December 1, 2011
Business and economic development leaders in Alabama have joined calls for reform of the state's immigration law after a Tuscaloosa police officer...
November 22, 2011
The Department of Justice is investigating whether Alabama's new immigration bill is denying children equal access to public education based on their...
November 14, 2011
The State of Alabama continues to deny the right to vote to citizens who have served and completed sentences for felony convictions. Alabama's...
October 24, 2011
On October 19, 2011, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) filed a civil rights lawsuit contending that District Attorney Douglas Valeska has illegally...
October 7, 2011
The Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, organizer of the 1963 Children's March in Birmingham, Alabama, and courageous civil rights advocate, died this...
September 26, 2011
Kilby Correctional Facility in Mt. Meigs, Alabama, has violated the civil rights of an inmate by prohibiting him from receiving Slavery by Another...
September 8, 2011
Navy veteran Luis Lebron filed a lawsuit yesterday challenging a new Florida law that requires applicants for state assistance to pay for and pass a...
August 26, 2011
Alabama again ranked near the bottom in the annual Kids Count survey by The Annie E. Casey Foundation, which measures quality of life issues like...
August 2, 2011
The United States Department of Justice yesterday filed a lawsuit challenging Alabama's extremely restrictive immigration law because it interferes...
June 22, 2011
On June 9, 2011, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed a new immigration law, which is being described as the harshest law in the nation and...
