learning and state agencies from promoting or engaging in...
