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Aug 20, 2024

Our Letter to Secretary Allen

We're informing the Secretary of State that Alabama’s voter purge program targeting individuals on the voter rolls previously issued noncitizen identification numbers violates the National Voter...

Aug 19, 2024

Albertville City Council - Protect Our Migrant Neighbors!

It will not make the cost of living go down. It will not decrease crime. Our new neighbors are not the source of our challenges and scapegoating them will only hurt us all.

Aug 15, 2024

A Change Has Come to Newbern, Alabama

Newbern Alabama's first Black mayor, Patrick Braxton, was inaugurated on August 3, 2024.

By Kenya Shavers

Newbern Alabama's first Black mayor, Patrick Braxton, was inaugurated on August 3, 2024.

By Kenya Shavers

Jul 25, 2024

University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Should Reconsider Decision to Close DEI Office

On Tuesday, July 23rd, the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham announced plans to close their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices and reassign staff to other...

May 29, 2024

Rolling Stone: Alabama’s War on Women

Executive Director JaTaune Bosby Gilchrist speaks with Rolling Stone on the consequences of the anti-choice movement in Alabama.

May 9, 2024

Our Summary of the 2024 Legislative Session

Over the course of the session, we have tracked more than 160 bills concerning the rights and civil liberties of Alabamians.

2024 Alabama Legislative Session Summary