Republicans have accused the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for investigating hate groups, of unfairly targeting conservative and Christian organizations.

Civil rights organizations have filed a lawsuit against Alaska’s Division of Elections, alleging it unconstitutionally shared unredacted voter registration data with the U.S. Department of Justice. The plaintiffs argue the data transfer and subsequent ...

The voting rights groups that filed the lawsuit are seeking a court order requiring the Department of Justice to delete any voter rolls it has obtained from states and to bar the department from compiling or disclosing voter data.

Explore the challenges of civil rights as the Southern Poverty Law Center faces scrutiny over its use of informants in extremist cases.