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5 things more frequent than voter fraud

According to recently released results from an ongoing survey, there have been just 31 instances of in-person voter fraud since 2000. It’s official: UFO Sightings…

New ruling in NC voting rights case

Late on Friday, August 8th, Federal District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder issued a ruling in the lawsuit SCSJ and others are pursuing to stop the…

VRA anniversary leaves little to celebrate

The Voting Rights Act was signed into law forty-nine years ago, seeking to effectively extend the franchise in-full to black Americans. Although its initial enforcement…

Voter Suppression: The Same Old Strategy

SCSJ recently represented the League of Women Voters of North Carolina, the A. Philip Randolph Institute, and other plaintiffs in a federal hearing requesting a…

Rep. David Price to visit SCSJ

David Price to Visit Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ)   Following SCSJ staff attorney Daryl Atkinson’s recent trip to the White House to receive a…

People Change: Why Clean Slate Matters

America has 5% of the world’s total population but 25% of the world’s prisoners. 65 million people have a criminal record in the United States.…

Real Experiences with Racial Profiling

Since early 2013, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, in conjunction with our partners in the FADE coalition, has been sounding the alarm with city…