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'Jena Six' Teen Gets Second Chance, a New Start With SPLC Board Member
10/13/2009
When SPLC board member Alan Howard represented one of the teens known as the Jena Six in a civil lawsuit, the lawyer ended up providing more than legal help to one of the young men embroiled in the case that raised questions about race and justice in Amer
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A Room Full of Heroes
10/02/2009
Long after the music stopped and the decorative signs hanging from the ceiling had been removed, several Chicago-area members of the Southern Poverty Law Center remained in line, eager to meet the people they had waited hours - some might say ye
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Journalist Inspired by SPLC's Civil Rights Memorial Receives 'Genius Award'
09/22/2009
A Mississippi journalist who was inspired by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Civil Rights Memorial to investigate unsolved civil rights murders is among the 24 recipients of a $500,000 “genius award” announced today.
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Health Care Advocate Wins 2009 Morris Dees Justice Award
09/18/2009
A health care advocate who has dedicated his career to representing low-income clients, the elderly, disabled and uninsured has been selected as the winner of the 2009 Morris Dees Justice Award.
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Climate of Fear
09/02/2009
Less than one year ago, on Nov. 8, 2008, Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant, was murdered in the town of Patchogue, N.Y.
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SPLC Report: Anti-Immigrant Climate Fueling Violence Against Latinos in N.Y. County
09/02/2009
Latino immigrants in Suffolk County, N.Y., are routinely the target of violent attacks, harassment and abuse driven by a virulent anti-immigrant climate that has been fostered by community leaders and law enforcement practices.
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SPLC Suit Leads to Significant Reforms in Mississippi Juvenile Detention Center
08/19/2009
The children and teens detained at a Mississippi detention center will be protected from abuse and neglect under an agreement reached with county officials who oversee the facility.
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SPLC Report: Return of the Militias
08/12/2009
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SPLC Report: Militia Movement Resurgent, Infused with Racism
08/12/2009
Almost a decade after virtually disappearing from public view, the antigovernment militia movement is surging across the country.
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Forestry Company Held in Contempt for Third Time in SPLC Suit
08/04/2009
A federal judge has warned an Arkansas forestry company that he will rule against it if company representatives continue to intimidate workers interested in joining an SPLC class action lawsuit.
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SPLC President Calls on CNN to Remove Lou Dobbs from Air, Cites Newsman's Support for Extremist-Inspired 'Birther' Claims
07/24/2009
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Judge Orders Money Seized in Traffic Stop Returned to SPLC Client
07/23/2009
The Southern Poverty Law Center has won the return of almost $20,000 to a Latino migrant farmworker whose money was taken by police during a traffic stop in Alabama despite criminal charges never being brought against him.
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Mary Bauer Named SPLC's New Legal Director
07/23/2009
Mary Bauer, who has directed the Southern Poverty Law Center's Immigrant Justice Project since its inception in 2004, has been named as the SPLC's new legal director, effective Aug. 1.
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SPLC Settlement Recovers Wages for Hurricane Katrina Cleanup Workers
07/21/2009
Migrant workers who alleged they were forced to work for months without pay and endure squalid living conditions as they repaired apartments in the New Orleans area will finally be paid for their work.
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SPLC Creates Teacher's Guide for HBO Documentary
07/20/2009
In partnership with HBO and director-producer Paul Saltzman, the Southern Poverty Law Center has created a six-lesson teacher's guide for use with HBO's documentary "Prom Night in Mississippi."
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Commentary: Are Gays in the Military Really More Dangerous than Neo-Nazis?
07/15/2009
Here’s a question to ponder: Who poses more of a threat to the good order of the military, not to mention our national security?
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SPLC Urges Congress to Investigate Extremism in the Military
07/10/2009
The Southern Poverty Law Center today urged Congress to investigate growing evidence that racial extremists are infiltrating the U.S. military.
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Terror from the Right
07/01/2009
Here are the stories of plots, conspiracies and racist rampages since 1995 — plots and violence waged against a democratic America.
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Preliminary Agreement Reached in Miss. Juvenile Detention Center Case
06/30/2009
Children and teens at a Mississippi juvenile detention center will no longer be locked in cells all day without reason or forced to sleep on the floor in a squalid, overcrowded facility following an agreement the Southern Poverty Law Center has reached.
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Plea Agreement Reached in Jena Six Case
06/26/2009
Five black youths accused of beating a white high school student in Jena, La., amid racial tension sparked by nooses hung on the high school campus, have pleaded no contest to misdemeanor simple battery charges as part of an agreement to resolve a case.
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