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SPLC Urges Federal Court to Address Razors in Alabama Prisons
The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) urged a federal court today to block an Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC)…
Victory! Town Will No Longer Treat Domestic Violence Victims as Nuisances
By Sandra S. Park Three strikes and you’re out of your home and on the street – all because you called 911 for help. That…
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
By Prevent Cancer Foundation Many people are shy when it comes to discussing prostate cancer. Viewed as a personal, private disease, prostate cancer is too often…
LDF Brings JP Schnapper-Casteras on Board as Special Counsel for Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy
LDF today announced that John Paul Schnapper-Casteras has joined the organization as Special Counsel for Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy. In this newly created role,…
Pass the PAST Act to End the Cruel Practice of Soring
“Soring” is when trainers deliberately inflict pain—using caustic chemicals, sharp objects, chains and other cruel tactics—to exaggerate the high-stepping gait of their horses and gain…
Teaching Tolerance Offers New Curriculum to Schools Nationwide
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…
Meet up With Friends & Family to Help End Childhood Hunger
September is Hunger Action Month and supporting Share Our Strength’s ‪No Kid Hungry‬ campaign is easier than ever before. Meet up with your friends at a participating…
HRC Wedding Registry Offers Unique Way to Support Friends, Family, and the Whole LGBT Community
Do you support marriage equality? Do you know someone who is getting married (perhaps it’s you)? Then you need to know about HRC‘s Wedding Registry.…
Some Kind of Wonder-Pig
She has a popularity rating most teenagers can only dream of. Her main Facebook page has more than 160,000 likes. Her musings about life with…
Stories from the field: SPLC advocate’s meeting with teen a reminder children need second chances
By Sharada Jambulapati Driving down winding country back roads, I headed to an Alabama prison where I would spend the next several hours crammed into…
Changing the Conversation around Cancer Care
by Linda Overholser, MD, MPH Among my current activities as an academic general internist, I have the honor of working on a project in partnership…
SPLC Intelligence Report: Deadly Spring of Radical-Right Violence Examined
Extremists from various segments of the radical right lashed out this spring with three murder sprees that left a dozen victims dead – mass murders…