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Here’s a handy reference of facts when discussing abortion rights with friends and family at the dinner table.

We’re suing to fix these unconstitutional maps.

The special session is scheduled to begin on Thursday, October 29.

The special session is scheduled to begin on Monday, September 27.

Here’s how 2020 census data could determine your voice in future elections.

This year, legislation has swept the country that threatens the trans and gender non-conforming community. More than 80 bills have been filed in state legislatures across the country in order to strip trans children of life-preserving healthcare, ban their participation in athletics, and deny them the dignity of recognition by their chosen name among other heinous acts. For years, myself and my colleagues at the ACLU have fought across the country alongside advocates in our states to kill bills which would violate the constitutional rights of transgender people, and, in many cases, put their lives only further at risk.  

Now that the 2021 regular session of the Alabama Legislature concluded on May 17, 2021, we’ll take a look back at the important advancements and disappointing setbacks for civil rights and civil liberties in Alabama.

Today, for the first time in Minnesota history, a white police officer has been convicted for killing a Black man. Now, we can finally say George Floyd’s name and make it synonymous not only with grief, anger, and loss over his brutal murder, but with a moment of justice.

Medical experts agree: Gender-affirming care is medically necessary care that can be life-saving for transgender youth. Medical decisions belong to trans youth, their parents, and their doctors.