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May 14, 2025

Our Summary of the 2025 Alabama Legislative Session

The 2025 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature has concluded. And over the past months, the ACLU of Alabama in its 60th year as an organization spent the session advocating to advance and safeguard the...

May 5, 2025

ACLU of Alabama Announces New Executive Leadership and Members to its Board of Directors

The ACLU of Alabama is proud to announce the election of executive leadership and three new members to its Board of Directors, unanimously approved on May 3, 2025. The...

Apr 2, 2025

People Across the State Send Letters of Love and Support to Transgender Alabamians

The love and support that exists for trans folks in Alabama is stronger than these dangerous laws.

Apr 2, 2025

Lawmakers are Forcing Alabamians to Choose Between Their First Amendment Rights or Risk Prosecution

ACLU of Alabama Policy Director, A'Niya Robinson, pens a letter to lawmakers in opposition of anti-protest bills.

By A'Niya Robinson

ACLU of Alabama Policy Director, A'Niya Robinson, pens a letter to lawmakers in opposition of anti-protest bills.

By A'Niya Robinson

Lawmakers are Forcing Alabamians to Choose Between Their First Amendment Rights or Risk Prosecution

Feb 25, 2025

Lawmakers are Criminalizing our Neighbors in Small Town Alabama

These laws are not about safety. They are about fear. They force us to judge our neighbors, our friends, and our own children’s classmates. They create division in places where we have always chosen unity.

By Celsa Allende Stallworth

Lawmakers are Criminalizing our neighbors in Small Town Alabama

Jan 24, 2025

Know Your Rights with ICE

If ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents show up at your workplace or home, remember: you have rights.