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New Bush Guestworker Rules Weaken Worker Protections, Ignore Public Comments
12/19/2008
The Southern Poverty Law Center and a coalition of immigrant rights advocates criticized changes to the nation's guestworker program that will open the program to more abuse of foreign workers while making it easier for employers to replace U.S. workers w
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SPLC Praises Passage of Human Trafficking Bill, Urges More Reform
12/12/2008
The Southern Poverty Law Center praised Congress on Thursday for protecting immigrant workers by passing a human trafficking bill that allows unscrupulous labor recruiters to be prosecuted for fraud, but said more reform is needed to protect these workers
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With SPLC's Help, Youth Goes from Non-Reader to College Student
12/12/2008
By the time Joe Bates finished middle school in 2004, he had fallen years behind his classmates. His struggle with asthma was just one of his problems. He also had learning disabilities that had been ignored by his school.
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Portland Honors Man Whose Murder Sparked SPLC Lawsuit
12/11/2008
The city of Portland, Ore., has honored an Ethiopian student whose brutal murder sparked a Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit that destroyed the White Aryan Resistance (WAR) hate group.
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Teaching Tolerance Offers Educators Strategy to Respond to Racial Incidents Following Obama Election
12/04/2008
Responding to reports of racially charged incidents following Barack Obama's election as the first black president, the Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance program is offering teachers a set of strategies to deal with election-related bigotry
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Intelligence Report: Anti-immigration Leader at Heart of White Nationalist Scene for Decades
12/02/2008
The architect of the modern anti-immigration movement and founder of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has been at the heart of the white nationalist scene for decades.
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Letter to Secretary Gates: Extremists Continue to Infiltrate Military
12/02/2008
Military extremists are serving in the U.S. armed forces
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Live Webcast - SPLC Lawsuit Against IKA
12/01/2008
Morris Dees and Richard Cohen live chat concluded.
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SPLC Submits Brief Calling for California Supreme Court to Overturn Ballot Initiative Banning Same-Sex Marriage
11/21/2008
Working with a California law firm, the Southern Poverty Law Center has filed an amicus curiae brief calling for the state's Supreme Court to maintain the right to same-sex marriage.
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ABC's 'Nightline' Features SPLC Legal Victory over Klan
11/17/2008
The Southern Poverty Law Center's trial against the Imperial Klans of America (IKA), which ended with a $2.5 million verdict on Friday, will be featured in a segment on ABC's "Nightline" on Monday, Nov. 17.
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SPLC Calls for Closing of Mississippi Youth Prison
Legal Action News
11/17/2008
The Southern Poverty Law Center today called for the state of Mississippi to abandon the use of large youth prisons following a report showing that after almost four years, the state's Oakley Training School has made virtually no progress in ensuring that
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SPLC Wins $2.5 Million Verdict Against Imperial Klans of America
11/14/2008
The Southern Poverty Law Center today won a crushing jury verdict against one of the nation's largest Klan groups for its role in the brutal beating of a teenager at a county fair in rural Kentucky.
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Students Across Nation to Participate in SPLC's 'Mix It Up at Lunch Day'
11/07/2008
More than 4 million students across the country will challenge social and racial boundaries on Nov. 13 as part of the seventh annual Mix It Up at Lunch Day, a project designed to foster respect and understanding in schools and communities.
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Believe in the Promise
11/05/2008
We've just witnessed an historic transformation, one of those singular moments in our history that we'll all remember for the rest of our lives.
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SPLC Sues Tennessee Cheese Company After Latino Workers Seeking Pay are Arrested, Threatened with Deportation
Legal Action News
10/16/2008
A dozen Latino workers at a Tennessee cheese factory went weeks without pay and endured an abusive work environment before demanding paychecks from an employer, who then had them arrested, jailed and threatened with deportation, according to a lawsuit fil
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Tough Times? Blame Minorities!
10/14/2008
Repeatedly in our country's history, economic troubles have created conditions that are ripe for demagogues and hatemongers to whip up public anger against minorities and recent immigrants.
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Thousands of Cheated Guestworkers to Recover Lost Wages in SPLC Forestry Case
Legal Action News
10/09/2008
A federal judge's ruling this week means that thousands of foreign guestworkers represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center will recover wages owed to them by one of the nation's largest forestry contractors.
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SPLC Featured in Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel Programs
10/07/2008
A Discovery Channel program hosted by veteran journalist Ted Koppel examines an historic Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit that destroyed one of the nation's most violent Klan groups.
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SPLC, Civil Rights Groups File Complaints to End Neglect of Florida Students with Learning Disabilities
Legal Action News
10/01/2008
The Southern Poverty Law Center and an alliance of civil rights groups have filed complaints against two of Florida's largest school districts, where students with disabilities endure a culture of neglect and harsh discipline that robs them of an educatio
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New SPLC Documentary Premieres in Los Angeles
09/29/2008
Nearly 1,500 people filled the historic Wilshire Theater in Beverly Hills yesterday to attend the premiere of the SPLC's new documentary, Viva la Causa, which depicts one of the seminal events in the march for human rights — the grape strik
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