WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following response to President Biden's March 7 Executive Order "Promoting Access to Voting" is by Margaret Huang, President and CEO for the SPLC Action Fund: "We commend President Biden’s Executive Order...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the For the People Act, or H.R. 1, by a vote of 220-210. Zero House Republicans voted in favor of the bill. Provisions of H.R. 1 include: restoring federal...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the US House of Representatives reintroduced the Equality Act, groundbreaking civil rights legislation that would explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate voted to acquit former President Trump of charges that he incited the January 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill, failing to reach the two-thirds margin necessary with a vote of 57-43. Even though...