Southern Poverty Law Center

Southern Poverty Law Center

• Police: Aryan Nations dispute ends in death

  A 26-year-old volunteer firefighter trying to distance himself from a white-supremacist group was found beaten to death last month in a cornfield in ... 

• Court rejects Alabama appeal over immigration law

  An attorney for the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center says he's not surprised the U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a request to revive ... 

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  Colorado governor orders audit of inmate records

  Colorado's governor announced a sweeping review of the state's prison and parole operations as more evidence piled up showing how a white supremacist ... 

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  Texas shootout may tie to Colo. prison chief death

  Investigators from three Colorado police agencies rushed to Texas to determine if a former inmate who was critically wounded by Texas police after a ... 

• Researchers report sharp rise in 'patriot' groups

  A civil rights group that tracks extremist groups warns that President Obama's tenure and the gun control debate after the Connecticut school shooting ... 

• Man guilty in Family Research Council shooting

  A Virginia man pleaded guilty Wednesday to wounding a security guard at the Washington headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group, a ... 

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  Another survivalist development in Idaho?

  A group of survivalists wants to build a giant walled fortress in the woods of the Idaho Panhandle, a medieval-style city where residents would be ... 

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  Details emerge about man at center of Ala standoff

  As an Alabama standoff and hostage drama marked a sixth day Sunday, more details emerged about the suspect at the center, with neighbors and officials ... 

• LA jury awards $4.5 million to Filipino teachers

  A federal jury awarded $4.5 million to Filipino teachers who paid large fees to obtain U.S. jobs through a placement agency. Jurors on Monday found ... 

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  NY gays accuse NJ therapy group of false promises

  Four gay men accused a New Jersey organization of fraud Tuesday for selling "conversion therapy" with false promises to make them straight. They said ...