Elections SPLC awards $4.6 million in Vote Your Voice grants across the South Alabama Forward is among 36 organizations to receive funding through the program to increase civic engagement as the general election approaches. StaffAugust 30, 2022
State Southern Cultural Center to host “national” neo-Confederate conference in Wetumpka The stated goal of the Southern Cultural Center is to reestablish an independent South free from federal involvement. Jacob HolmesAugust 19, 2022
State SPLC reaches collective bargaining agreement for employees Beginning November 1, 2022, the minimum wage for new SPLC employees will be more than $20 per hour. Jacob HolmesJuly 26, 2022
Courts Tiara Hudson and voting rights groups challenged transfer judgeships The groups challenged the constitutionality of a transfer of a judgeship from Jefferson County to majority-white Madison County. StaffJuly 22, 2022
Courts SPLC, League of Women Voters call on Supreme Court to strike down Congressional map The brief asserts that the Alabama Legislature’s plan cracks residents of the Black Belt among four different districts and robs the region of effective... StaffJuly 19, 2022
Local news SPLC: Huntsville plan to evict homeless from encampment “threatens their health and lives” The SPLC is urging city officials to halt the eviction until adequate housing is available to displaced residents. John H. GlennJune 10, 2022
Elections SPLC Action Fund endorses two in 10th Judicial Circuit races Those endorsed are Tiara Hudson and Paul Rand, both public defenders in the Jefferson County Public Defender’s Office. Eddie BurkhalterMay 4, 2022
State Civil Rights Memorial Center unveils “Blank Slate Monument” The monument, created by Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, is an interactive statue that contests the narratives promoted by Confederate memorials. Jacob HolmesApril 13, 2022
Legislature Anti-LGBTQ bills prompt firestorm of criticism from civil liberty organizations The American Civil Liberties Union threatened a lawsuit if SB148 is signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey. John H. GlennApril 8, 2022
State Willie Edwards Jr.: The Klan sought to erase his memory, his family made sure it endured Ultimately, his killers were never convicted of his murder, but Wille Edwards Jr.'s memory lives on. Liz RyanMarch 29, 2022