World & Nation
The Southern Poverty Law Center has named an interim leader who says the watchdog organization is looking “to build a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace.”
April 2, 2019
Books
“Blood and Politics”: In a review of Leonard Zeskind’s book “Blood and Politics” in last Sunday’s Arts & Books section, the Southern Poverty Law Center was misidentified as the Southern Poverty Law Council.
June 21, 2009
“Blood and Politics”: In a review of Leonard Zeskind’s book “Blood and Politics” in last Sunday’s Arts & Books section, a reference to the Southern Poverty Law Council should have identified it as the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has tapped Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff to lead a “top-to-bottom” examination of its workplace culture, less than a week after the anti-hate nonprofit fired co-founder Morris Dees for misconduct and its staff complained of discrimination against women and people of color.
March 18, 2019
The Southern Poverty Law Center is suing white supremacist Andrew Anglin of TheDailyStormer.com for letting loose an online “terror campaign” against a woman and her family.
April 20, 2017
The Southern Poverty Law Center has fired its famed co-founder, Morris Dees, over unspecified misconduct, the nonprofit announced Thursday, a stunning development at an organization that became a bedrock of anti-extremism research and activism under nearly half a century of Dees’ leadership.
March 14, 2019
June 7, 2017
Not long after it launched in 1971, the Southern Poverty Law Center made a name for itself as a standard-bearer in the fight for civil rights.
May 31, 2017
The president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Richard Cohen, announced his resignation Friday, the latest in a series of high-profile departures at the anti-hate organization that have come amid allegations of misconduct and workplace discrimination.
March 22, 2019
A neo-Nazi blogger has been promised donations of more than $150,000 for his legal defense after the Southern Poverty Law Center sued him for organizing a “troll storm” against a Jewish woman in Montana.
June 6, 2017