Southern Poverty Law Center

With tools to spread hate more accessible than ever, a new resource hub from the Southern Poverty Law Center aims to help adults understand how young people can be drawn toward extremism — and what they can do to prevent radicalization.

MIAMI — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has sent notice to Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Julie Marcus that the county is at risk of violating federal and state law unless an early voting site is added in South St. Petersburg, which houses the highest concentration of Black voters in the county. The SPLC noted that the county’s early voting site configuration for the Nov.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee denied a motion to dismiss the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) lawsuit against the Goyim Defense League (GDL) and its founder, neo-Nazi Jon Minadeo II. The case is now allowed to move forward on behalf of the Gordon Jewish Community Center (Gordon JCC), a historic cultural nonprofit in Nashville.

This November, Florida voters will decide a ballot question that, if approved, would gut their city’s or county’s ability to fund core services like libraries, parks and law enforcement. Amendment 3 seeks to raise the homestead exemption for property taxes (excluding schools) to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028 while restricting what local governments can spend property tax dollars on, creating a path to eliminate non-school property taxes entirely.

Voter registration deadline Deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot Early voting period starts Any eligible registered voter can vote early at any designated early voting site in their county of registration. Early voting must begin on the 10th day before an election and end on the third day before an election. Counties may have additional early voting days beginning on the 15th day before an election and ending up until the second day before an election.

Attorneys with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Criminal Legal System Reform litigation team filed a federal lawsuit against Kathryn Williams, the interim secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), for failing to meet state deadlines for transferring people found incompetent to stand trial from county jails to state hospitals.

The Intelligence Project Dispatch is a summary of notable trends and incidents of the hard-right, hate and antigovernment movements that occurred during the previous month. For a deeper dive into these movements and the harm they inflict on communities, visit Hatewatch, Ideology and Extremist Profiles, Hate and Flyering Maps and Responding to Hate & Preventing Harm Resources. Jan. 6 participant Jake Lang was arrested yet again in Minneapolis at an Aug.

ATLANTA — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and its co-counsel, the Goodmark Law Firm and the Law Offices of Gerry Weber LLC, filed a brief in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Cobb County parents Jennifer Peterson and Melissa Marten against the Cobb County School District (CCSD), Superintendent Chris Ragsdale and several district officials regarding alleged First Amendment violations.

En Español ATLANTA — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) launched “We Decide: Georgia” and its Spanish-language counterpart, “Decidimos.” Both voter engagement campaigns focus on registering, educating and mobilizing Georgia voters ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. “Every election is an opportunity to help shape the direction of our state and country. Yet, too many Georgians continue to underestimate the power of our vote,” said Isabel Otero, Georgia state director, SPLC.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and its affiliate organization, the 501c(4) SPLC Action Fund, are public interest advocacy organizations working in the Deep South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi) to eliminate the structural racism and inequalities that fuel the oppression of Black, Indigenous and other people of color.