Please sign up here to have the Race/Related newsletter delivered weekly to your inbox. The Southern Poverty Law Center, known as one of the nation’s foremost civil rights watchdogs, fired its co-founder Morris Dees this week after almost half a century on the job. The center, which is based in Montgomery, gave no clear indication as to why it had let Mr. Dees go, but the president of the group, Richard Cohen, said in a statement that “a comprehensive assessment of our internal climate and workplace practices” was imminent, suggesting the dismissal was tied to conflict among the staff. On Thursday, the same day the S.P.L.C. announced that Mr. Dees had been fired, employees sent a letter to the center’s leaders citing claims of mistreatment of staff, sexual harassment, gender discrimination and racism.

Source: New York Times March 16, 2019 10:52 UTC