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February 25, 2016 -
This week a bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders bestowed the Congressional Gold Medal on the Alabama protest marchers who helped win passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. But there's little bipartisan unity on restoring provisions of the law gutted by the Supreme Court, and some marchers are speaking out about it.
February 19, 2016 -
A new Institute report finds that young Latino voters will be a key factor in the coming years in strengthening the voice of the Latino community in the South.
February 12, 2016 -
This interactive graphic allows readers to explore the rise of young Latino voters in Southern states.
January 26, 2016 -
According to recently released federal data, most Southern communities are cooperating with federal requests to detain undocumented immigrants in local jails, but Florida's Miami-Dade County leads the region in refusing to comply.
January 7, 2016 -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted deportation raids across the South last weekend. The action sparked fear in immigrant communities and action from immigrant rights advocates.
December 9, 2015 -
In a Texas case titled Evenwel v. Abbott, the plaintiffs are seeking to count eligible voters rather than the total population when drawing political districts — a move that could significantly shift political representation to older, whiter communities in the South and elsewhere across the country.
December 4, 2015 -
As world leaders gathered in France to negotiate an agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions, they were joined by a delegation of ecological justice activists from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida whose communities have been directly affected by climate change and the oil and gas industry.