Environmental Justice
Judge Denies Companies’ Bid to Hide Cape Fear River Pollution
RALEIGH, N.C. (December 5, 2025) — A federal judge has blocked an attempt by Chemours and DuPont to hide documents related to the release of…
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Voting Rights
Federal Judges Allow Latest Congressional Map to Stand Despite Harms to Black Voters
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Nov. 26, 2025) — A panel of federal judges will not block the North Carolina General Assembly’s latest congressional map, which changes Congressional…
Environmental Justice
Pitt County Judge Rules Against Greenville Residents, Allows Gas Station to be Built
GREENVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 21, 2025) — A Pitt County Superior Court judge has cleared the way for a gas station to be built in the…
Voting Rights
Southern Voting Groups Getting Out the Vote in Local Elections This Fall
DURHAM, N.C. (Oct. 28, 2025) — General elections will be held across the South in late October and early November, with voters deciding who will…
Voting Rights
Voters, Pro-Democracy Groups Seek to Stop Retaliatory Redistricting Targeting NC Black Belt
DURHAM, N.C. (Oct. 28, 2025) — Individual voters and two pro-democracy groups are challenging the North Carolina General Assembly’s latest congressional map — the fifth…
Justice System Reform
Statement: North Carolina Needs Real Safety Solutions, Not Harsher Punishment
DURHAM, N.C. (Sept. 23, 2025) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice is committed to advancing justice and building safe, thriving communities. We reject the outdated…
Justice System Reform
Charges Dropped Against NCCU Students from Housing Protest
DURHAM, N.C. (Sept. 23, 2025) — Criminal charges against three people who were arrested during an April campus protest over North Carolina Central University’s (NCCU)…
Justice System Reform
Settlement Reached in Abrams Lawsuit, Securing Important Parole Reforms for People Sentenced as Children
RALEIGH, N.C. (Sept. 16, 2025) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) has reached a settlement with the North Carolina Parole Commission that will implement…
Voting Rights
Federal Appeals Court Affirms: NC Cannot Prosecute Voters Under Racist Law
RICHMOND, V.A. (Sept. 12, 2025) — North Carolina district attorneys cannot enforce a Jim Crow–era law criminalizing the act of voting by people with felony…
Justice System Reform
Racial Equity Report Cards Reveal Stark Disparities Persist for Black Students in NC Schools
DURHAM, N.C. (Sept. 10, 2025) – While North Carolina classrooms have been open for about a month, Southern Coalition for Social Justice’s (SCSJ) 2023–24 Racial…
Voting Rights
NC Voters, Civil Rights Groups Warn DOJ Settlement Will Burden Eligible Voters
WILMINGTON, N.C. (Sept. 9, 2025) — A deal between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) to…
Environmental Justice
Person County Residents Fight to Be Heard on Industrial Rezoning
ROUGEMONT, N.C. (Sept. 8, 2025) — Person County residents, with the help of Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), continue fighting against a controversial rezoning…