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The following newsletters are available for you to download (PDF) and new ones added as they are produced.

June 2010
Highlights include: ACLU Report on Prisoners with HIV; Update on Breast Cancer Genes Patents; Shelby Co. Challenges the Voting Rights Act; New ACLU-AL Staff; Arizona Racial Profiling Law; ACLU-AL Member Spotlight; Prom Update; ACLU-AL Board Election Notice; and more.

January 2010
Highlights include: Lesbian Student Allowed to Attend Prom with Girlfriend; ACLU Challenges Patents on Breast Cancer Genes; ACLU Rallies to Fill 25% Budget Gap; Religious Liberty Bulletin; ACLU-AL Legal Docket; ACLU-AL Traveling Road Show Update; and more.

October 2009
Highlights include: ADOC Ends Ban of Prisoners with HIV from Work Release; Interview with Ben Wizner of ACLU's National Security Project; Helen Keller: Alabama's Activist; ACLU-AL Member Spotlight; Corporal Punishment in Alabama Schools; Upcoming ACLU-AL Events; and more.

June 2009
Highlights include: Alabama Schools End Illegal Sex Segregation; Victory in Fair Housing Case; Interview with Cooperating Attorney David Schoen; ACLU-AL Comings and Goings; Member Spotlight; Town Hall Events; Board Election Notice; and more.

January 2009
Highlights include: ACLU-AL Challenges Sex Segregated Programs in Public Schools; Actions for Restoring America; Bible Textbook OK'd for Alabama Schools; Member Spotlight; Restoring the Right to Vote; ACLU-AL Legal Docket, and more.

September 2008
Highlights include: Voting Rights in Alabama; ACLU-AL Challenges Racial Discrimination in Monroe County School System; ACLU Sues Over Wiretapping Law; Celebrating LGBT Pride in Alabama; The Legacy Challenge; and more.

May 2008
Highlights include: University of Alabama Anti-War Protesters Acquitted; Immigrant Detainees Held Indefinitely in Alabama; Create a Legacy of Liberty with the Legacy Challenge; Judge Holds Prayer Service During Court Hearing; ACLU Assembling Guantanamo Defense Teams; and 2008 ACLU-AL Board of Directors Election Notice.

Winter 2007
Highlights include: HIV-Positive Prisoners in Alabama No Longer in "Prisons Within Prisons;" Baldwin County Students Protest Dress Code; September 11: Six Years Later; ACLU-AL Awarded Human Rights Grant, Hires Temporary Law Fellow; Advocating for the Humane Treatment of Prisoners in County Jails; and more.

Summer 2007
Highlights include: Real ID is a Real Nightmare; Tuscaloosa Area Youth Wins ACLU College Scholarship; Landlord Sued for Sexual Harassment; Highlights of 2007 Reproductive Freedom Legislation; Dothan Public School Students are Taught Religious Messages, Not Facts About Sex Education; Summer 2007 Legal Docket; and more.

Summer 2006
Highlights include: ACLU Reminds Schools About Separation of Church and State; Civil Rights Bill Critical to Alabama Stalls in Congress; Americans Tell Government: Don't Spy on Me; Legal Docket Spring 2006; and more.

Spring 2004
Highlights include: ACLU of Alabama Successfully Defends the Free Exercise Rights of Muslims, Sikhs and Catholics Throughout the State; After Three Year Battle Prison System Allows HIV-Positive Inmates Access to Education Programs; Alabama State Troopers Now Authorized to Enforce Civil Immigration Law; and more.

Fall 2004
Highlights include: Muslims and Arabs Across the Country Targeted In New Round of FBI Questioning; ACLU of Alabama Vows to Fight On to Preserve Privacy Rights; ACLU Report Examines Government Surveillance; and more.