30 Search results for "splc"

  According to a report released by the Southern Poverty Law Center, people charged with the murders of nearly 100 people are all linked to a single far right white nationalist website. Stormfront.org says it promotes values of “the embattled white minority.” Users include Anders Behring Breivik, who in 2011, killed 77 people in a […]

There has been a shooting at South Carolina State University, a historically black university located in Orangeburg, SC. At least one person has been injured.

With his recent arrest and his wife filing for divorce, George Zimmerman has remained in the news. Now, the medical examiner who was involved in the Zimmerman trial is grabbing headlines. Shiping Bao intends to file a $100M lawsuit, claiming the prosecution and others involved in the trial, blew the case, Through his high-profile attorney, […]

African American teacher Brooke Harris was fired from her position at a middle school in Michigan after supporting her students’ efforts to express support for Trayvon Martin. Many are now calling for her reinstatement. What kind of message does firing Ms. Harris send to her students?

School Suspensions Skyrocket for Black and Latino Students Naima Ramos-Chapman | September 30, 2010 A new study by the Southern Poverty Law Center has found that school suspensions of black and Latino students are skyrocketing. The trend, according to researchers, has been triggered by zero tolerance policies set in motion in the 1970’s, and exacerbated by hysteria […]

As President Obama continues to calmly navigate through unchartered territories, I continue to be amazed. Although his campaign oozed with hope, promise, and change, it was hard for me to envision an America that would embrace such a drastic overhaul of the status quo. In the depths of my soul I hoped that Americans would coalesce around […]