Social Security benefits play a vital role in reducing poverty in every state, and they lift more people above the poverty ...

Florida would get a statewide counterterrorism and counterintelligence unit under a bill that cleared the Budget Committee in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. House Bill ...

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ruled the NAACP may proceed with a lawsuit alleging the city of Abbeville violated voters’ civil rights during its redistricting ...

The McComb NAACP Youth Council held a political forum Feb. 18 for candidates in upcoming city elections.  The event was moderated by Brandon Rue with the Southern Poverty Law Center, who posed ...

With Illinois ranked the eighth-worst state in the country for its racial wealth gap, Democratic State Rep. LaShawn Ford is calling lawmakers to do more to ...

Social media plays a major role in how today’s civil rights warriors are doing things differently. They have wins to show for ...

More than a week after making comments comparing dogs and Muslims, U.S. Rep. Randy Fine continues to push the issue, and Central Florida leaders call out religious hate.

Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) mourns the loss of civil rights warrior Jo Ann Bland, who passed away on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. “The state of Alabama and the country lost a life-long ...

Democrats have overreacted to President Trump's State of the Union addresses at least seven times, including tearing up the ...

Texas' new insurance commissioner inherits a market of rising premiums and denied claims. Lawmakers are weighing tighter ...

An intimate look at life inside one of California’s largest ICE detention centers – told by the people who lived it.

Ohio ranked fourth in the nation in 2025 for the highest number of anti-LGBTQ+ incidents, with 51 reported cases, according ...