ACLU of Alabama

A coalition of conservative-leaning states, including Alabama, is making a last-ditch effort to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule. It allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border.

Part 1— "The 40 unmarked graves"Alabama voters head to the polls next month. One ballot item could end slavery in the state. Alabama’s constitution still allows forced labor, one hundred and fifty seven years after the thirteenth amendment abolished the practice. That’s not the only lasting impact of the slave trade in Alabama. APR spoke with the descendants of some of estimated four hundred thousand people enslaved here around the Civil War. Many say they can’t find the burial sites of their ancestors, due to unmarked graves or bad records kept by their white captors. Alabama Public Radio news spent nine months looking into efforts to find and preserve slave cemeteries in the state. Here's part one of our series we call “No Stone Unturned.”

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered Alabama to pay $675,964 to lawyers for abortion clinics who challenged the state's attempt to…

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Alabama will require some sex offenders whose crimes involve children to take chemical castration medication during parole, a requirement that has…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Friday asks a judge to block an Alabama law that outlaws almost all abortions, the most far-reaching…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are set to hold a public hearing Wednesday on legislation before a House committee that seeks to outlaw almost…

Alabama has a long and complicated history with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament of the Bible. This election day, voters will decide if that…

More civil rights groups are challenging a federal judge's ruling that a law requiring Alabama voters to show a valid photo ID is not…

A new state law restores voting rights for many people with felony convictions, and two legal groups will be holding clinics this summer to make sure…