Montgomery, Alabama

The Southern Poverty Law Center accuses the U.S. Department of Justice of vindictive prosecution. The SPLC, based in Montgomery, Alabama, has spent decades investigating groups like the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacy organizations.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sparked controversy during a rally in Alabama, urging northern progressives to 'pull up' to Southern states to combat political injustice. Her speech criticized the Supreme Court and highlighted historical voting rights issues, drawing backlash from conservatives who mocked her security setup and rhetoric. Critics, including podcasters and social media influencers, accused her of divisiveness and hypocrisy.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened an investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center over alleged funding of extremist groups. The SPLC was previously indicted on six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud and one count by a federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala. The investigation aims to uncover the truth behind the SPLC's alleged actions.

A group of activists, including Keith Odom and Justice Washington, retraced the final steps of the 1965 voting rights march in Montgomery, Alabama, to renew the fight for voting rights after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling diminished the Voting Rights Act. The rally, called 'All Roads Lead to the South', aimed to secure and expand political power for Black and other nonwhite voters. The event was attended by people of different ages and backgrounds, including students and union members.

Thousands of people are rallying in Montgomery, Alabama to defend Black political representation as conservative states dismantle congressional districts that helped secure Black political power. The rally is a response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened voting rights law. The event is held in the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement, where veterans of the movement are alarmed by the speed of rollbacks on protections won through generations of sacrifice.

Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert of Irondale, Alabama was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for detonating an explosive device outside the Alabama Attorney General's Office in Montgomery. The attack on the government building resulted in serious federal charges for malicious use of an explosive device.