News & Commentary

Here's a look at this year's celebration in Montgomery, including the first ever drag show on the steps of the Capitol. Love is love!

The Supreme Court today rejected the challenge to President Trump’s Muslim Ban. In its 5-to-4 decision, the court failed to make good on principles at the heart of our constitutional system — including the absolute prohibition on official disfavor of a particular religion.

The Supreme Court on Friday handed down what is arguably the most consequential privacy decision of the digital age, ruling that police need a warrant before they can seize people’s sensitive location information stored by cellphone companies.

With nearly 2,000 immigrant children separated from their parents in just six weeks alone, there is an unprecedented human rights disaster unfolding at our border.

On June 11, net neutrality protections will cease to exist. This means your internet service provider will be able to engage in content based discrimination. Internet content it likes — for political or financial reasons — will be delivered at top speeds, while content it disfavors will be slowed or even blocked.

In the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled for a bakery that had refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple. It did so on grounds that are specific to this particular case and will have little to no applicability to future cases.

Sometimes in order to fight for what’s best for Alabama, you have to start in D.C. That’s why this Thursday, May 10, the ACLU of Alabama is participating in a lobby day hosted by the Center for Reproductive Rights for the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA).

On the heels of the arrest of two Black men in a Philadelphia Starbucks comes the unsettling story of Chikesia Clemons. According to Clemons, her request for plastic utensils turned into a disagreement between her and the server, and the server called the police.

Campaigns like #MeToo and #TimesUp have brought sexual harassment to the forefront of the national conscience like never before. But the conversation hasn’t been as inclusive as it should be. The movement must do more to reflect the voices and needs of the transgender community, a demographic that consistently gets overlooked despite facing sexual violence at staggering rates.