Tag: Southern Poverty Law Center
Confederate symbols prove difficult to remove in many states
AUSTIN, Texas — Just past the gate at an entrance to the Texas Capitol, a large monument honoring the soldiers of the Confederacy looms,...
Lawyer: FBI enlisted Proud Boys leader to inform on antifa
FBI agents recruited a Proud Boys leader to provide them with information about antifa networks months before he was charged with storming the U.S....
Mississippi close to putting limits on transgender athletes
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi House voted Wednesday to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls' or women's sports teams in the state's schools...
In Alabama, a vote to keep Confederate monument protections
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would give cities and counties a possible avenue to take down unwanted Confederate...
Now-adult in same-sex custody battle seeks removal from suit
The now-18-year-old woman at the center of a yearslong, same-sex custody dispute that spanned Vermont to Nicaragua said in court documents filed Wednesday that...